Health benefits of Phalsa, Falsa sharbat , Grewia Asiatica fruit

Health benefits of Phalsa, Falsa sharbat , Grewia Asiatica fruit

Grewia asiatica fruit is known as Phalsa or Falsa in Urdu and Hindi. Phalsa has lots of benefits and nutrition value. The fruit is commonly grown in Pakistan, India and Asian countries like Bangladesh, Nepal and Thailand. It is one of local cooling fruit in Asian countries, famous for cooling effects as well as for various other health benefits. The fruit has antioxidant properties, good source of vitamin c ,fibre calcium, sodium  and phosphorus. The fruit protects from sun radiations. Falsa could be eaten raw or sprinkling some salt and black pepper on the fruit. Phalsa juice is also very tasteful and People n nlove to drink sharbat phalsa or falsa. Indian people also love Phalsa kulfi to beat summer heat and sunstroke.

Phalsa berries are  small reddish purple fruit with seed insides it and has sour and sweet taste .All part of falsa tree are usable .The Phalsa grows during the peak summer months of May and June  yearly .

Health Benefits of Phalsa or Falsa

•         Fresh fruit relieve heat burn, burning sensation in eyes and throat disorders, stomach aches and digestive disorder.

•           It helps to fight against cancer and sun radiation.

•            Falsa is blood purifier and very good to treating respiratory inflammation, fever, heart diseases, blood pressure and heart beat normalization.it is good for skin problems acne and skin blemish.

•           Drinking Sharbat e phalsa is beneficial for curing Sour throat, asthma, Headache, Vomiting & Nausea, and heartburn.

•         Phalsa is also used for Flatulence and for curing women problems like leucorrhea. 

Recipe of Phalsa Juice or Sharbat :

Ingredients 

Phalse                                                   250 grams (1 ½ cups)

Water                                                   ½  litre

Sugar                                                     50 grams

Ground cumin seeds                             a pinch

Black salt                                              ½ tsp or to taste

Lemon juice                                       ½ lemon small

Ice

Preparation of Sharbat e Phalsa

First of all wash Phalse and soak them in water. Leave it for 15 minutes and grind it after grinding strain with strainer and remove seeds from juice. Add ground cumin powder, sugar and black salt and to the mixture. Mix ice in the Phalsa juice and juice is ready adding few drops of lemon juice and serve chilled drink.

Elaichi ka Sharbat (Cardamom Drink) recipe benefits

Elaichi ka Sharbat (Cardamom Drink) Recipe Benefits

Sharbat e Elaichi Receipe and Benefits

Sharbat e elaichi is one of the favorite drinks to beat the summer heat and frequent thirst. It is excellent cooling drink for digestive system, kidney, heart, lungs, respiratory system and skin. It is blood purifier. Eating cardamom or drinking Elaichi Sharbat can help us for treating following diseases and medical issues:-

     ·        Sore Throat
·        Respiratory Infections
·        Bleeding disorders
·        Cough Cold and asthma
·        Bad breath
·        Excessive thirst
·        Throat irritation
·        Flatulence
·        Hiccup
·        Indigestion
·      Excessive urination, Urinary retention and Pus in urine
·        Heart diseases
·        Asthma

      ·        Heartburn and burning sensation in the abdomen and Stomachache

      ·        Leucorrhea
·        Nausea and vomiting

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Recipe of Cardamom drink or Homemade Sharbat Elaichi recipe

Sharbat e Elaichi or Cardamom Drink is very beneficial in summer season. with lemon juice it gives very unique taste and flavor while green color attracts eyes. 

Ingredients

Cardamom (elaichi/Ilachi  pod ): 50gram                               

Sugar: ¾ kg

Green Food Color: a pinch

Water: ½ kg

Lemon: ½ kg

Recipe:

Make cardamom (elaichi/Ilachi) powder. Cook cardamom powder in water until water remain half. Now add lemon juice in that and strain the water with strainer or cloth. Add sugar in the water and cook again. Cook the water and sugar on slow heat and stir frequently. When water started thicken, preserve the mixture in glass bottle or jar. You can enjoy cardamom drink by adding 2 tbsp of syrup in one glass water. Mix sugar and ice as your taste.

Health benefits of Choti Elaichi or Green Cardamom

Health benefits of Choti Elaichi or Green Cardamom

Health benefits of eating Elaichi 

Cardamom has numerous benefits. It is famous for its medical properties of treating digestive system, respiratory system, kidneys, skin issues, blood purification, recurrent respiratory infections, asthma, cough, cold, heart problems and a number of related diseases. The whole elaichi with seeds is used in making Cardamom (Elaichi) Sharbat and Tea. It is considered as digestive stimulant, Carminative and very aromatic. It is also used in various Indian and Pakistani dishes, recipes and ayurvedic medicines e.g. Sitopaladi Churna. Elaichi can be eaten directly, powdered form and as refreshing Elaichi drink. 

Health Benefits of eating Elaichi Cardamom or drinking Elaichi Sharbat

1.      Cardamom for improving blood circulation:

The surface or outer skin of Green Cardamom Pod is beneficial for improving blood circulation and blood purification.

2.      Mouth freshener or treating Bad Breath (Halitosis):

Elaichi is one of the best breath freshener and reduces bad breath.  It helps to fight against bacterial growth by chewing cardamom pods. Cardamom is good for dental hygiene. The essential oil present in the cardamom helps chronic bronchitis, Dry mouth, and chronic Inflammation of nasal mucosa, sinuses and throat.

3.      Excessive Thirst:

Sharbat E Elaichi is very good for control thirst and its drink can help for avoiding excessive thirst in Ramzan during fasting.

4.      Headache, Vomiting & Nausea:

Cardamom is very beneficial for treating nausea. Just eat cardamom powder for this.

5.      Sour Throat, Asthma & Heartburn:

Eating elaichi and drinking Sharbat e elaichi  is very beneficial for curing Sour throat, asthma and heartburn. Chewing cardamom can help for treating heartburn and sour throat.

6.      Digestive disorders and boosts immunity:

Elaichi is good for digestive disorders .Cardamom drink treats digestive disorder and increase immunity.

7.      Improve memory and brain health:

Chewing cardamom is good for brain health and improves memory.

8.      Pus in urine, Frequent Urination:

Cardamom is good for curing urination problems like pus in urine and frequent urination.

9.      Throat irritation, Cough, Common Cold:

Eating elaichi or drinking elaichi sharbat helps to avoid throat irrations,cough and cold.

10.  Leucorrhea:

Cardamom is ingredient of many ayurvaidic medicines used for curing women problems like leucorrhea and Bleeding disorders.

11.  Lungs health and helps to withdrawal of Nicotine:

Elaichi  is also Good for lungs and helps to withdrawal of Nicotine.

12.  Hiccup:

Cardamom is also used for Hiccup.

13.  Flatulence:

Cardamom is also used for Flatulence.

Elaichi/ Cardamom Plant

Cardamom plant belongs to Herbaceous Perennial and commonly grows in India and Sri- Lanka. The plant has green leafy shoots having height up to 5 to 20 feet or about 10 meter. the plant has flower which become capsule like fruit which contains seeds and called cardamom which is common in spices for its aromatic properties.

Medical properties of Cardamom:

Elaichi has Antioxidant, Diuretic, Antitussive, Antispasmodic, Antiemetic, Expectorant and Antacid properties

Other Names

Botanically Elettaria Cardamomum, in English it is called  Cardamom is Green Cardamom, True Cardamom while Cardamom is also known as , Elachi ,ilachi,Chhoti Elaichi in Urdu and Hindi and Sanskrit Name is : Triputta , Ela, Sukhshamela,

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Health benefits of Sumac Tea/ Sumac-Ade / Lemonade Recipe

Health benefits of Sumac Tea/ Sumac-Ade / Lemonade Recipe

Do you know what sumac herb is? Can you eat Sumac, how to differentiate poisoned Sumac and eatable Sumac? What is Sumac drink recipe? 

Sumac drink belongs to Indian, American, Lebanese, Middle Eastern and Persian culture.Sumac is a reddish/velvet coarse spice and has tangy flavour. The herb had some good nutrients including Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) and Malic acid. The plant contains Calcium malate, Iodine, Gallic-acid-methylester, tannic Dihydrofisetin, Fisetin and gallic acids, Selenium, Tartaric-acid, and other beneficial minerals. Sumac is healthy and nutritious, and it’s used in folk medicine as well as modern medicine. It had Low calorie, reduces fat and carbohydrate. Mostly Sumac is used as a spice. Sumac fruits mostly used as a tonic to improve the appetite and it treats diarrhea. Its berries are astringent, Blood Purifier. They were chewed as a remedy for bed-wetting. Sumac aids in reducing fever. Sumac is good for arthritis, respiratory problems such as bronchitis, colds, skin inflammation, and flues.

Sumac juice is used to relieve stomach upset. A tea made from the berries has been used to treat sore throats.” Its seeds are effective against Aspergillus’s fungus which causes lung infection and other organs infection. this herb ripens in summer and people dried it and ground it to produce the spice. you can make an excellent and quite refreshing drink that’s just like lemonade but its casually called “Sumac-Ade.” you can drink it with grilled fish, Zaatar (wild thyme herbal mix), grilled meats and salads etc. here I am just going to share sumac tea /Sumac ade or drink recipe

Sumac-Ade

Ingredients: 

ü      2 cones of freshly picked Sumac

ü      2 cups of fresh cold water

Sumac-Ade Preparation:

Chose ripen sumac, ripen sumac has a dark velvet color. Avoid taking Sumac cones immediately after rain since it tends to wash away the flavor. Remove small Sumac berries from the stems and place them in fresh cold water. Crush the berries with your hands for a couple of minutes, or you could alternatively put the mixture into a blender and let it blend away. Leave them in water about one or two hour depending on how strong of a flavour required. Now strain it by a cheesecloth mix sugar as per your taste. Drink is ready to serve cold with ice. Avoid hot water to prepare Sumac drink.

Sumac Names:

There are many other names of Sumac like: Elm-leafed Sumac; shumac ;gewürzsumach (German); Sicilian sumac; summaq (Arabic); somagh (Farsi); sommacco (Italian); kankrasing (Hindi);  soumaki (Greek): sumaq (Hebrew);; sumac (French), Somak (Turkish); zumaque (Spanish).

Sattu benefits and its summer drink recipe

Sattu benefits and sattu drink recipe

There are many benefits of drinking sattu. this is traditional Pakistani and Indian energy drink, which very good for summer season it keeps body energize, healthy, refresh, fit & fine. This is healthy inexpensive, natural protein drink which is very beneficial for all age group people. 

Health Benefits of sattu 

Benefits for skin

Sattu helps in getting fresh and glowing skin. They refresh skin and its drink hydrate skin.

Sattu as cooling agent

Sattu drink is very good for treating heart burn and cools body temperature therefore it’s mostly used in hot season. This drink saves from warmness of heat wave during hot season.  Its sharbat or drink keeps stomach cool and healthy 

Treats low blood pressure

Sattu are natural energizer and helps regulating low blood pressure .They can drink Sattu mixed with salt, water, & Lemon. 

Improves digestive system

Sattu resolve offensive stomach disorder and improves digestive system healthy.
                                               
                                                                                also read  Gond katira cooling drink recipe

Used for acidity

Regular use of Sattu is helps in keeping us healthy and fine and cures gas and acidity problem naturally.

Benefits for girls and women

This drink provides proper nutrition to women and keeps them healthy in regular routines. By drinking or eating sattu daily girls can get perfect body shape.

Improves stamina

Regular Consumption of Sattu helps you to improves stamina and keep you energetic. This drink is energy booster in all age group especially middle age group.

Sattu as healthy drink

Sattu is a balanced wholesome diet it is source of energy. It keeps them fresh and energized It helps young people to live healthy challenging life. 

Used for old age people

Regular use of its powder by senior persons is another benefit. They improve senior citizens digestive abilities.

For diabetes

Sattu are helpful in diabetic situation. Regular use is advised for getting energy. You can drink sattu’s water or in Roti sattu or Barley (Jow) Atta.

Sattu as cleaner

It keeps refreshed whole day. Sattu sharbat or drink maintains stomach clean and strong.

Treats constipation

This drink helps in avoiding constipation

Benefits for children 

Sattu is very good diet for growing kids. It provides sufficient nutrition to growing needs to children beyond the age of 10 years. Just take one glass water 3 tbsp sattu and 2 tbsp sugar mix well make drink and consume it daily.

Sattu sharbat (drink) recipe

Ingredients

Sattu                            3 tsp

Brown Sugar                3 tsp

Water                           1 glass

Method

Dissolve sugar in water then add sattu powder mix well add ice and serve chill. 
                                         

Badam pisin (Almond gum) Cooling Milk drink

Badam pisin (Almond gum) Cooling Milk drink

In this summer try very tasty and healthy cooling drink of badam pisin or almond gum Badam pisin(Almond gum) is very famous in India Pakistan and eastern countries because of its matchless cooling and health properties

Here is recipe of Badam pisin(Almond gum)

Badam pisin(Almond gum) Recipe:-

Ingredients:

Badam pisin/Almond Gum                    5g

Milk                                                     250 ml

Cardamom powder                              a pinch

Sweet sliced Almonds                              4

Water                                                   150 ml

Sugar                                                   as desired or as per taste

Recipe

Get Badam pisin or Almond gum ( Badaam gum) and divide Badam pisin in small pieces. Soak Badam pisin (Almond gum-Badaam gum) in water for full night. In large mixing bowl soak Badam pisin or Almond gum because it increases in volume.

Badam pisin will become jelly like it in morning or nearly become like crushed ice. Now remove water and wash little inflexible jelly badam pisin three times.

Boil milk on low heat with sugar and cardamom until milk remain half in level. Cool it in refrigerator then add washed Badam pisin (Almond gum) garnish with almonds pieces. almond gum or badam pisin has cooling effects and health benefits on the other side badam pisin is very tasty drink. 

Gond katira (Tragacanth Gum) drink cools body temperature

Gond katira (Tragacanth Gum) drink cools down body Temperature

What is gond katira? benefits and uses of gond katira

Gond katira is a gum which is obtained from the dried sap of several species of eastern areas. It’s mostly used in India and Pakistan and eastern countries. Iran produce big quantity of Gond katira. There are many names of gond katira like Dragon gum, Tragacanth gum, quatira Shiraz gum, Qujah and gum Elect. Gond katira include high protein and good for health because it helps to cure body heat problem.

In summer with increase in temperature people try to get rid of hot and warmness. They wear cool dresses sunglasses and apply sunscreen lotion and sunblocks. people drinks different chilled drinks bottles and juices as with hot season our body temperature increases too, everybody try to get some solution for calming down their body temperature.

Here is very beneficial drink for calming down our body gond katira (Tragacanth Gum) drink has amazing cooling properties. Gond katira (Tragacanth Gum) has no side effects and have many benefits for health.

Gond katira drink recipe:-

Here is gond katira drink recipe.

Ingredients:

Gond Katira/Gum                     5g

Sweet sliced Almonds                 6

Water                                       150 ml

Sugar                                       as desired or as per taste

Milk                                         250 ml

Cardamom powder                   a pinch

Recipe:-

Get gond katira and make small crystals of gond katira. Soak gond katira in water over night. Take large bowl for soaking gond katira because it increase in volume.

In morning gond katira will become jell like it nearly looks like crushed ice. Now drain water and wash this little stiff jelly two or three time.

Boil milk with sugar and cardamom until milk remain half in volume. Cool it in refrigerator then add washed gond katira garnish with almonds slices.

Gond katira benefits and uses:-

Gond katira (Tragacanth Gum) helps in cooling down body temperature. Its also very tasty Gond katira (Tragacanth Gum) drink is very good for women increase and enhance breast size by daily taking. Gond katira is mostly used in casters drinks (sherbets), processed cheese, cottage cheese, salads, food dressings and different pudding. It is very tasty and has cooling properties.

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