double steaming

In this case, the edible melon takes the place of the double steaming jar.

Other techniques include shallow frying, double steaming, braising, and deep frying.

Double steaming for a Cantonese dish called Winter melon urn (冬瓜盅).

Double steaming, sometimes called double boiling, is a Chinese cooking technique to prepare delicate food such as bird's nest soup and shark fin soup.

Double steaming - Chinese cooking technique in which food is covered with water and put in a covered ceramic jar and the jar is then steamed for several hours.