Forest Bitter Melon in Dak Lak province, Vietnam

Small Bitter Melon (Kho Qua Rung) has another name is Boh Pan (Ê Đê name). This fruits is considered as one Traditional Vietnamese Food. This is an twelve-monthly herbaceous vine, small grow rough outdoors, and live commonly in mountainous and midland.

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Forest Bitter Melon  (Boh Pan – Ê Đê name)

The leaf is similar with twelve-monthly melon; however the fruit is small like a finger and has a bitter flavor. Trees and shrubs are often found increasing open forest areas, the majority are on the new using clean milpa.

Forest bitter melon are widely-used widely as a vegetable, however there is no-one plant it at their home’s garden. That they just acquire them on the upland field for the extra daily foods when are on free time. This fruit can be processed for preparing soup, stir fry. If perhaps you are invited this Traditional Vietnamese Food when you come Dak Lak’s home, it means you happen to be your best visitors.

Forest bitter melon has a nasty taste like other bitter melon; however this taste is absolutely better and acceptable for the diners. When we eat this food could have wrinkled some fierce look down on because of unbearable aggression. Nevertheless, if people keep eating it, the lovely flavor comes later and you will love too much. In recent years, some luxury restaurants provide this Traditional Vietnamese Foodstuff on their menu and are highly assessed by the customers due to its special flavor.

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Forest Bitter Melon – Common Bitter Melon

 

Comparable with bitter melon and frozen bitter melon which is sold in the market, the forest bitter melon can be used in soups or fried with ovum, beef, poultry offal or the special type of local residents that deep-fried with dried fish and some package of instant noodles. Because of the form of forest bitter melon, people just the heads and tails of this fruit and then take out the all inside part away and clean it obviously.

 

bitter melon and beef

Forest bitter melon and beef

 

There are many delightful foods in the woods; however people only love animal food like tiger woods, snake, and chicken. So why one fruit like Forest bitter melon is not known widely? It is one missing thing of generally people. Come to Dak Lak to savor this Classic Vietnamese Food to broaden your food knowledge. Expect you have an fired up trip in my beautiful country.