Indian summer vegetable – AMARANTH LEAVES Amaranth leaves a green leafy vegetable as well as its lovely red version, are typical of summer, and is very much nutritious. Also Known as chinese spinach, cow pea leaves, Chawli ka Patta, Chawli…
Indian summer vegetable – PUMPKIN (KADDU)
Indian summer vegetable – PUMPKIN (KADDU) Pumpkin is a storehouse of many anti-oxidant vitamins such as vitamin-A, vitamin-C and vitamin-E and also has flavonoid poly-phenolic antioxidants like leutin, xanthins and carotenes. Research shows that people who eat a diet rich…
Ragi Idli
Ragi Idlis On World idli day, we gave a little healthy twist to the regular idly by adding ragi (nachni) to it. Along with complete proteins, gut friendly bacteria, an attempt to make it iron rich too. Ingredients 1 cup idli rice…
Indian summer vegetable – RIDGED GOURD (TORI, TURAI)
Indian summer vegetable – RIDGED GOURD (TORI, TURAI) Ridged gourd- It is also known by other names such as loofah, luffa, turai, turiya, tori etc. It helps in purifying blood, lower the sugar level of the blood and it is…
Indian summer vegetable – SNAKE GOURD (CHICHINDA, PADVAL)
Indian summer vegetable – SNAKE GOURD (CHICHINDA, PADVAL) The snake gourd (chichinda, padval), also known as Chinese cucumber. Snake gourd is a natural antibiotic, expectorant, and laxative. It can disperse phlegm, remove pus, expel toxic matter and is anti-inflammatory. It…
Indian summer vegetable – BITTER GOURD (KARELA)
Indian summer vegetable – BITTER GOURD (KARELA) Children might pull a long face at the mention of bitter gourd or karela, but as one grows older, ones cultivates a taste for the bitter. Karela’s bitter taste is generally attributed to…
Indian summer vegetable – ASH GOURD
Indian summer vegetable – ASH GOURD Ash gourd also known as white gourd, white pumpkin, wax gourd or petha . It keeps your body cool and healthy. Contains almost 96% water It protects you from heat stroke. Ash-gourd is loaded…
Indian summer vegetable Dudhi (bottle gourd)
Indian summer vegetable Dudhi (bottle gourd) As bottle gourd is mostly made of water, it prevents you from heat and is also beneficial for the stomach problems like acidity, which mostly occurs in summer. It is very beneficial for diabetics…
All about Indian summer vegetables
All about Indian summer vegetables Indian summer vegetables includes those vegetables that are traditionaly available between the months of April and June. Though, sceintific prgress has made it possible to grow these vegetables all year through, they are at their…
Thirsty? you are already dehydrated
Thirsty? you are already dehydrated Remember, thirst isn’t a good predictor of your hydration status. The sensation of being thirsty is an indication that you have already used up much of your body’s available water reserve and it is now…