Sopropo
Vegetables
Refrigerator
The sopropo has as many names as shapes. The vegetable is also known as bitter melon, balsam pear, karela and paré. It can be as big as a hefty courgette. Or conversely, as small as a pickle. The skin is smooth or hugely bumpy. The shape is round or very elongated. What they have in common? The (very) bitter taste.
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Preparation & storage
Storage
Sopropo does not keep very well. It is best to store them whole in the vegetable drawer.
Freezing is not recommended, even in a prepared dish. Why not? The tasty firmness quickly turns into a limp, mealy substance after heating.
Preparation
You can eat the skin (including any warts) and flesh of sopropo. It is best to throw away the seeds and the seeds in the middle.
Wash the sopropo and cut off the butts. Then cut it in half lengthwise. You can now scrape out the seeds and seedlings with a spoon. Only the soft parts need to go.
Optionally, you can also cut the halves in half again lengthwise. That way, the seeds stick out in a triangular shape that you can easily cut off.
Finally, cut the vegetables into strips or halves.
You may want to soak the vegetables to make the flavour slightly less bitter.
Storage times
Refrigerator: 2 days
Preparation times
Stir-fry: 3 - 4 minutes
Cooking: 3 - 4 minutes
Steaming: 10-15 minutes
Cleaning sopropo
See preparing.
Information
Cultivation
Tip
Sopropo taste
Availability
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