Bitter melon and cancer have a few things in common. To many people, they are both bitter and bad news. Also, bitter melon looks like a cucumber suffering from skin cancer. But if you put these two in boxing ring, fortunately, it is the bitter melon that is more likely to win. Bitter melon is [...]
Bitter melon is not a melon but is definitely bitter. It is a vine belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family, a relative of the cucumber, squash, and pumpkin. Its exterior is bumpy and warty, while its interior is dry with a bunch of hard yellow seeds encased in white fluffy lining. Nothing much can be said [...]
Bitter melon is served and prepared in many ways and one of them is pickled bitter melon. In an attempt to make bitter melon less bitter and more melon-ish, pickling has proven to be the key where most tastes are concerned. Pickled bitter melon is perfect as appetizer or side dish. Here is how you [...]
If you have not tried bitter melon, you have not tasted the most bitter vegetable in existence yet. Even more importantly, you have not benefited from its very nutritious contents. Tasting its extremely bitter flavor is like volunteering to go through some kind of Asian rite of passage. It’s as bitter as its ugly exterior. [...]
There are many ways to cook the very nutritious bitter melon and one of the most interesting and creative recipes is the stuffed bitter melon. Traditional Asian wisdom and modern medical research prove that the charantin and polypeptide-P contents of bitter melon lower blood sugar levels. It is rich in potassium, folate, calcium, beta carotene, [...]