Bitter gourd, Carrot, Mushroom Chicken Soup is one of my favourite home-cooked soups.

Chinese believes that this soup is excellent to remove the body heat or cooling down the
body. And with its bitter sweet mushroom taste, its simply delicious on a hot summer day or
a cold winter day.

Bitter gourd, Carrot, Mushroom Chicken Soup
Ingredients
50g Dried Mushroom
100g bitter gourd
100g chicken
50g carrot
10g fresh ginger

Seasonings
1 tsp of salt
Pinch of black pepper powder

Methods
1. Soak the dried mushroom in hot water for 15 minutes to soften it. Rinse it thoroughly
again with cold water.
2. Cut the bitter gourd into half and remove the internal seeds. Then, cut the bitter
gourd into square shape.
3. Clean the chicken, remove the skin, and cut it into small pieces.
4. Peel the carrot skin and cut it into square pieces.
5. Peel the ginger skin and cut it into slices.
6. Boil about 3 cups of water in a pot.
7. Add in chicken and bitter gourd and boil at medium fire for 5 minutes.
8. Pour the chicken and bitter gourd soup into a slow cooker.
9. Add in mushroom, carrot and ginger.
10. Simmer the soup for 1.5 hour.
11. Add in salt and pepper for taste.
And it is ready for serving.

Bitter Gourd the wonder vegetable that cures !
Bitter gourd is a type of common vegetable available in Asian and African countries. It is also
known as Bitter melon or Karela with green rough, warty skin. As the name suggests, the
vegetable is bitter in taste. Well-known as having great medicinal value in native medicines
in Asia and Africa, it has been used as appetizing, stomachic, laxative properties, anti-
bilious, antidote and antipyretic tonic.

Nutrition Benefits of Eating Bitter Gourd
Aids in lowering sugar levels in people suffering from diabetes.
Aids in cancer fighting Bitter gourd
Aids in constipation relief
Believe to be effective in the treatment of psoriasis.
Aids in blood circulation and blood purifier
Effects in body slimming.
Prevention and treatment of hypertension.
Eye complications prevention
Treating neuritis.
Treating defective metabolism of carbohydrates.


Nutritional Value of Bitter Gourd

100 grams of bitter gourd comprises of the following nutrients:
Calcium - 19 mg
Copper - 0.034 mg
Dietary Fiber - 3 g
Dietary Folate Equivalents - 72 mcg
Folate - 72 mcg
Food Folate - 5.6 mcg
Iron - 0.43 mg
Magnesium - 17 mg
Manganese - 0.089 mg
Pantothenic Acid - 0.212 mcg
Phosphorus - 31 mg
Potassium - 296 mg
Protein - 1 g
Selenium - 0.2 mcg
Sodium - 5 mg
Sodium - 5 mg
Total Carbohydrates - 4 g
Zinc - 0.8 mg
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Calcium
Total Fat - 0g
Saturated Fat - 0g
Cholesterol - 0 mg
Folic Acid - 0 mcg
Sugars - 0 g