Momordica Recipes

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Momordica in cooking

Momordica variety Japan Long

Here are some of the Momordica recipes we make:

As you know, momordica is very bitter. But only ripe fruits are bitter, so we eat them young and green. The seeds, on the other hand, are sweet when ripe. Bitterness can be removed a little in one of the ways: put the fruit in cold water for several hours or in salted water, or pour boiling water over it.

We salt, pickle, make salads, vinaigrette and seasonings for meat, add to fried and stewed dishes, all eggplant recipes are suitable for its preparation. Young fruits can be preserved. In cooking, it is also used for sprinkling cakes and cookies.

Momordica is used for the preparation of various drinks: liqueurs, liqueurs, wines, tinctures. The tincture is made with alcohol (vodka) and refined oil. The fruits are cut, poured with vodka or alcohol. Insist for two weeks in a dark place.

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Pickled Momordica

Cut the washed fruits and put them in jars. Add garlic, dill, peas, horseradish or black currant leaves. Pour boiled water over, let stand for 20-25 minutes, then drain, boil and pour into jars again for 20 minutes. Drain again, add 1 tbsp to 1 liter jar. a spoonful of salt, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sugar, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vinegar, bring to a boil - pour and roll up.

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Fried Momordica

We need salt, butter, flour, an egg and, of course, the green momordica fruit. My fruits, cut off the ends, cut into pieces 1.5-2 cm thick, add. Dip in flour and egg and fry in a well-heated frying pan until golden brown. Serve as a separate dish with any sauce or as a side dish for meat.

Stuffed Momordica

We take any minced meat and do everything as for stuffing pepper. Peel the seeds of momordika, pour over with boiling water, cool and stuff. Simmer in a little water or sauce.

Momordica snack

You will need green fruits, water, salt, flour, turmeric (optional), vegetable oil for frying. Cut Momordica into rings across. Fill with water and sprinkle generously with salt. While the rings are floating in the brine, heat the oil in a frying pan. Dip the momordica in flour. Fry on both sides (like zucchini). Remove from the pan and place on a couple of napkins to collect excess fat. While momordica is “resting on napkins”, prepare mayonnaise-garlic sauce, coat each slice. It turns out something like "Momardyuk language". Yummy!

Momordica fried with eggs

We wash the green momordica, cut the fruit lengthwise into two parts and clean it from the insides. Then cut it into slices and fry until soft in a pan with heated oil. Season it with soy sauce. Break a couple of eggs into a frying pan and mix everything well. We keep the pan on fire until the eggs are cooked.

Another recipe for stuffed momordica: wash the young fruits, then cut them into rings 3-4 cm high. Remove the insides with a fork. Cooking minced pork. Soak Chinese noodles (Wun-sen) in cold water. In order not to bother too much, you can take instant noodles and soak them. Mix together the minced pork, Chinese noodles, finely grated carrots and season the whole mixture with fish sauce.

Then fill the momordica rings with the mixture and put them in a saucepan. Fill with water and set to cook. Cook until momordica is tender. When boiling, add a cube of chicken broth and a little chopped celery to the water. Taste and add some more fish sauce if you feel like it.

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