List of melon dishes

Melon dishes and foods

• Bogobe jwa lerotse – porridge prepared using the lerotse melon
• Egusi – fat- and protein-rich seeds of certain cucurbitaceous plants. Egusi soup is thickened with egusi. Egusi sauce is prepared using egusi.
• Gelu di Muluni – Sicilian dessert of ground watermelon flesh cooked with starch and sugar then cooled to solidify, topped with jasmine, candied fruit bits, pistachios and cinnamon.
• Gōyā chanpurū – type of chanpurū that is a popular and widely recognized dish in the Okinawan cuisine of the island of Okinawa, Japan. It is a stir fry of bitter melon, tofu, egg and sliced pork or Spam.
• Melon ball – balls of melon made using a melon baller
• Melon soup – soup prepared with melon as a primary ingredient
• Melon with ham – small dish or appetizer combining two ingredients
• Pinakbet – usually includes bitter melon, and is an indigenous Filipino dish from the northern regions of the Philippines. Pinakbet is made from mixed vegetables steamed in fish or shrimp sauce.
• Stuffed melon – Turkish dish made of melon stuffed with meat and rice.
• Subak hwachae – variety of hwachae, or Korean traditional fruit punch, made with watermelon
• Sweetheart cake – traditional Cantonese pastry with a thin crust of flaky pastry, and made with a filling of winter melon, almond paste, and sesame, and spiced with five spice powder.
• Watermelon rind preserves – made by boiling chunks of watermelon rind with sugar and other ingredients
• Watermelon seed oil – extracted by pressing from the seeds of watermelon
• Watermelon steak – steak-shaped pieces of watermelon, often prepared by grilling
• Wolgwa-chae - a stir-fried vegetable dish featuring oriental pickling melon.
• Xi gua lao – watermelon jelly, a traditional dish of Beijing cuisine

  Beverages

• Melon soda
• Midori – a liqueur prepared using muskmelon