Young immature bitter gourds are the best for cooking: the skin is bright green in color, the flesh inside is white, and the seeds are small and tender. The vegetable is ridged, and the skin is pebbly in texture. Avoid eating bitter gourd if you are pregnant or nursing.
Bitter gourd contains vitamin A, B1, B2, and C. It also contains minerals like calcium, phosphorous, iron, copper and potassium. It helps purify blood tissue, enhances digestion, and stimulates the liver.
The high beta-carotene and other properties in bitter gourd makes it one of the finest vegetable-fruit that help alleviate eye problems and improving eyesight.
Since, this vegetable has many medicinal values, it has to been taken by all.
We can try out a nice recipe of this vegetable.It' very simple to do.
Ingredients:
Bittergourd - 1/4 kg;
Oil - to deep fry;
Chilli powder - 1/2tsp;
Salt to taste.
Preparation:
- Wash well and cut the vegetable into thin slices.
- Heat the water in a vessel, when the water starts boiling, add the vegetable with enough salt, and cook them until it becomes soft and tender.
- Strain off the water, and allow it cool.
- Squeeze of the extra water from the vegetable with your hands.
- Heat oil in a kadai, and then deep fry the vegetable slices.
- Lastly, add the chilli powder to it and mix well.
- Really it would be a better, bitter chips.
- The black chips goes well with sambar rice and curd rice.
Do try this recipe, I think surely everybody would like.
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