Not your usual frittata, starring bitter melon. The eggs are full with umami from dashi stock and fish cake.

Bitter melon stuffed with delicious, savory ground pork studded with goji berries and onions. It’s super easy to make!

Red Bitter-gourd Achar is a classic Kerala style pickle, spicy, with tangy flavors.

This tart, made with 7 ingredients, including soy chorizo, bitter melon, and quail eggs, makes a great brunch item, and conversation piece!

Pavakka theeyal is a traditional Kerala delicacy made with bitter gourd, roasted coconut, spices and tamarind.

Mixed Vegetables stewed in spicy vinegar sauce

This is a family fave! A delicious Filipino dish with pork belly and packed with veggies: Okra, Bittermelon, Squash, Beans and Eggplant!

Simple, homey and delicious dish with bitter melon and eggs.

Pinakbet or Pakbet, a Filipino vegetable dish that is flavorful as it is colorful.

Tips for taming bitter melon and creating a vegan rendition of sari sari that you won’t need to be sorry for.

Bitter melon, beef and oyster sauce make a healthy and delicious vegetable stir-fry dish.

Goya Chanpuru (Stir-Fried Bitter Melon) is a very popular Okinawan dish.

Vegan, sweet-n-sour, spicy bitter melon stir-fry with coconut and garlic is to-die-for! Easy to follow n Photographed step by step.

My take on traditional, North Indian Karela Stir-fry. In India, people serve Karela Stir-Fry on the side with lentil curries, yogurt n rice.

Healthy Iron rich and addictive side dish with bitter gourd.

“Goong che nam pa” – a classic Thai dish of fresh raw prawns soaked/marinated in a spicy garlic and fish sauce dressing.

Pork Rib Stew with Black Beans and Bitter Melon – perfect with steamed rice.

Salty black beans perfectly complements the bitter melon in this flavorful dish.

Simple, savory, Chinese stir-fried bitter melon with pork and black bean sauce.

Refreshing bitter melon salad mixed with tofu and sesame seeds.

Okinawan Stir-Fry: Bitter Melon, Red Sweet Potatoes, and Turmeric Poached Egg – delicious! Another dish from the land of 100-year-olds!

Once you get past its mild bitterness, you will appreciate the clean taste of Bitter Melon.