Bitter melon |C
🥒 Product Name: Bitter melon (Khổ qua) 500g +/-50g
🧬 Scientific Name: Momordica charantia
🌾 Harvest Date: 55–65 days
💚Natural flavors: Distinctly bitter with a crisp, watery-crunchy flesh similar to cucumber. The bitterness carries a subtle grassy sweetness underneath and softens noticeably when parboiled or paired with egg, pork, or fermented black beans in classic preparations.
🔍 Recipe Suggestions:
• Cookpad: https://cookpad.com/vn/tim-kiem/Kh%E1%BB%95%20qua
• Simply Recipes: https://www.simplyrecipes.com/search?q=bitter+melon
🥗 Nutrition Value:
• USDA: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168393/nutrients
• MyFoodData: https://www.myfooddata.com/food-search?q=bitter+melon
🌿 Medicinal value: In folk nutrition traditions, bitter melon has been valued for its unique bitter compounds, with folk use to help support healthy blood sugar levels.
