Fried Carailla
This is a bitter melon dish often eaten with dhal and white rice. I was surprised that a Google search did not return any good results for this melon but I did find out it has medicinal properties.
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs carailla, seeded, cored, and very thinly sliced.
- 2 tsp salt
- 4 to 6 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- ½ onion, chopped
Directions:
Place carailla slices in a shallow dish and sprinkle with salt. Let stand 1 hour to extract bitter juices. Squeeze more juice out of carailla using paper towels.
Heat oil in shallow saucepan over high heat. Add garlic and onion, and sauté for one minute. Add carailla, reduce heat to medium high, and cook until brown and crisp. Serve hot.
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Guyana, South American born Lily Bengfort's family emigrated to the U.S. when she was a child. During her diverse life and career, Bengfort served as a chief of staff to a Maryland Senator, worked in marketing for a Fortune 500 company, served as a Capital Campaign Chair for a non-profit, and worked as a Journalist for a Public Radio Station. However, her entrepreneurial bent from her Guyanese mother propelled her into successfuly launching and selling several start-ups. After selling a successful start up in 2000, Bengfort co-founded CenGen--short for Consulting and Engineering Next Generation Networks--where she served as President and CEO. The wireless communications and networking company was built into a mutimillion-dollar concern before being acquired by DRS Technologies, a multi-billlion dollar defense contractor in December 2010. Bengfort and CenGen won several awards including the U.S. Small Business Administration MD Small Business Person of the Year 2010; Influential Marylander 2011, The Daily Record; American Success Award, FIRN 2009; Maryland Technology Company of The Year 2006; Howard County EDA Achievement Award 2006; DARPA Director’s award to CenGen for helping the agency fulfill its mission to “conceive, explore, and demonstrate advanced and breakthrough concepts and technologies; Bravo Business Achievement Award from Smart Woman/Smart CEO 2005 and Maryland Incubator Company of The Year, 2005. Holding an MBA from Loyola College of Maryland and a B.A in English from University of Maryland Baltimore County, Bengfort (President of Muse 12, LLC and Green Mango Enterprises serves on the Dean's Advisory Council of the Merrick School of Business at the university of Baltimore and teaches an Applied Entrepreneurship program for women called ACTIVATE. "One thing that I try to do is help other women entrepreneurs from all over the world as well as locally," noting her involvement with ACTIVATE, the Howard County Economic Development Authority Tech Council and University of Baltimore.
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