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I think I’m one of the very few Westerners who actually likes bittergourd. Although I think it would go better with egg fried rice, or boiled rice, or just about any rice that doesn’t have prawns in it! 😉
There was a reference online to a Panamanian dish with bittergourd, which they call something else. Can’t remember what it was, but I seem to recall it had egg and some sort of meat in it.
I’ve never heard of such a dish and really doubt it was bittergourd (but I suppose I could be wrong). I’d never even heard of bittergourd until about 8 years or so ago, when I was dating Keya, an Indian girl.
In Panama bitter melon is known as Balsamino. The pods are smaller and bright orange when ripe with very sweet red seeds, but only the leaves of the plant are brewed in hot water to create a tea to treat malaria and diabetes. The leaves are allowed to steep in hot water before being strained thoroughly so that only the remaining liquid is used for the tea.
The source for this paragraph is here.
I was wrong about the dish, by the way. But I did remember the “Panama” part.
In Panama bitter melon is known as Balsamino. The pods are smaller and bright orange when ripe with very sweet red seeds, but only the leaves of the plant are brewed in hot water to create a tea to treat malaria and diabetes. The leaves are allowed to steep in hot water before being strained thoroughly so that only the remaining liquid is used for the tea.
The source for this paragraph is here.
Thanks for the link. I had heard of té de balsamino, which I vaguely recall was used for medicinal uses, but I had no idea that was bitter melon. I also didn’t realize there were different varieties, which might explain why I like the Indian preparations of bitter melon better. I very much would like to try some of these other dishes described.