Hey, here in India we call it 'Karela', we toss it in oil with spices and stuff and kinda make a dry curry out of it, it's generally eaten with chapathi and lentil soup!
"The more bitter it is the better ot is for you" Me becoming and indestructible intangible being after chugging down everclear
If you cook it till it's really brown and caramelised it's really good.... Caribbean style
In the Philippines, we call that ampalaya. We usually saute it with scrambled eggs. Or with other vegetables like squash and string beans.
In Okinawa Japan, we call it Goya. We sauté it with sliced pork, eggs and crumbled tofu. Season with soy sauce, oyster sauce, sake and sesame oil. Bitterness enhances the flavor of the dish. Really good.
It kinda reminded me of rapini aka broccoli rabe, personally, I can appreciate bitter vegetables but I can also see how a lot of people may not be able to handle this bitter melon.
Fairly common here in Pakistan. They're delicious when you cook them Pakistani/Indian method with mincemeat, ground meat or potatoes. It's one of my favorite dishes.
Those “corn nuts” (seeds) show that those you had are old. You want to pick the ones that aren’t fully green but light green it’s bits and dark in others. Good for diabetic people and drinking it juice is very good gift health
At Malaysia, this known as peria. It is good for health. People with diabetes take this into their diet. I recommended.
1. use unripe(more greenish) or small ones. 2. cut & clean it according to your needed size. 3.cut long strands of onion 🧅. 4. cut some green chilies. 5. add oil in utensil acc. to your need or main ingredient. 6.toss all ingredients in oil & start cooking it ,add salt to it. 7. stir fry all of it until everything becomes soft to cut by spoon. 8. ready to eat 🤤🤤
its actually pretty good if u fry it longer with a lot of onions and a little bit of potatoes. The sweetness from the onions balances the bitterness of the bitter-melon.
The trick for me is thinner slices. they can hold their crunch better than you'd think. Saute onions and garlic, then 3-5min with a dash of oyster sauce(optional) on high with the melons, then off heat. Salt to season last. Adding salt last seems to lock in the bitterness thus taming overall bitterness. Always served with fresh steamed rice.
In the caribbean it’s locally known as ‘Caraille’ “Car-rye-Lee”
In Indonesia we call it Pare. We like it (and I think SEA people generally eat it too) but not all people can stand the bitterness. That's why there are cooking techniques for it to reduce the bitterness. I think the bitter taste is much better than broccoli though.
I live in the UK and I find it interesting that its called so many different names. But I know it as margoze from my family in Mauritius 🇲🇺 🦤
This is great for diabetes management. I was able to lower my HbA1C to pre-diabetes levels by having a daily slice of Bitter Melon mashed up. It’s otherwise known as Bitter Gourd. Not very nice tasting when raw but it has fantastic health benefits.
Look up bitter melon soup. It’s a Vietnamese soup with ground pork, mushrooms and glass noodles stuffed inside the bitter melon. Super healthy good stuff
In srilanka we usually deep fry it and slice chilis, tomatoes and onions and add lemon juice and salt and mix the bitter squash in it
Loooooove bitter melon!!!😋😋😋😋🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
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