Ingredients
Bitter melon
Salt
Spices such as black pepper and garlic powder (optional)
Soy sauce (optional)
Steps
1) cut bitter melon to small pieces
2) add some vegetable oil to a preheated pan on high heat
3) add bitter melon and stir until they turn bright green
4) add salt and your favorite spices and soy sauce and mix well
5) transfer to a plate and enjoy
It’s amazingly delicious 😋 It’s super healthy too!
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Bitter melon (Momordica charantia) is a type of edible, medicinal fruit that is native to Asia, Africa and parts of the Caribbean. It has a very long history of use in China, Ayurvedic medicine — a traditional system of healing that has been practiced for India for over 3,000 years — and also in some of the healthiest places of the world, such as Okinawa, Japan (one of the world’s “blue zones“).
Records show that culinary and medicinal uses of bitter melon originated in India, then were introduced into Traditional Chinese Medicine practices around the 14th century. Knowing that bitter foods tend to be cleansing for the body and capable of boosting liver health, the Chinese were attracted to bitter melon’s extremely sour taste. They began cooking and using the fruit in recipes, as well as juicing it to create a tonic in order to help treat such conditions as indigestion, an upset stomach, skin wounds, chronic coughs and respiratory infections.
Bitter melon has been the focus of well over 100 clinical and observational studies. It’s best known for its hypoglycemic effects (the ability to lower blood sugar), and research shows that the melon’s juice, fruit and dried powder can all be used to mimic insulin’s effects and help treat diabetes.
Although researchers state that further studies are required to recommend its use for certain conditions, according to a 2004 review published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, findings show that bitter melon has some of the following benefits:
Managing blood sugar levels and diabetes
Reducing respiratory infections, such as pneumonia
Lowering inflammation and raising immunity
Treating abdominal pain, peptic ulcers, constipation, cramps and fluid retention
Increasing cancer protection
Reducing fevers and coughs
Lowering menstrual irregularity
Treating skin conditions including eczema, scabies and psoriasis
Antiviral, antibacterial and anthelmintic properties (including those that can be used to prevent or treat parasites, HIV/AIDS, malaria and even leprosy)
Treating gout, jaundice and kidney stones
Managing symptoms of autoimmune disorders including rheumatoid arthritis.
The immature fruit is sometimes eaten as a vegetable and added to stir-fries or other recipes, especially throughout Asia. It can be consumed both raw and cooked, as well as used to make a concentrated extract that contains high levels of anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral compounds.
Asian and African folklore and herbal medicine practitioners were some of the first to adopt bitter melon. The fruit has been used in healing systems native to places such as India, Indonesia, Turkey, Japan and Turkey for at least 700 years!
In Turkish folk medicine, bitter melon is known as a stomach soother, despite its strong, sometimes off-putting taste. Turkish healers used bitter melon hundreds of years ago to soothe ulcers, constipation, water retention, bloating and more.
In India, bitter melon is considered one of the most important plants for Ayurvedic “ethnobotanical practices.” In Ayurveda, the fruit has been used to help balance hormones, manage symptoms of diabetes, reduce digestive upset, treat skin disorders or wounds, and also as a natural laxative for treating constipation.
Bitter melon has also earned a reputation for acting a natural cough suppressant and protector of respiratory diseases.
Today, bitter melon is still widely used as a vegetable in daily cooking in places like Bangladesh and several other countries in Asia. As it has been for hundreds of years, it’s still used as a medicinal plant for the treatment of various diseases in developing countries (like Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Ghana, Haiti, India Mexico, Malaya, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru) due to its availability, low cost and multipurpose uses.
It’s also a popular addition to stir-fries in China, India and Japan and promoted for its digestive-boosting benefits.
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