Ampalaya-Carrot Juice

Amapalaya also known as Bitter Mellon or Bitter Gourd
is called bitter for a reason. Its just plain bitter
pure and simple! Besides Ginisang Monggo, how can you
eat this vegetable as part of an everyday diet?

There are several anecdotal studies
about the benefits of Ampalya to diseases such as type 2 diabetes.
The benefits of Ampalaya is well known
in Chinese and Asian Herbal medicine practices.

In the West, clinical studies about the benefits of the vegetable are
not established sufficiently.

To balance out its bitter taste, I combined it with
the sweet taste of carrots, apple and celery.
I can still taste the bitterness of the mellon
but at least its minimized.

Ingredients:
2 Fuji Apple cut into slices
2 stalks of celery
3 carrots
1/2 Ampalaya deseeded and cut longitudinally

Materials needed: Juicer machine

Preparation steps:
1. Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly.
2. Place a glass on the discharge spout of a Juicer machine.
3. Feed above ingredients to the Juicer machine.
4. Use a spoon to stir the resulting juice.
5. Drink juice as soon as possible to prevent it from oxidizing.