#Indiansummervegetable 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 Bhaji.…
PUMPKIN (KADDU)
#Indiansummervegetable – 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 in ANTIOXIDANTS…
RIDGEDGOURD (TORI, TURAI)
Indian summer vegetable RIDGEDGOURD (#TORI, #TURAI) Ridged gourd- It is also known by other names such as loofah, #luffa, turai, #turiya, tori etc. It helps in purifyingblood, lower the sugar level of the blood and it is good for #stomach.…
SNAKE GOURD (CHICHINDA, PADVAL)
#Indiansummervegetable vegetable – 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 creates a cooling effect in the…
BITTER GOURD (KARELA)
#Indiansummervegetable 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 the…
Ash gourd
#Indiansummervegetable – 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 with nutrients.…
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…
An excellent salad to prevent sunstroke.
AN EXCELLENT SALAD TO PREVENT SUNSTROKE AND REDUCE BP AND CHOLESTEROL Mix finely chopped pieces of raw mango and onion together, add chopped green chillies, a dash of rock salt, a pinch of turmeric and red chilli powder, garnish with…
Lemon and sunstroke
#foodstopreventsunstroke Lemon Extremely great for the summer, it is worth squeezing a lemon to make a fresh-fruit drink because lemon ranks high as a health food. It contains very few calories. A low intake of vitamin C makes people more…