Step By Step - Braised Stuffed Bitter Melon (炆釀苦瓜)

Ingredients

• 1lb Bitter melon
• ½ lb ground pork
• 3 Shiitake mushroom, soaked to soft
• Meat Marinade
• 1 tsp Soy sauce
• ½ tsp Salt and pepper
• 1 tsp cooking wine
• 1 tbsp starch
• ½ Sesame oil
• Braising Sauce
• 1tsp Chinese black bean
• 2 cloves Garlic, minced
• 1 Fresh chilli, sliced
• 2 tbsp Oyster sauce
• 1 tsp dark Soy sauce
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 cup stock or water
• ½ tsp Sesame oil
• 1 tbsp Starch, dissolved in 1 tbsp of water
• Salt
• pepper