Today I will write about how to cook Thai Food : Fried Pork with Bitter melon ผัดมะระ หมูสับ, maybe you wonder why "Bitter melon" มะระ it bitter and many people don't like it here I have some information about Bitter melon or in Thai we call (มะระ)
มะระ เป็นไม้เลื้อยเขตร้อนในวงศ์แตง (Cucurbitaceae) นิยมปลูกเพื่อใช้ผลและยอดเป็นอาหาร มีรสขม ที่รู้จักกันดีมี 2 สายพันธุ์ คือ มะระขี้นกและมะระจีน ซึ่งมีชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์เดียวกันคือ Momordica charantia สำหรับชื่อในภาษาอังกฤษมีหลายชื่อ เช่น balsam apple, balsam pear, bitter cucumber, bitter gourd, bitter melon (สำหรับชื่อ bitter gourd หรือ biiter melon นี้มีที่มาจากชื่อจีนที่เรียกว่า 苦瓜) ที่มา http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/มะระ
Bitter melon
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| Bitter melon | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Momordica |
| Species: | M. charantia |
| Binomial name | |
| Momordica charantia Descourt. | |
Momordica charantia is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown for edible fruit, which is among the mostbitter of all vegetables. English names for the plant and its fruit include bitter melon or bitter gourd (translated from Chinese: 苦瓜; pinyin: kǔguā), and goya from Japanese).
The original home of the species is not known, other than that it is a native of the tropics. It is widely grown in India and other parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, China, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Medicinal uses
Bitter melon has been used in various Asian traditional medicine systems for a long time [1]. Like most bitter-tasting foods, bitter melon stimulates digestion. While this can be helpful in people with sluggish digestion, dyspepsia, and constipation, it can sometimes make heartburnand ulcers worse. The fact that bitter melon is also a demulcent and at least mild inflammation modulator, however, means that it rarely does have these negative effects, based on clinical experience and traditional reports.
Though it has been claimed that bitter melon’s bitterness comes from quinine, no evidence could be located supporting this claim. Bitter melon is traditionally regarded by Asians, as well as Panamanians and Colombians, as useful for preventing and treating malaria. Laboratory studies have confirmed that various species of bitter melon have anti-malarial activity, though human studies have not yet been published [2].
In Panama bitter melon is known as Balsamino. The pods are smaller and bright orange when ripe with very sweet red seeds, but only the leaves of the plant are brewed in hot water to create a tea to treat malaria and diabetes. The leaves are allowed to steep in hot water before being strained thoroughly so that only the remaining liquid is used for the tea.
Laboratory tests suggest that compounds in bitter melon might be effective for treating HIV infection [3]. As most compounds isolated from bitter melon that impact HIV have either been proteins or glycoproteins lectins), neither of which are well-absorbed, it is unlikely that oral intake of bitter melon will slow HIV in infected people. It is possible oral ingestion of bitter melon could offset negative effects of anti-HIV drugs, if a test tube study can be shown to be applicable to people [4]. In one preliminary clinical trial, an enema form of a bitter melon extract showed some benefits in people infected with HIV (Zhang 1992). Clearly more research is necessary before this could be recommended.
Thai Food Recipe Ingredients:
- 300g Bitter Melon (sliced)
- 200g mince pork
- 1 tablespoon pork seasoning
- 1/2 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1/2 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
Thai Food Preparation:
- Heat cooking oil in wok ,medium heat add mince pork , pork seasoning, fish sauce and sugar
- Stir until pork almost done add Bitter melon.
- Stir about 5 minute then remove from heat.(bitter melon if too cook will more bitter so best to not cook must)
- Serving with Thai rice.
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