Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, bitter gourd. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Bitter gourd is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Bitter gourd is something that I have loved my whole life.
Momordica charantia (colloquially: bitter melon; bitter apple; bitter gourd; bitter squash; balsam-pear; with many more names listed below) is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit. Its many varieties differ substantially in the shape and bitterness of the fruit.. Bitter melon — also known as bitter gourd or Momordica charantia — is a tropical vine that belongs to the gourd family and is closely related to zucchini, squash, pumpkin, and cucumber. Bitter melon may be consumed as a food, as a juice known as karela juice, or as a tea.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have bitter gourd using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Bitter gourd:
- Prepare 200 gms Bitter gourd
- Take 1 pinch turmeric powder
- Take 1 pinch asafoetida
- Take 1 pinch cumin seeds
- Make ready 2 tsp coriander powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- Prepare 4 tsp oil
- Get 1/2 lemon
- Prepare 1 tsp sugar
- Make ready As per taste salt
Bitter melon (also commonly called bitter gourd) is a sour, green fruit is commonly eaten in Asia and used around the world for its many medicinal properties. Benefits include increasing immunity, lowering diabetes symptoms, fighting free radical damage and inflammation, treating skin problems, improving digestion and helping to prevent cancer. Skin colour of bitter gourd changes from dark green to orange over time with intermediate stages of light green and yellow. This transition occurs pretty fast and you need to be especially cautious during the flowering stage.
Instructions to make Bitter gourd:
- Peel off the gourd. Cut them into circular parts. In a bowl add them and spread salt. Leave it aside for 10 minutes.
- Now wash them with water thrice.
- In a wok add oil. Heat it up. Add asafoetida, cumin and turmeric. Add gourd and cover it with lid for 5 minutes. Stir it. Then again cover it for few more minutes.
- After that add rest of the spices. Add sugar and salt. Garnish with coriander.
Skin colour of bitter gourd changes from dark green to orange over time with intermediate stages of light green and yellow. This transition occurs pretty fast and you need to be especially cautious during the flowering stage. Bitter melons or bitter gourds vary in shapes and sizes. Despite its sharp and acrid taste, bitter melon is present in many Asian dishes including Chinese, Japanese, and South Indian cuisines. Moreover, bitter melon is just as prevalent in herbal medicine as much as its use in Asian culinary applications.
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