Vegetables like pumpkin, ash gourd, bitter gourd, brinjal, etc. are now cultivated extensively.

They like a bitter gourd to be light green, for example.

It is a salad made with pieces of raw fish marinated in citrus juice, ginger, bitter gourd, and other ingredients.

Curd/yogurt based pachadi can be made of any vegetable, although cucumbers, squash, mango, bitter gourd or pineapple are common.

Just like siomay, other complements to batagor are steamed cabbage, potatoes, bitter gourd and tofu.

For this, the bitter gourd is cut into cubes or slices and sautéed covered in oil and a sprinkle of water.

Other complements to siomay are steamed cabbage, potatoes, bitter gourd and tofu.

The word Ikshvaku means "bitter gourd".

Am I a bitter gourd?

Carrots, beans etc. are recent introduction, while the north Keralan Avial includes bitter gourd also.