Bitter melons or bitter gourds have edible red fruits inside the ripe melons. The red arils are sweet and juicy when the bitter gourd turns from orange to green.
Note: One study suggested they’re potentially toxic to children.
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have a look at this crazy thing that grew in my garden so it’s called a bitter melon and you can see it’s opened up almost like a flower it’s really crazy but usually you would pick these when they’re still green and you can see that it’s green on this side with this crazy looking skin and you would cook with them but this one’s gone fully ripe and opened up to release these beautiful red arrows and each one of those contains a seed and on the outside has this red fleshy sort of fruit and you can actually eat those they’re pretty tasty I’ll try one of second but do just keep in mind there has been a study suggesting they’re potentially toxic to Children although that information seems a little bit strange and potentially unconfirmed all right here it goes it’s like kind of Saucy on the outside and then the main part of it is like a fleshy sweet fruit so it’s pretty nice as well as them being tasty they’re also incredibly nutritious with high levels of lopine which is a powerful antioxidant that gives them their red color and this is what the seeds look like they’re pretty cool as well
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beautiful
We call this Corilla in my country. We would cook the green one by steaming out the bitterness and adding ingredients to give it flavor
In my town down in Mexico, we call them Papayitas "little papayas." They're tasty.
A seed that would give unoxidized fats and proteins and it's covered in what would seem like a candy coating. I'm pretty sure that study could be by anyone trying to profit from sugar
I used to eat them as a child. It wasn't toxic to me
Called 'Kyat hin kha tee' it is very popular in Myanmar.
I has a friend who used to cook bitter melon as a vegetable. It is bitter but surprisingly it was good .
I've been told you're only supposed to eat the red coating part and spit the seed out so thats how i eat them. Upon additional research, it seems that's the best way as the seed is the toxic part.
Thats ampalaya in the Philippines
I have eaten the bitter melon by itself and yes bitter . I haven’t had any one advise on prepping for other recipes.
I go to the Asian market usually to buy it and women make it a point to ask me what I do with it and if I like it. I’ve grown it with not great success. I’m in Arizona now and I think the heat will help with the growth.
Growing up in Jamaica as kids we use to suck the red flesh off the seeds and spit the seeds out.
we call that ampalaya in the philippines.
This is bitter gourd gone ripe. Lol it's not melon and it's not bad for kids. Instead it's good for pancreas. It's juice is considered really good for diabetic patients. I love cooking it as vegetable plus It's not a fruit!!
When I was kid I never understood how people would eat this. Now I'm a grown up, it really like it. 😂
Very famous vegetable in india. Recommended by doctors.
Bro not a fruit this is vegetable bro
Green bitter melon is kind of addictive. The flavour is so strong and unusual I crave it sometimes. I’d live to grow these (successfully I had one failed attempt) and try a ripe one.
Called pare in Indonesia, it taste really bitter (for me). But a lot of people like it, especially for adult.
Thanks for sharing. You have the most unique collection of fruits on your property. Its fun learning about them. Cheers!
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Popular vegetable in my country.
Mainly fried.
But sliced, it is put in pepper sauce.
Some of us eat it raw in a freshly made pepper salad.
Called "caraillee" in my country after Indian "karela".
Kids don't like it, as it is very bitter to young taste buds !
The red pulp is sweet. Ate them as kids.
Recommended for diabetics.
Trinidad & Tobago.
West Indies.
when they are like this just put them into a jar of olive oil and it can stay there for hundreds of years and you can take a spoon as medicine when you need. you can make one for small burns. like if you burned your finger and you stick it in there and wait for a couoke of minutes it get fine and you dont feel mucb pain afterwards usually.
It's a vegetable
Whoa, I never knew it 'blooms' that way! So surprisingly pretty.
Does it also lose the bitterness?
They grow like weeds in Puerto Rico
The ripened bitter melon seeds remained me of gấc: Momordica cochinchinensis, melon-sized fruit that grows on vines in Southeast Asia and Australia also known as Baby jackfruit or Cochinchin gourd. Traditional used in sticky rice dishes and etc. 😊
I'm in NZ, where can I buy them?