Bitter Gourd Juice Recipe

This juice has apple, ginger, lemon juice and a green chilli in it. It also has a touch of salt added into it which actually reduces the bitter level and makes it more appetizing. Added a green apple, the tartness of that apple paired beautifully with the bittergourd. You can use normal red apples as well. 

Preparation Time : 20 mins

Serves : 2 to 3

Ingredients:

Bitter Gourd / Pavakkai - 1 large

Green Apple / Red Apple - 1

Ginger - 2 cm piece peeled and chopped

Lemon Juice - 1 tblspn or to taste

Salt or Black Salt - 1 tsp + 1/2 tsp

Green Chilli or Black Pepper - 1 small chopped

Cold Water as needed

Method:

Take bitter gourd and wash it well. Cut them in half, scoop out the seeds. Chop it into small pieces.

Take this in a bowl, add in 1 tsp of salt over this and mix really well with your hands. Set this aside for 10 to 15 mins.

Now chop a apple, remove the seeds and set aside.

Now take the bitter gourd and squeeze it in your hands, the juices will come out, discard it. 

Take the squeezed bitter gourd in a blender, add in green apple, chilli, ginger and puree smoothly adding some water.

Strain this, add in lemon juice and salt. Mix well.

Add more water if too thick.

Pour it into glasses and serve cold.

Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients

cut the top and bottom 

scopp the seeds out

cut it into small pieces

add in a tsp of salt

use your hands to rub it really well, this will soften 
the bittergourd

now leave this for 10 to 15 mins

Meanwhile prepare the apples.. i used green apple, 
you can use normal red apples too

cut it into pieces

see how much juices coming out from it, this remove 
the excess bitter from it

This is what you need

Look how much juice i got from these ..discard it

take the squeezed bitter gourd in a blender

add in green apple

add in few pieces of ginger

and few pieces of green chillies, you can add 
some pepper powder

puree smoothly, add little water to make it 
into a smooth puree

pour this in a strainer

this is pure goodness

now add in some lemon juice

add in some salt, you can use some black salt as well

pour in some cold water

take your glass

enjoy