2014年9月15日 · Winter Melon/Winter Gourd – Dung Gwaa . Despite its name, this is actually a summer fruit. With its deep green skin, white flesh and yellow seeds, this extremely large melon is one of Cantonese people’s favorites during the humid months. Its high water content makes it a refreshing and juicy ingredient. High Season: March – September

Green and orange Chinese melon. This is the one that we have the most doubts about being a "Chinese melon". But in many places we find it with this name, although we also identify it more with the Japanese melon, or Arus. As its name indicates, It is originally from Japan and is characterized by not too thick skin, but gray or pale green in ...

2024年7月25日 · Winter melon, known as dong gua or white gourd, is a large, cylindrical vegetable from Southeast Asia, widely used in Chinese cooking. It has a hard, green skin with a white, waxy coating, and its flesh is white, tender, and mildly sweet when cooked.

In China, Oriental melon is locally called xiāng guā (香瓜, "fragrant melon"). It was called tián guā (甜瓜, "sweet melon"), gān guā (甘瓜, "sweet melon") or guǒ guā (果瓜, "fruit melon") in ancient times. [9]

2011年7月1日 · In Chinese there are three melons which have directional names. East melon a.k.a dong gua or winter melon is a simply enormous white fleshed thick green skinned melon that is often used in medicine and in soup making.

The Bailan melon (Chinese: 白蘭瓜) is a locally famous melon grown near Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu province in the People's Republic of China. [1] It is a variety of honeydew melon, globose to subglobose and typically has white skin with sweet, white or pale green, flesh. [2] In photographs, the melons appear light yellow, orange or white, with a …

2022年9月12日 · Fuzzy melon (also called mo gwa or mo qua) is a fruit native to China. It's also grown in Southeast Asia and other warm climates, including California and Florida. Fuzzy melon is an edible gourd and immature winter melon that looks like a fuzzy zucchini.

2024年12月30日 · Melons were transported across the Silk Road and integrated into Chinese agriculture from Africa and Southwestern Asia. This led to the breeding of unique melon varieties that became essential elements of Chinese gastronomy.

The fruit is commonly referred to in Chinese as chi qua (simplified Chinese: 节瓜; traditional Chinese: 節瓜; pinyin: jiéguā; Jyutping: zit3 gwaa1), but can also be referred to as moa qua or moa gua (Chinese: 毛瓜; pinyin: máoguā; Jyutping: mou4 gwaa1; lit. 'hairy gourd').

Green Queen Living: Wet Market Series Part 2 – Guide to Chinese Melon Fruits (Gwaa)