Bitter Gourd, Bitter Melon, Karela Juice
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.
Note if you have Diabeties, this is a good home remedy.
goatsandgreens
Nov 11, 2018, 8:12 amThank 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!
Rita
Nov 11, 2018, 6:15 pmGood to hear. Thanks very much.
Zeba@Food For The Soul
Jul 7, 2019, 1:41 pmNice, I juice cucumber and celery with it. Makes it a little easier to drink 🙂
Antonia
Jul 7, 2019, 6:22 pmInteresting and so helpful! Thank you for sharing at Fiesta Friday this week!