Why bitter gourd is bitter in taste?

Answer 1

Sugar is the basic food that gives energy to humans. We feel it sweet because that is the mapping that our brain has given to it since it is the basic food giving us energy. Bitter melon has phyto nutrients and other compounds that can drastically reduce our sugar levels because of that reason our brain has given it the mapping of bitter taste.

All the tastes we feel for different food are just mapping signals given by our brain according to our body requirements, that is the reason even water tastes sweet and good when you are very thirsty.

Answer 2

Cucumbers contain small amounts of a bitter chemical called cucurbitacin. It's common for the cucumber fruits to contain more cucurbitacin if the plant they are grown on is under stress, from temperature, lack of water or nutrients.

Answer 3

Bitter gourd contains compounds called momordicines, which are responsible for its bitter taste. These compounds serve as a natural defense mechanism for the plant, deterring animals and insects from eating it.

Answer 4

It was probably not fully ripe when picked.

Answer 5

The bitterness of bitter gourd is due to to the cucurbitacin-like alkaloid momordicine and triterpene glycosides.

Answer 6

Bitter Gourd is bitter in taste because it is basic in nature. Basses are bitter and slippery in nature.