The best place to grow bitter melon is in tropical regions.Consuming this vegetable may improve your eyesight and even kill cancer cells.There are many ways to incorporate bitter melon into your diet and still enjoy it.Before you cook or eat your bitter melon, make sure to cut it properly.Stir-fry your bitter melon or blend it into a beverage.
Step 1: You can find long, green warty fruit at the farmers market.
The bitter melon doesn't look like a typical melon.You can find a vegetable that looks like a cucumber at the farmer's market in July and August.
Step 2: Choose a small melon.
When choosing from a group of bitter melon, it is best to go for the smaller, harder ones that are light green.They become more bitter as they age.If you see a melon with a touch of orange or yellow, get it.These are milder in flavor.
Step 3: You can store bitter melon in your refrigerator for up to 5 days.
If you have brought home some bitter melon, put them in a container.If you want to prepare, cook, and eat them, keep them in the vegetable drawer in your refrigerator.The bitter melon may start to spoil if you wait longer than 5 days.
Step 4: The melon can be washed.
If you want to cut and cook your melon, hold it under the water and turn the kitchen faucet on cold.Rub it with your hands or use a sponge to clean it.
Step 5: Remove the core from the melon by slicing it in two.
Put the bitter melon on a cutting board and slice it in half.Scoop out the seeds and pith with a spoon.Cut the melon into pieces.
Step 6: The melon has salt on it.
Sprinkle salt all over the melon pieces and let it sit on them for 10 minutes.The bitter taste of the melon will be mitigated by this.
Step 7: A wok is used to cook oil on the stove.
Put the vegetable or olive oil in the wok or deep saucepan.Turn the burner on medium-high heat when you put the wok on it.
Step 8: The garlic and onion are chopped.
Use a knife to finely chop one small onion and 3-4 cloves of garlic on a cutting board.Put the chopped garlic and onion into the wok and stir it with a large wooden spoon until it's cooked and appears brown.When the garlic and onion are cooking, chop and stir in tomatoes.
Step 9: Stir fry for 3 minutes.
Continue to stir the melons in the wok while it cooks.The melon is starting to turn slightly translucent, which means it is almost cooked, after about 2 or 3 minutes.
Step 10: Eggs are poured into the wok.
After the melon has been cooking for a while, whisk 2 eggs and put them in the wok.Continue to stir fry until the eggs are cooked.
Step 11: Remove the wok from the heat.
Go to a cold burner and turn off the warm burner.To get the food out of the wok, use a wooden spoon.You can serve it with rice or noodles.
Step 12: You can make a bitter melon smoothie.
Use a knife to chop the bitter melon as finely as possible on a cutting board and put it into a food processor.A nice flavor can be created by adding in some mango and pomegranate seeds.Either blend the chopped melon and fruit into a thin liquid and drink it as a juice, or add some yogurt to make a smoothie.
Step 13: The bitter melon tea is good for you.
Asian markets usually carry bitter melon tea in the form of tea bags.The taste is similar to green tea.You can get a healthy daily dose by drinking a cup in the morning and night.
Step 14: Have a drink made with bitter melon.
If you are looking for a more creative way to consume bitter melon, try it in a cocktail.To grate the skin of a melon, use a box grater.If you want to squeeze out the juice, wrap the skin in a cloth.Add 1 ounce of simple syrup, 3 ounces of lime juice, and a dash of gin and ice to a cocktail shaker.Put the drink in a glass.Stir in 2 ounces of soda water.