Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia) also known as bitter melon, looks like a pale green cucumber with bumpy, grooved skin. This squash-family vegetable is predictably quite bitter in flavor. However there are ways to reduce the bitterness (it should be picked when its young) and tasty recipes that make it quite palatable. Why eat it? The bitter melon is full of vitamin A and C. Medicinally it can clear heat from the body and reduce phlegm.
March 25, 2013
Bitter Gourd / Bitter Melon
Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia) also known as bitter melon, looks like a pale green cucumber with bumpy, grooved skin. This squash-family vegetable is predictably quite bitter in flavor. However there are ways to reduce the bitterness (it should be picked when its young) and tasty recipes that make it quite palatable. Why eat it? The bitter melon is full of vitamin A and C. Medicinally it can clear heat from the body and reduce phlegm.