How to remove the bitter taste of bitter gourd?
By Simone
@Janet357 (75646)
August 19, 2020 10:22pm CST
Bitter gourd is a vegetable good for diabetes. Bitter gourd has this insulin-like compound that is good in controlling diabetes naturally.
But a lot of people are not fond of its bitter taste. They want to get rid of it.
Some people boil the bitter gourd. But this one removes the essential nutrients. Others rub salt in bitter gourd. I soak the sliced bitter gourd in water with salt. I soak it for one or two hours. It somehow lessens if not removes the bitterness.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
20 Aug 20
Pardon me for saying this. Dr. Fernando, the diabetologist of the singer Gary V said ampalaya has nothing to do with diabetes. That is the reason why Gary V's endorsement of a supplement was stopped.
Anyway, to remove the bitter taste, my mother would slice the gourd in half, remove the seeds and rub salt. It will be rinsed after 5 minutes.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
20 Aug 20
@Janet357 that is one problem in relying on search engines. Not all you see are facts.
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@LadyDuck (470939)
• Switzerland
20 Aug 20
I see that @oahuwriter wrote a post to explain what to do.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
22 Aug 20
I clucked your link and commented... thanks to you I could comment.
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@Deepizzaguy (102158)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
20 Aug 20
Thank you for sharing the vegetable that is good for controlling diabetes.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
20 Aug 20
Adding salt and boling the bitter gourd does help in reducing the bitterness. Adding spices also helps to hide the bitter taste.
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@judithml (405)
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20 Aug 20
Rub it with salt and soak it in the water.
But I like the bitter gourd bitter so I dont do this.
@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
22 Aug 20
I see. I like to clean it ready for cooking, but salt it directly with table salt, leave for 5 min. I massage the salt into melon. Then, after 5 minutes up, rinse off salt then cook as you like. No bitterness to 1% bitter taste melons become.
@rhuenz (10643)
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20 Aug 20
Speaking of bitter gourd,i saw someone a bisaya cook,what she did is,she removed seeds from it and chopped in tiny pieces,scrub with salt and squeeze it.She mix with egg and fry with onions and it tasted good.no bitterness at all.
I remember when my sister cook mung beans,she will add bitter gourd leaves and they chew it much but for me i ate but choke without chewing ha.ha.
@RoshniMahasweta (309)
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20 Aug 20
You can't remove bitterness entirely from it. Bitterness is it's signature taste. But you can take some sweet or salty foods after taking it
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