Karela or Bitter Gourd, Bitter Melon has many health benefits. The main being regulate the blood sugar and hence it is very good for diabetics.
Karela Juice Recipe
Ingredients – Makes 1 small glass
1 Karela Big
salt to taste
lime/lemon juice as per taste
Few slices of cucumber for garnish
Method
Wash the Karela.
Remove the seeds.
Cut into small pieces.
Puree it in a blender or is you have juicer you can use that. If using blender you can add little water. About 1/4 cup will do.
If pureed using a blender, pass it through a sieve.
Add salt and Lime/Lemon juice to the collected juice.
Serve with cucumber slices for garnish.
Note: This is really bitter, but the benefits are in this bitter part. I just had drop of it and could not have more my whole food pipe is reacting to it and I can feel the bitter taste all the way down.
But if you have Diabeties there is no better home remedy.
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Thank you so very much for adding to my repertoire of dishes I can make with bitter melon. It’s one of those foods in the Blue Zones discussions/cookbooks that would be nice to see more of around in my part of the world. Thanks for sharing with Fiesta Friday!
Good to hear. Thanks very much.