Healthy eats

 Pointed gourd/Paraval  The pointed gourd, Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.also called “parwal” or “patal”—is an important cucurbitaceous vegetable extensively cultivated in India, particularly in the states of Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Assam and to some extent in Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Gujarat. This perennial and dioecious vegetable crop is an extremely nutritive, wholesome, and highly accepted vegetable, which is available for eight months of the year February to September. The green, tender fruits of pointed gourd are consumed as a vegetable; however, new, tender shoots and leaves are also used as vegetables. It is easily digestible, diuretic, and laxative. It also invigorates the heart and brain and is useful in the disorders of the circulatory system. It has different names in different languages Hindi name(Parval),  Marathi & Gujarathi Name(Paraval),  Telugu name(Kommu Potla / Chedu Potla),  Bengali name(Patol), ...

WHAT IS AKSHAYA TRITIYA? Akshaya means unperishable, un-decaying and eternal. Tritiya means third lunar day. WHEN IS AKSHAYA TRITIYA CELEBRATED? Akshaya Tritiya is observed on the third lunar day in bright half of the month of Vaishaka. In 2020,  Tritiya begins at 11.53 am on April 25, 2020 and extends till 13.23 on April 26. WHAT IS THE SCIENCE BEHIND AKSHAYA TRITIYA? Shukla Tritiya or the third lunar day during waxing moon is that period of time when the difference between the Sun and the Moon is anywhere between 24 degrees and 36 degrees. In their orbits, when the Moon is ahead of the Sun by 24 degrees and less than 36 degrees, certain energies in the world get activated naturally. These energies are kinetic by nature.  We all know that the world is always in motion - motion of the living organisms, non-living organisms, earth, solar system, galaxy and the universe. Each motion results in an energy wave and there will be billions and billions of such energy waves getting pr...

  पारिजात/हरसिंगार/Night Jasmine  Nyctanthes arbortristis Linn (Oleaceae) को लोकप्रिय रूप से "Night Jasmine" (अंग्रेजी) या "Harsingar" (हिंदी) के रूप में जाना जाता है, क्योंकि इसके फूल पूरी रात के दौरान एक बहुत मजबूत और सुखद सुगंध का उत्सर्जन करते हैं।  आधी रात के बाद फूल गिरने लगते हैं और दिन निकलने तक पौधा मुरझा जाता है।  यह दक्षिणी एशिया का मूल निवासी है, जो पूरे उत्तरी पाकिस्तान और नेपाल में पूरे उत्तरी भारत और दक्षिण पूर्व थाईलैंड में फैला हुआ है।  भारत में, यह बाहरी हिमालय में बढ़ता है और जम्मू और कश्मीर, नेपाल से पूर्व में असम, बंगाल, त्रिपुरा के इलाकों में पाया जाता है जो मध्य क्षेत्र के माध्यम से दक्षिण में गोदावरी तक फैला हुआ है।  यह 10 मीटर लंबा एक बड़ा झाड़ है, परतदार भूरे रंग की छाल, कड़े सफ़ेद बाल, युवा शाखाओं और खुरदरी पत्तियों के साथ।  फूल सुगंधित होते हैं, नारंगी लाल केंद्र के साथ पांच से आठ-गोले वाले सफेद कोरोला;  पारिजात शब्द खूबसूरती से "परी संग्राम गतरह जतरह जन्मस्य" से लिया गया है, जिसका अर्थ है स्रोत या औषधि जो जन्म और मृत...

Parijat/Harsingar/Night Jasmine Nyctanthes arbortristis Linn (Oleaceae) is popularly known as "Night Jasmine" (English) or "Harsingar" (Hindi) due to the detail that its flowers emit a very strong and pleasant fragrance during the whole night. The flowers start falling after midnight and by the day break, the plant appears dull. It is native to Southern Asia, stretching across northern Pakistan and Nepal throughout Northern India and Southeast Thailand. In India, it grows in outer Himalayas and is found in tracts of Jammu and Kashmir, Nepal to East of Assam, Bengal, Tripura extended through the Central Region up to Godavari in the South. It is a large shrub growing to 10 m tall, with flaky grey bark, stiff whitish hair, young branches, and rough leaves. The flowers are fragrant, with a five- to eight-lobed white corolla with an orange red centre; they are produced in clusters of two to seven together, with individual flowers opening at dusk and finishing at dawn  ...