Comments on Sri Lanka Cooking | Sri Lankan Food Recipes With How To Cook Videos: Karavila Sambola (Bitter Gourd Sambol)

Yep Brett Bitter Gourd IS very very bitter !! ...

2010-04-15T00:03:24.660+03:00

Yep Brett
Bitter Gourd IS *very* *very* bitter !!
But its good for Diabetics. Ayurveda has known it for more than t2 thousand years and now in Germany where I live my husband has been prescribed Karawila (Mormodica) tablets by his German Diabetic specialist.
So enjoy the goodness.
Acids tone down the bitterness. Chamari has the tomatoes very correctly.

Excellent video, planning on making this for new y...

2010-04-14T01:17:10.885+03:00

Excellent video, planning on making this for new years. If you are in the UK and need fresh bitter gourd, try Pakistani and Indian stores. I know specifically Pak store sells them.

make no mistake, bitter gourd is VERY BITTER... no...

2010-01-26T16:44:35.511+02:00

make no mistake, bitter gourd is VERY BITTER... not slightly bitter or some non-descriptive term. The salt, spice and lime juice... along with the frying... seem to tone the bitterness to a manageable level.

Thanks for the excellent video. I bought some kara...

2010-01-26T16:42:38.889+02:00

Thanks for the excellent video. I bought some karavila at the Indian store and made this. It was very interesting, I have never tasted a vegetable like this before. By itself, the sambol's bitter aftertaste is not that pleasant... but if I mix it on some rice with lentils, seni sambol or conconut sambol... as a complex flavor combination... it tastes good.

Great site and great videos.I have posted your You...

2010-01-03T04:00:03.448+02:00