Steamed Stuffed White Gourd Cup

Source of Recipe
http://www.chinavista.com/culture/cuisine/vegetarian/vegeta2-4.html



Materials:
One 5000g (green-skin) winter gourd
100g soaked dried mushrooms
100g cooked winter bamboo shoots
100g mushrooms (canned)

Preparations:

Finely chop the 2 kinds of mushrooms and bamboo shoots, saute in 60% heated oil then add cooking wine, soy sauce, sugar, MSG and mushroom soup;
Bring to the boil, thicken with cornstarch to make a filling;
Cut 14 cylinders out of gourd;
Carve designs on the rind then carefully peel off the rind;
Scald the peelings, then coat with sesame oil;
Take the inner pulp out of the columns, fill with filling and steam for 10 minute, remove;
Decorate with the carved rind peels;
Bring the soup to the oil, season, thicken with cornstarch, pour over the gourd cups.
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