How to make bitter gourd, sweet and sour, very effective against boredom

Instead of bringing bitter melon to the warehouse, cooking soup, stir-frying, try changing the taste for the whole family with sweet and sour bitter melon. With only easy-to-buy ingredients and simple recipes, you have an extremely good “anti-sickness” dish, especially during Tet meals.

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Ingredients for bitter melon pickled sweet and sour

• 2 bitter melons
• 150ml vinegar
• 100g sugar
• 350ml filtered water
• Garlic, chili
• 1 teaspoon salt

How to make bitter gourd pickled sweet and sour

Step 1Process materials

You wash the bitter melon, cut off the two ends, then cut the bitter melon in half, remove the inner part and cut into bite-sized pieces.

Chili and garlic are cut into thin slices.

Step 2Ignore it

You put a pan of water on the stove, wait for the water to boil, then add 1/2 teaspoon of salt , then add the sliced bitter melon to blanch for about 1 minute. Then take it out and put it in a bowl of ice water to soak for about 15 minutes , take it out and let it dry.

Step 3Cook sugar vinegar water

You put the pot on the stove, put in the pot 350ml of filtered water, 150ml of vinegar, 100gr of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Use chopsticks to stir until the sugar and salt dissolve completely, then turn off the stove to let the sugar vinegar water cool down completely before taking it to soak the bitter melon.

Step 4Sweet and sour bitter melon

You put bitter melon alternately with garlic and chili into a glass jar. Then pour in the vinegar and sugar water to cover the bitter melon, then close the lid.

Next, you put the jar of bitter melon in the refrigerator for 1 day , the next day you can take it out and use it.

Finished product

Pickled bitter melon eaten with rice and braised food, or baked goods will be very delicious. The sweet and crunchy pickled bitter melon has an eye-catching yellow color, the bitter taste of bitter melon, harmoniously mixed with the sweet and sour taste of sugar, and very delicious vinegar.

Good tip

To prevent bitter gourd from becoming bitter, you should blanch it with boiling water before taking it to soak it in sweet and sour. However, do not blanch for too long, it will make the bitter gourd soft and mushy.

In order for the sweet and sour bitter melon to retain its delicious crispiness, at the stage after blanching the bitter melon, you need to soak the bitter melon in a basin of ice water. At the same time , it is recommended to leave the jar of sweet and sour bitter melon in the refrigerator for a day to ensure that the bitter melon will be “crunchy” always.

Hopefully, the sharing will help you have more experience in making sweet and sour bitter melon that is both crispy and delicious. If you make this dish on Tet holiday, it will be extremely effective against boredom!

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