Exotic vegetables

We had some exotic vegetables for dinner tonight.

Purple capsicum, noodle pumpkin and molohkia.

Using the last few pieces of multi coloured capsicums we got from Cairs, together with some local green capsicums,

Stuffed capsicums with shitake teriyaki sauce

Noodle pumpkin with sesame sauce and sakura prawns

This was sooooooooo yummy i hope the Koganei farmers make more of this!!!

Molohkia egg soup

Well, molohkia is no longer exotic/rare here since the japanese eat this very often now.

It is originally an Egyptian vegetable. And because of the okra-like stickiness, it is eaten in summer very often, again because the stickiness takes away summer exhaustion.

Well, officially, summer is over, but it really isn't over yet.