Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna

Source : In A Large Pot High Heat Boil Salted Water Cook Pasta After That Put Pasta In A Cold Water And Let It Cool Cut Bitter Melon In A Medium Bowl Put B...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

Sent by

at : September 16, 2026

Step:

  1. In a large pot, high heat, boil salted water. Cook pasta. After that, put pasta in a cold water and let it cool.

  2. Cut bitter melon. In a medium bowl put bitter melon and pinch salt and mix them together and give it massage. This way, the bitterness will get mild. Leave it for 5 minutes

    Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 2 photo Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 2 photo Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 2 photo
  3. In a medium pot, boil water and cook bitter melon for 5 minutes. (If you like to leave bitter flavor, you can only boil for 2 minutes). In a large bowl, rest the cooked bitter melon in ice cold water.

  4. Slice onion and put it in hot water for 2 minutes to remove the bitterness. Put onion in the same ice cold water as the bitter melon is resting.

    Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 4 photo
  5. Cut daikon radish in tooth pick shape and soak in the cold water for 2 minutes.

    Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 5 photo Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 5 photo Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 5 photo
  6. Then put it in the same ice cold water.

    Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 6 photo
  7. Cut cucumbers into the same shape as the bitter melon.

    Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 7 photo Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 7 photo
  8. Smash sour plum into paste.

    Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 8 photo
  9. In a small bowl, mix sour plum, tuna,olive oil and mentsuyu.

    Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 9 photo Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 9 photo Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 9 photo
  10. Drain vegetables with salad spinner and squeeze the water out from the vegetables.

  11. In a large bowl, mix pasta and vegetables well and add the sauce.

    Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 11 photo
  12. Top with cilantro, seaweed and bonito flakes if you prefer.

    Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 12 photo Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 12 photo Cold summer pasta with Bitter melon, Sour Plum & Tuna recipe step 12 photo

Ingredients

  1. 240 g pasta
  2. 1 bitter melon
  3. 1/2 onion
  4. 2 cm Daikon Radish
  5. 5 cm cucumber
  6. 5 stems Cilantro
  7. 3 sour plum
  8. 1 tuna can
  9. 4 TBSP oil olive
  10. 3 TBSP mentsuyu
  11. 1 sheet seaweed
  12. 2 TBSP bonito flakes

Related Recipes

Indomie with sausage

Indomie with sausage

Fried Rice

Fried Rice

Saucy Beef Sirloin Strips w/ Broccoli  Carrots

Saucy Beef Sirloin Strips w/ Broccoli Carrots

Alawar madara

Alawar madara

Kosai

Kosai

Apple nachos

Apple nachos

Ninja foodie/ ip chili

Ninja foodie/ ip chili

Potato Skins

Potato Skins