Indian summer vegetable – TINDA OR BABY PUMPKIN Tinda, also called Indian round gourd or apple gourd or Indian Baby Pumpkin, is a squash-like cucurbit grown for its immature fruit, a vegetable especially popular in South Asia. Tinda” is also…
Indian summer vegetables – Parwal
Indian summer vegetable – Parwal or pointed gourd Parwal is a seasonal vegetable and is available during summers till monsoon season.Parwal is also known as pointed gourd,parwal, patol, parval, patola or potal.It is the ‘green potato’ of india. Since the…
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…
Indian summer vegetable – SNAKE GOURD
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.…
Indian summer vegetable – RIDGED GOURD
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 – 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…
Moongdal Paratha, Mogar Roti, Yellow lentil flattened bread
High protein, easy on stomach Moong or Mogar paratha a rajasthani delicacy A high protein option for vegetarians especially quality wise, moogar paratha, which is a combination of cereals (wheat flour) and pulses (moongdal) gives you a good combination essential…