More Delicious When Eaten, Here are 6 Ways to Eliminate Bitterness in Bitter Melon

Kapanlagi.com - Pare is one type of vegetable that is easily found in Indonesia. However, its bitter taste makes some people dislike it. You should know that there are many benefits of pare for the body, so it's good to include this climbing plant in your daily menu.

In addition, pare also contains many vitamins and minerals, so it's a pity if you miss out on this vegetable just because of its taste. In fact, there are various ways to eliminate the bitterness of pare itself.

Although many people like pare because of its bitter taste that is characteristic of it, there are also many who avoid pare because of the bitter taste when consumed. This elongated vegetable with a serrated surface also has many benefits such as relieving asthma, bone health, and lowering blood sugar levels.

Before knowing how to do it, it turns out that the selection of pare also affects the taste of pare itself. Choose pare that is not too big, because the bigger the pare, the more bitter it tastes. Also, choose pare that is dark green in color. Well, to get the many benefits of bitter melon without worrying about the bitter taste, these series of methods can help you eliminate the bitter taste of bitter melon and make it more delicious when eaten. Curious about how? Let's immediately see the complete review below.

1. Use Salt

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Salt is one of the ingredients that can eliminate the bitterness in bitter melon. The method is, first, divide the bitter melon into two parts. After that, remove the seeds and the white membrane that sticks to the flesh of the fruit. Then, thinly slice the bitter melon, sprinkle salt and squeeze it to make the bitter taste in the bitter melon disappear until it becomes soft. Before cooking, let it sit for 15 minutes and then rinse with running water.

2. Use Granulated Sugar

Apparently, not only salt can overcome the bitterness of bitter gourd. However, granulated sugar can also be your choice to help eliminate its bitterness. The method is not much different from using salt. After removing the seeds and white membrane that stick to it and slicing it into small pieces, you just need to sprinkle sugar. You can squeeze the bitter gourd that has been sprinkled with sugar. Squeezing the bitter gourd aims to remove the bitter taste and let it out.

3. Use Clay

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It is not a secret and many people already know that boiling bitter gourd with clay is used to eliminate the bitterness. This method has been widely used by people in the past. To produce a non-bitter taste of bitter gourd, you can utilize this method.

First, you can prepare clay beforehand, or you can get it at the traditional market. Use a small amount of clay, then boil it together with bitter gourd after removing the seeds and white membrane. You can boil it for five minutes, then remove and rinse it thoroughly.

4. Guava Leaves

If you have guava plants, this is the right way to help eliminate the bitter taste of bitter gourd. Yes, guava leaves are proven to be effective in neutralizing the bitter taste of bitter gourd.

The method is quite easy. Just boil the bitter gourd that has been seeded and its white membrane removed with several crushed guava leaves for 5 minutes. After it is considered enough, drain the bitter gourd from the guava leaf broth and rinse it with running water.

5. Use Vinegar

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Vinegar is one of the kitchen ingredients that you can use to neutralize the bitter taste of bitter gourd. The method is also very easy. You just need to prepare a cup of white vinegar, then add 2 tablespoons of salt and 2 tablespoons of sugar. After that, boil all the ingredients and the bitter gourd that has been seeded and its white membrane removed for 2 minutes. After boiling, rinse the bitter gourd with running water and drain it. The bitter taste in the bitter gourd will disappear.

Those are some ways to eliminate the bitter taste of bitter gourd. You can choose which method you want to use. Hopefully, it is useful.

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