Bitter gourd: the health-packed veg
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Naturally some of its vegetables are not as popular as others. Nevertheless, their easy availability, they provide diversity for the daily menu, and at last, at least, their nutritional value is needed that they are included in the food plate and in many Indian homes; It bitterest vegetables an important and important is inevitable vegetable this bitter vegetable world is known and consumed by humans only among mammals. It removes its bitterness from the chemicomorodine. These are scientifically known as Momordica Charantia, related to genus Momordica and family Cucurbitaceous.
This vegetable is entitled to a regular presence on the menu due to its health and disease control properties. It contains fewer calories, high amounts of fiber and phytonutrients, foliates, vitamin A and c, minerals and antioxidants. In this, the amount of low sodium and high potassium is beneficial for high BP patients, while polypeptide-P, plant insulin controls the level of blood glucose. This vegetable has been found in many shapes and sizes, also called bitter-pear or bitter-melon. All of this season's vegetable grows on the vines and it has thin stems and tendrils. These Indian varieties are hanging from the vine.
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It’s a smart cook can remove this vegetable barrier by cooking it with any sour or light sweetener agent. This tamarind pulp, raw mangos, star fruits, dried common powder; hog plum etc. can be used for this purpose. A small piece of jaggery also balances the taste. Drying it in the sun, marinating in curd, bathing with salt and squeezing excess water are also effective ways of reducing its bitterness in preparations. This is a good way to dry the bitter gourd in the sun and preserve it. The immature gourd is less bitter because the astringent levels rise as soon as they mature.
Usually these seeds of vegetable are left with pulp. But in many preparations, especially in fitters, the seeds provide a crisp factor. This fruit could be selected. Dried bitter powder is now commercially available. It could be in the form of consistent with rice and snack goods. Mix this bitter gourd with Amla juice and drink it for many diseases. This Amla juice helps in reducing bitterness and also enhances the accumulated properties.
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