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How to cook bitter melon leaves??
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Posted by winane z9 CA (My Page) on Thu, Jun 14, 07 at 1:57
| I've seen the local asian farmer's market selling bitter melon leaves...how do you cook them?? My uncle recently became a diabetic and somebody suggested he make soup or tea out of the leaves. Anybody with recipes? Thanks! |
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RE: How to cook bitter melon leaves??
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| You can substitute it for spinach in any recipe where you will cook the spinach. Health Nut's Rainbow Dream
Serves: 4 - 5 By: Roosebelt Balboa Ingredients:
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1/4 cup sibuyas Tagalog (native onions), sliced
1/2 cup tomatoes, sliced
1-1/2 cups water
1/2 cup ube (purple potato), cubed
1 large carrot, cubed
1 cup broccoli, chopped
1 small eggplant, thinly sliced
1/2 cup sitaw (yardlong beans), cut into 2-1/2 inch pieces
2 teaspoons bagoong alamang (shrimp paste)
1 siling labuyo (hot chili pepper)
1 tablespoon dayap (native lime) juice
1 cup alokon flowers and young leaves
1/2 cup malunggay (horseradish) leaves
1/2 cup ampalaya (bitter melon) leaves Cooking Method:
Saute garlic and sibuyas Tagalog in hot olive oil in a large saucepan. When garlic is brown and sibuyas Tagalog is transparent, add tomatoes and water. Boil for 2 minutes. Add ube and cook over medium-high heat for 9 minutes. Add carrots, broccoli, eggplant, sitaw, bagoong alamang, siling labuyo and dayap juice and stir. Cook for 3 minutes on medium heat. Toss in alokon and cook for 2 minutes. Stir. Add malunggay and ampalaya leaves and cook briefly until wilted. Serve with rice. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Recipes using Bitter Melon Leaves aka ampalaya
RE: How to cook bitter melon leaves??
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| Hi Violet, Thanks for the link! Interesting recipe, looks like I may have to substitute or leave out the mulunggay leaves. Don't know where I would begin to find that...unless I grow it myself. I don't think I can find alokon flowers so I might substitute there too. Thanks it's a start for me. And now I know what to search for. "Bitter Melon Leaves" search didn't get me much of anything in way of recipes. Now I know it's called "ampalaya". Wooo Hooo so happy for it. Thanks! |
RE: How to cook bitter melon leaves??
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RE: How to cook bitter melon leaves??
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Hi,
you can cook your bitter melon leaves(ampalaya leaves) with chicken(tinola) chopped onions
a piece of ginger(optional)
chopped garlic
chicken pieces
papaya or chayote(optional in 1 inch cubes)salt to taste
a can of chicken broth(swanson) or chicken bouillon cubes)
bitter melon leaves/ends(substitute any pepper leaves, spinach) saute garlic in a pot with olive oil, add onion and ginger,(optional) stir for a couple of minutes then add the chicken pieces,stir for a few mins, add salt to taste, add chicken broth, 3-4 cups of water then bring to boil and simmer for good 25-30 minutes. when chicken is tender add bitter mellon leaves (dont stir, it will make it more bitter) turn it off in a couple of minutes. eat it with steam rice. enjoy.. |
RE: How to cook bitter melon leaves??
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| winane, Did you try some bitter melon leaf dishes? |
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