Uri melon

Recently we came across a strange looking fruit (or was it a vegetable, we were not sure when we saw it) in our local supermarket. Looking at the sign, we learned that is was a 'uri' or うり in Japanese. Which still didn't bring us any further in knowing what kind of food it was. However, is was on sale and therefore very cheap, and the friendly lady of the supermarket ensured us that it tastes very good and was a very popular product today among customers. So, we decided to buy it.

Our uri

At home, we looked it up in our dictionary, and it turned out that it is a kind of melon. We therefore decided not to prepare it but just eat it raw as a side dish. We peeled the skin, and cut is into bite sizes pieces. You can either remove the seeds or eat them just as you would with a cucumber.

After we had tasted it, it turned out the taste and the texture is actually like a mix between a cucumber and a normal melon! Very surprising, but very delicious indeed. It makes for a very good and refreshing (especially in summer) side dish, so from now on, every time our supermarket is selling uri's we will buy them