Bitter food is healthy food especially bitter gourd. If your body feels heaty, bitter gourd will be recommended to you because it is a very cooling food. But because it is bitter, I hardly ever buy it because my husband is a picky eater and I am not sure how well it will fair with my girls.
One day, while I was shopping at the Asian supermarket, the bitter gourd that I saw just looked so fresh and inviting that it was calling me to pick it up. A Chinese chef that I knew told me to pick bitter gourd that has wide ridges, then it won't be that bitter. I also sprinkled it with sea salt, hoping that some bitterness would come out as well. Additionally, I took the safer route to fry it with eggs as my husband and girls all loved eggs, and would probably eat anything that contains eggs.
The result: They all finished it. My girls did complain that it is bitter, but I told them that's why it is good for you and eat them up and so they did. Maybe I should also blanch it first to make it even less bitter?
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