Fried Endives

Endives is oso known as "pak bo chye" in hokkien. Pak po means beating the wife and chye means veggie. There's a story on how the name came about.

There's a man who bought a super big bunch of endives, ask him wife to fry it for their dinner. When he came back from home, he was stunned to see the pathetic small plate of endives for dinner. He was so angry that he took it out on his wife, beat her up for pinching the dish until a small plate left for him. The story spread and that's how endives got its name in hokkien as pak bo chye.
The thing about endives is that its a big bunch b4 cooking but the size will shrink to 1/3 left after cooking, its does not apply to other kinda veggie.

When dad saw the pathetic plate of endives which I cooked for dinner, his 1st qns is "u only bought so little? Only meant for urself izzit?" I told dad "I bought a bunch tis morning hor, dun accuse mi of pinching food ok, otherwise the name will change from "pak bo chye to pak zha bo kia chye" Instead of beating wife becomes beat daughter. erm...onli applicable to our family haha...

Ingredients;
1 bunch endives
1 tsp dried shrimps, soaked
1 clove garlic
Some fried shallots
Some toasted dried baby shrimps
Oil for frying
Oyster sauce
Pinch of salt

Method;
-Separate endives stem and leaves
-Chopped the soaked dried shrimp
-Fry garlic in oil till fragrant, add in chopped dried shrimp
-Add endives stem fry for a min
-Toss in endives leaves and seasoning
-Give it a quick stir and dish up
-Sprinkle fried shallots and toasted dried baby shrimps over
-Enjoy!

A close up pic on my favourite veggie.