Healthy eats

  Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are a root vegetable. It shows Anti-oxidant, hepatoprotective, antiinflammatory, antitumor, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, antiobesity, antiaging effects. Click here for more information about the Anti-oxidant Parts of plant used Leaves, shoot and tuberous root Vitamin and mineral content Vitamin : A, C, E, B1, B2, B3, B6, B9 Minerals : Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc Phenolic acids : Chlorogenic, Isochlorogenic, Caffeic, Cinammic, and Hydroxycinammic acids.                    - Phenolic acids have been associated with color, sensory qualities, nutritional value as well as antioxidant properties of foods. They are more abundant in purple fleshed sweet potato  than in the other colors varieties       • Protein contents of sweet potato leave

                  Onion(pyaz/kanda) Onion belongs to the genus Allium in Alliaceae family and contains many cultivars which are colored. Onions are the oldest cultivated vegetables, and are second only after tomatoes , both of which are extensively used not only for culinary purposes all over the world. Onion is a multi-use vegetable that is consumed fresh as salad as well as in the form of a number of processed products. .It is commonly known as “ Queen of kitchen ” due to its highly valued flavor, aroma and unique taste and the medicinal properties of its flavor compounds. Onion is used through out the year, for example in curries, in the form of spices, in salads, as a condiment or cooked with other vegetables such as boiled or baked. It is also used in different forms of processed food, e.g. pickles, powder, paste and flakes and it is known for its medicinal values. It shows Antioxidants, Anti-inflammatory, Anti-cholesterol, Anti-hypertensive, Anti-cancer, Anti-arthritic, Anti

                          Khajoor (Dates) Phoenix dactylifera Linn. ( Pind  kharjura ) is  also known as  date  palm  cultivated for its edible  sweet  fruit. Date fruits are a  good  source  of  low cost food   and  are an integral part  of  Arabian  diet.   For  Muslims  all  over  the world dates are of religious importance and are mentioned in many places in the Quran.   The date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is one of oldest cultivated plants of human kind and used as food for 6000 years. There are more than two hundred varieties of dates available worldwide. It is the main crop in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Middle Eastern countries.  It has antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antioxidant, antihyperlidimic antiinflammatory, gastroprotective, hepatoprotective, nephroprotective, immunostimulant  property.                Click here for more information about Anti-oxidant It has different names in different languages such as   Marathi name (Khajura, boichand, khajoor, shendi, shindig