Bitter melon is a plant that grows in parts of Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and South America. Its fruit looks like a cucumber and has a very strong bitter taste. People use bitter melon as both a ...

Salting and then rinsing bitter melon softens its assertiveness and allows other green, juicy flavors to come to the fore. The young fruits can be then be pickled or cooked, ideally with flavors ...

Research has shown it has healing properties; one study suggests that an oily homogenized form of bitter melon helped heal an injured rabbit. If your mum always tells you how healthy bitter melon ...

winter melon, Chinese okra and bitter squash. In traditional Chinese medicine, these ingredients are considered cooling, so are eaten when it's hot outside (although many of them are also ...