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The bitter melon, a warty pale-to-dark-green gourd, split, deseeded and cut up for the pot; a salt rub or quick blanch softens the bitterness. In soup it turns tender and mellow, its clean bitter note flavouring pork-rib and dried-oyster pots; it is nicknamed the gentleman's vegetable because its bitterness never migrates to the other ingredients.
Nature · cold Flavour · bitter Meridians · heart、spleen、stomach
In Cantonese food therapy bitter melon is used to clear heat, relieve summer heat and brighten the eyes — the definitive bitter cooler of the summer table.
Split it, scrape out the pith and cut into pieces; if you mind the bitterness, salt it first or blanch it (飛水, a quick dip in boiling water).
廣東（涼瓜） — Stocked by Australian Asian grocers; locally grown
Common at Asian grocers · A$7.19–7.19 / kg
sale price (was $10.79/kg)
“Heaty? Then this is the pot.”
Lo Fo Tong is cultural food-heritage reference, not medical advice. If you are pregnant, unwell or on medication, talk to your doctor or registered practitioner before changing what is in the pot.