BITTER GOURD / KARELA / KAKARAKAYA - 1.0 LB [ APPROX 6 PCS ] ******

Bitter melon is used as a vegetable in India and other Asian countries and as an ingredient in some kinds of curries.   Bitter gourd (balsam pear/ bitter melon) is a young, tender, edible fruit-pod in the Momordica genus of climbing vines. Although its bitter taste might turn some people away, nonetheless, it truely can sweeten your health through virtue of its disease preventing and health promoting phytochemical compounds. Bitter melon contains a chemical that acts like insulin to help reduce blood sugar levels.