Stuffed Bitter Melon Soup

Have you tried this bitter melon soup before? This is a must try soup dish, healthy and yummy.

Ingredients:
1 piece bitter melon ( cut into big rings as you can see in the picture below)
2 rolls sotanghon
4 cups water
100 grams ground beef or pork
1/2 onion
1 small tomato
3 cloves garlic
salt and pepper to taste


Procedure:
1. Soak the transparent noodles ( sotanghon) in a water until soften.

2. When the sotanghon is soft enough, cut it  into an inch long then mix it with the ground meat, onion, salt and pepper then stuff the mixture into the bitter melon rings. If there is a leftover from the mixture of meat and sotanghon, set it aside.

3. Saute the garlic and tomato then add the water and bring to a boil, once boiling add the stuffed bitter melon and the leftover mixture then simmer until done, add salt and pepper if necessary.
4. Serve it hot and add some chili to give it a kick. Yummy!