Thursday 7 July 2022

Grouper Slices + Bitter Gourd Soup

For the time being, this will be the last post for the home grown white bitter gourds because we have removed all the old vines from the garden. As the plants age, the fruits become smaller and smaller.

We used to get big bitter gourds, much bigger than the one above. As the vines get older, the gourds become smaller.
We have been sharing our bitter gourds with friends and neighbours. I have used bitter gourds for different ways of cooking so that we don't get bored.
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Soup for dinner.
I even used bitter gourd to cook soup with grouper slices instead of using pork or chicken meat for a change.
Ingredients used: Bitter gourd slices, carrot slices, grouper slices, old ginger slices, chicken stock, home made glutinous rice wine and salt to taste.
And sambal belacan with some lime juice as dipping sauce for the fish slices.
White bitter gourd vines before they were removed a few days ago.
Plants are like humans. As we grow older, we have many problems. Don't know what caused the gourds to have the rusty colour spots and patches, or probably fruit rot. For a change, we are now looking forward to plant other edibles and white bitter gourd will have to wait its turn.

If he sows to please his own wrong desires, he will be planting seeds of evil
and he will surely reap a harvest of spiritual decay and death;
but if he plants the good things of the Spirit,
he will reap the everlasting life that the Holy Spirit gives him.
(Galatians 6:8, The Living Bible-TLB)

36 comments:

  1. I like the clear soup. Must be so very sweet with the fish slices in it!

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    1. Thank you, STP. Yes, the soup was very sweet.

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  2. Have you eaten ones with these brown spots? I would not be brave enough, and would throw them away.

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    1. No, those with brown spots were all thrown away.

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  3. Your soup makes for a very nutritious low carb meal. Tastes even better with the sambal belacan. Some plants need replanting to reinvigorate. Hope you get abundant harvest again in future.

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    1. Thank you, PH. Looking forward to cooler weather.

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  4. I am not familiar with this vegetable-so thanks for sharing, your soup sounds delicious

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  5. i just had bitter gourds for my lunch!

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    1. Bitter gourds can be used in many recipes.

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  6. Looking foward to what you´ll grow next.
    And if I ever see such a fruit I know what it is and will try it!

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    1. Thank you, Iris. The weather currently is too hot.

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  7. Thanks for the blessings of bitter gourd.. hahaha... what is abundance from you, I am blessed..

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  8. Thanks for your sharing:) have a lovely day...

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  9. Gostei de ver estas deliciosas fotografias.
    Um abraço e continuação de uma boa semana.

    Andarilhar
    Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
    O prazer dos livros

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  10. When the harvest is too bountiful... creates other problems too! I can't imagine the outcry from my family if bittergourd keeps appearing on the table hehe. You've shown such pretty white bittergourds so far, but these rust-spotted ones aren't so pretty.

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    1. So true, Stacy. That is why I shared the harvest with others.

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  11. ...Nancy, it's wonderful to see how productive your garden is.

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  12. Hello Nancy,:=) It's true that fruit is much like us, as we age we tend to shrink. I have never eaten Bitter Gourd, so have no idea what it tastes like, but it seems like a good plant to grow in the garden, if you can eat it in different ways,
    All the best.

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    1. Thank you, Breathtaking. All the best to you too.

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  13. Thank you Nancy for imparting your knowledge about growing bitter gourd plants here. Learnt a lot from you. Grouper Slices + Bitter Gourd Soup sounds so delicious. I would prefer grouper slices to pork or chicken. Do grouper slices have a higher price than chicken or pork? I would think fish cos more than chicken and pork.

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    1. Thank you, Mun. Grouper slices is more expensive than chicken and pork. After the price hike, I don't know which is more expensive now.

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  14. I usually eat bitter gourds stuffed with pork hash. Never tried it in soup. It will be nice to grow something different. Gigi hawaii

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  15. To me sitting here in Oklahoma, your food seems so exotic. I have never heard of bitter gourds before and I would love to find out what they taste like.

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    1. Thank you, Yogi. It is only slightly bitter and it can be cooked in many recipes.

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  16. it's look so healthy and full nutritious. I like a little bit bitter dish...and this plant in my country called as paria or pare. Have a nice day Nancy ^^

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    1. Yes, here it is called peria. Have a nice day too.

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