Loofah, luffa or lufah - the answer to my question in my ‘what is this‘ post.
This is how it looks inside. My mom has removed the seed.
And it’s use for dish washing…or bathing sponge.
Initially I thought this is some kind of fruit or veggies. But when the pasar malam lady told me in hokkien it is called ‘zhe kueh’ or ‘khak kueh’…I don’t remember which one liao anyway I thought this has something to do with chicken because kueh is chicken in hokkien.
In Malay, it is simply called petola. 
I know I’m a ‘katak dibawah tempurung’.
I got my answer from grandma and maid. Hehe
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wong Says:
May 6th, 2008 at 11:04 amVisit wong
Looks like bird nets in somewhere also…
hedonistics anonymous Says:
May 6th, 2008 at 11:49 amVisit hedonistics anonymous
not chicken lah dear. it’s kua (as in melon or gourd). and how come you guys pronounce chicken as kueh? here we pronouce it kei. loofah is the dried insides of a some kind melon. my mother’s friend gave her one but we kept it in the kitchen for too long and until it produced some kinda weird smell. so my mum threw it away.
Lex Says:
May 6th, 2008 at 12:25 pmVisit Lex
just saw this… LOL dont worry you are not the only one… when I first saw it I thought it was something really gross >.
hcfoo Says:
May 6th, 2008 at 12:57 pmVisit hcfoo
Eh i thought petola is bittergourd? All my bulu roma naik when I saw that pic!
wuching Says:
May 6th, 2008 at 1:18 pmVisit wuching
lalalalalalalalalalalala
Che-Cheh Says:
May 6th, 2008 at 2:34 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Wong, look like something disgusting…eekk
Hedo, ohh ya ya kua.. my grandma said kueh also same meaning…diff pronunciation. Can smell one? I thought dried already suppose no smell.
Lex, sama-sama la.
Hcfoo, eh no nope. I searched in Wiki.
Wuching,
MonkeyWong Says:
May 6th, 2008 at 3:18 pmVisit MonkeyWong
Oops…I also dunno what is that till you tell us, I’m one of those katak too
jam Says:
May 6th, 2008 at 3:54 pmVisit jam
I also dun know what is that until you told us. Well done!
Che-Cheh Says:
May 7th, 2008 at 2:36 pmVisit Che-Cheh
MonkeyWong and Jam, hahaha we’re all from the same katak community.
Bengbeng Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 10:22 pmVisit Bengbeng
only now i know wat it is hahahhaha