Indications
Botanical name: Cucurbita maxima
English name: Pumpkin
Tamil name: Poosanikkai
Preparations
Ingredients
Pumpkin - 200 gm
Buttermilk - 2 cups
Coconut - ½
Cumin seeds - 1 spoon
Rice -1 spoon
Turmeric powder - pinch
Pepper - 2 spoons
Method
Remove the skin and seeds and cut the pumpkin into big pieces. Steam it and add to butter milk. Coconut, cumin seeds and pepper are grounded and added to it and boiled for few minutes. Some turmeric is also added.
- Pumpkin is best among the fruits of creepers
- It is slightly hot in potency
- It is Alkaline
- It is an Appetizer
- Cleanses the urinary bladder
- Pacifies all doshas
- It is good for heart
- It is pathya (wholesome diet)
- Good for mental disorders
- Pitta diseases
- Difficulty in urination
- Poisoning
- Deep-seated chronic fever
- Diabetes
- Prostrate disorders
- Urinary stones
- Gives good nourishment to skin
- Aphrodisiac
- It is rich in Chlorophyll, minerals, and amino acids, alkaline.
Botanical name: Cucurbita maxima
English name: Pumpkin
Tamil name: Poosanikkai
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Preparations
Ingredients
Pumpkin - 200 gm
Buttermilk - 2 cups
Coconut - ½
Cumin seeds - 1 spoon
Rice -1 spoon
Turmeric powder - pinch
Pepper - 2 spoons
Method
Remove the skin and seeds and cut the pumpkin into big pieces. Steam it and add to butter milk. Coconut, cumin seeds and pepper are grounded and added to it and boiled for few minutes. Some turmeric is also added.
Hi, the amount of coconut is not clear in the recipe-the units are missing. is it 1/2 TBS?
otherwise excellent stuff!