How to cook Chinese Bitter Melon

[@swguy84]

Growing up in the States, I thought bitter melon was the grossest vegetable ever whenever my mother would make it. Now, as a middle aged man and mom’s not around anymore, I can’t get enough of its crispy, juicy, bitter taste. Thanks, Chef!

[@sandeepdewan1920]

try to eat in Indian house this vegetable , you will love it or pick up Indian recipe , try sweet and sour version , it is Devine

[@imbilta]

For the first time I saw this veggie at an Asian Farmer's market, so I had to try it. I cooked it exactly as instructed (adding a little bit of lime juice). Yes it's bitter but it''s refreshingly bitter. Thank You Chef! Next time, I will try it with green apple, that will take away the bitterness and makes it even more refreshing to eat. I will slo try to juice it as it's good for health. I am committed to try all vegetables Asians eat. I'm convinced their old history and culture knows better than the Western cultures. :) lol Thanks again for this video.

[@user-di2on5gl2d]

I love mine with black bean garlic sauce & beef.

[@djw8888]

Love how straight-forward your method is!

[@Ihilani7]

I love bittermelon, watching this, im getting so hungry ugh lol. Thx, that seemed a bit easy to cook. Im definitely gonna try your recipe. Thank you!😋

[@theboyds5083]

Thank you for this recipe!! I can't wait to try it!

[@EarthAngel-u1p]

11:11 on the stove a good sign with a healthy recipe to a better healthy life🍽💚 Thank you for sharing

[@lonnalevine7254]

Hi there! Would love to know more about the pan you are using!

[@beatrizfernandes4695]

I love bitter gourd it's a natural remedy for good health,thanks for sharing the recipe 🌿🕊️🌷

[@jeanniesims4702]

Thank you! This video was great real simple.

[@MichaelJin74]

What brand of wok do you have. The cooking surface pattern is so cool

[@TNexpert]

I think it's weird and gives me chills

[@thecryptocurrencynut5761]

@@TNexpert Please search the term Trypophobia, I have a cousin that suffers from it, organized circles freak her out.

[@TNexpert]

@@thecryptocurrencynut5761 thanks

[@kenfletcher1240]

That isn't a wok!

[@chab1rd155]

​@@kenfletcher1240he CALLED it a wok!

[@morganfaye93]

Very simple and easy to do! Thank you!!

[@qualqui]

Finding Calabaza China Bangaña at the local supermarket, I've bought one, and I will be making it your way Chef Tom, thank you for sharing, 👍and greetings 👋from Mexico.🤠

[@newvillagefilms]

Can you make one with douchi? I had it once at an Asian restaurant at Asia Town and it was good but never learned how to make it.

[@RobotZJ]

Really cool! Never heard of it. Maybe I'll try and grow one plant this year :) Thanks!

[@MichaelJin74]

Just remember, the soil may change and make things bitter whatever is planted after it. I was told by my mom that happens with bitter melon. Not sure it’s true but you may want to inquire

[@RobotZJ]

@@MichaelJin74 good to know thanks!

[@sherryroberts7716]

Easy to grow! Only do one plant or you might have TOO MANY bitter melons! Buy one from the store and grow the seeds from it.

[@mayar901]

I used to have fried bitter melon in Singapore. Its almost the same as Indian bitter melon. Indian bitter melon is slightly harder and sharper. Both are my favorite..

[@umeriqbal8011]

😊 Singapore is beautiful ❤️😊

[@clairebeane3455]

Your stove clock says 11:11 at the beginning of this video!! How cool is that? ❤

[@jcmick8430]

Good eye

[@LuKasAV6]

Thanks for advising viewers NOT to add sugar. Other contents creators include sugar in their recipes. While it cuts the bitterness, it counters the health benefits.

[@melodyrose1873]

Thanks so much for the recipe! I added too much soy sauce on accident but I'll definitely try again!

[@lesliegrier1058]

It's a bitter medicinal food. 😋 Thank you!

[@sandeepdewan1920]

ask. any Indian family to cook . you will love it , cut bitter gaurd and put salt and vinegar , keep it for 1/2 hr , wash with water , bitterness goes away quite a lot and then you cook

[@aleksroz3521]

​​@@sandeepdewan1920Thank you very much for the tip!!! But how much salt and vinegar you put on it? You put it straight on the melon or you dissolve it in water and soak it?

[@boxybrown33]

Nice. Do you make pickles with it too?

[@jayjay18ization]

I like to cook this my own style?

[@christinaj723]

Wow that looks so good! Hopefully I’ll try that one day😂

[@sandeepdewan1920]

try to eat in Indian house , you will love it , it is very tricky vegetable , you normally get bitterness away by adding salt and vinegar before cooking

[@Melanie-gu4cl]

Hi Tom. I heard that bitter melon is good for people with diabetes. If I want to add the bitter melon to a smoothie to treat my diabetes, how much do I put in the smoothie? I don't want to use too much of it for fear of having hypoglycemia. After I chop it up, do I use 1/3 cup or 1/2 cup - how many cup do you recommend? Your response will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[@curiousnomadic]

The first bittermelon I had was REALLY bitter and I had no idea how to eat it without a chaser. That was about 12 years ago. Lately whenever I get bitter melons they've not been very bitter. They still taste awful but they aren't very bitter. If I'm going to go through all that awful I t least want the benefits. The last one I got is kinda fat and green but the other ones in the pile at the Korean store were already starting to deteriorate. Am I choosing wrong? Should I get the prickly Indian one?

[@adonaimaranatha]

The Chinese karailie isn’t very bitter. I eat it raw with dhal and rice. The Caribbean one is much more bitter and I still eat it raw because I love the bitter taste

[@fortunecooking]

i like the bitter taste too combined w other flavors, sometimes i pickle them

[@arleneabrams6766]

I love the bitter too. I never soak and wash any of the bitter out.

[@tankguyll]

Thanks. I love bitter melon.

[@chris5942]

I make the tea. I find it less bitter than coffee.

[@shirleyqueen2332]

Love your pan which Brand isit Please reply 🙏🇺🇲🦅🇲🇺🦤

[@DN888-1]

Does it regulate both high and low BP or just lower high BP?

[@abrahammusukwa502]

Wat can u use inplace of tge spice

[@felixtan2704]

Thanks for the recipe, can you leave the skin on or should remove the skin?

[@lamep5nhat489]

Mướp đắng không có vỏ như bí ngô. Nó chỉ là thịt quả, nên không cần tác động bên ngoài chỉ cần bỏ phần ruột bên trong vì nó có hạt hơi cứng sẽ gây khó ăn.

[@shirleymahabir1367]

How did he take out the bitter taste.

[@allisonhinds8384]

The skin is the melon that is cooking you can't remove the skin

[@convetcon]

Did You use sesame oil?

[@liuzhou]

Sesame oil is used as a garnish,, not for frying.

[@karensanche854]

What is the name of frying pan??

[@joshbalderas335]

Wok

[@ah3ll0]

How often do you eat this for benefits?

[@TruthTroubadour-xi9cc]

Skip eating this and get bitter gourd/bitter melon capsules. Take morning and evening with meals. Unfortunately, the VERY bitter seeds are where most of the fruit's active ingredient, momordicin, hangs out. I find the actual fruit is far too bitter for me. I tried cooking with tomatoes, vinegar, citrus...nothing worked! Best of luck!

[@brianmorris2847]

Blend with distilled water and lemon.daily

[@pkicng210]

I tried making kimchi out of bitter melons. I found out that I couldn't eat very spicy foods unlike when I was in my '20's.. I put in pepper with a starter from a sourdough ( water, yeast and flour and sugar to ferment for at least 3 days) to make a vinegar. Then I blanched the bitter melon with a little sugar (to activate the sour dough)and some salt. Then I mixed in, garlic ginger and sliced shallots. Then the Korean dried powdered red chiles. It was good but I can only eat a little at a time.

[@lamep5nhat489]

Thật là một sáng tạo khi sử dụng mướp đắng làm kim chi theo kiểu Hàn Quốc. Tôi nghĩ nó là một món ăn kèm ngon.

[@Happywarrior100]

Do you have a suggestion of how much ginger to use in this recipe? Thank you!

[@sandeepdewan1920]

use Indian spice liberally

[@aniyahdilovelilioness747]

Can it be cooked in a regular frying pan?

[@liuzhou]

yes

[@penyelarasdunkulim8315]

its bitter gourd so i wont try to reduce the bitterness which is good for health.

[@lauramarie999]

11:11❤

[@zacharyswan4927]

I love it raw

[@kanyoni7681]

I juice it...

[@floridalady9308]

I've had the soup one, stuffed with meat. This might be too bitter for me. Still, it looks good.

[@sandeepdewan1920]

peel bitter gaurd , put salt and vinegar , leave it for some time , wash with water and then cook it and stuff meat , potato's etc . try Indian way of cooking , you will like it

[@pushpanand8275]

You don’t perk the bitter melon?

[@pushpanand8275]

Sorry, meant peel the bitter melon

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[@alexxasungahid1680]

I cook bitter melon i squish with salt first

[@noorgareh7557]

Yes 😢 I have tried to cook it but it tastes very bitter.😇😇😇

[@InnocentPhoenix-bw9gp]

I'm sure if u salted it , it would leach out some of the bitterness.

[@allisonhinds8384]

I know it's good for you so I eat it but not crazy about it

[@thirdeye460]

If you call this bitter, I will challenge you to try Indian bitter melon or bitter gourd.😂

[@kurniay9856]

Chinese Bitter Melon a.k.a Pare wkwk

[@kenfletcher1240]

I don't understand why you are tryng 'to kill the bitterness'. Here in China, we love it BECAUSE it's bitter. And preparing it with Laoganma* is just strange - it will totally overpower the gourd. We normally cook bitter melon with beef. Or with pork and fermented black soy beans (豆豉 - dòu chǐ). Not jarred black bean sauce! *What type of Laoganma? Laoganma is just a brand name for several sauces. That's like saying add some Heinz! meaningless.

[@sandeepdewan1920]

yes if you can stand bitterness then it is o k . many people like it bitter , in fact juice of raw bitter gourd has lot of benefit .this is doctor saying

[@sandeepdewan1920]

try sweet and sour recipe .it s Devine

[@salamander12]

He showed it in the video! "Spicy Chili Crisp"

[@kenfletcher1240]

@@sandeepdewan1920 Divine, FFS.

[@kenfletcher1240]

@@salamander12 So? Still doesn't make sense.

[@asiankitchen5294]

Pinch of salt 😂. Way too much especially for those with high blood pressure.

[@garygeller6177]

I tried that many years ago while visiting family in the Caribbean. They called it "Ugly fruit". I called it "disgusting". I'll have to try again with your recipe.

[@kenfletcher1240]

I've never heard it called 'ugly fruit' in the Caribbean. And 'ugli fruit' is the Jamaican tangelo, a member of the citrus family. No relation to bitter melon.

[@sandeepdewan1920]

it is the way you cook , bitterness can be reduced to little by getting it out by adding salt , veneer and then cook

[@liuzhou]

@@sandeepdewan1920 Veneer? I suggest you look thatup in a dictionary and then correct it!

[@NYC.2019]

Bitter melon has great benefits, but this veggie had carbs! High carbs!

[@sherryroberts7716]

I cup has 3.9 carbs. I don't call that high. What are your limitations? I guess everyone has a different level. I have yet to try his recipe. I can already feel my taste buds shrinking in horror!! LOL LOL

[@phillipramsey6926]

Not all of our viewers like he Bitterness of the Bitter Mellon, show us how to remove it and then you'll get more subscripers.

[@EarthAngel-u1p]

11:11 on the stove a good sign with a healthy recipe to a better healthy life🍽💚 Thank you for sharing