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Tinda also known as round gourd or apple gourd in English is a small green gourd vegetable available for hardly two months during monsoons in India.

Round gourd or tinda contains vitamins and carotene that boosts the immunity and keeps you healthy. Its antioxidant property protects you from pathogens that affect our body thus making it one of the best vegetables to eat during the monsoon. It’s pulp is less fibrous which is why it can be easily digested.

Green Chickpeas are an incredible source of vitamins like B6, C, folate, niacin, thiamin, riboflavin and minerals including manganese, phosphorus, iron and copper.

The wealth of nutrients in green chickpeas is beneficial in boosting the immune system, promote muscle mass, regulates diabetes and enhance hair, skin and nail health. Here, I am creating a very easy breakfast or anytime recipe from it.

Bottle Gourd or Lauki is extremely beneficial for keeping our heart healthy. Consuming lauki juice twice or thrice in a week will support in maintaining a healthy heart and will also regulate blood pressure. Drinking lauki juice is believed to help lose weight. Bottle gourd is loaded with iron, vitamins and potassium.

It also helps reducing stress, treating sleeping disorder, preventing premature greying of hair, improving skin quality, and great digestion.

Chana dal, with distinctive nutty flavor, is rich in protein and is consumed by people for weight loss. The USDA data says, one mere cup of chana dal has 39 grams of protein, 121 grams of carbohydrate and 35 grams of dietary fibre.

Bell pepper is also known as sweet pepper or capsicum or shimla mirch. Though they are fruits, (botanically classified as berries), they are commonly used as a vegetable ingredient or as a side dish. Enriched with carotenoids, antioxidants, vitaminC, and vitamin B6, they are excellent for eye health, cancer prevention, to boost immunity, balancing mood, and in sleep quality.

Further, it’s low in calories, therefore helps in weight loss. Vitamin E in bell peppers brings a radiance to skin. Heart healthy, as the Capsiacin present in bell peppers helps lowering the cholesterol. Together vitaminC and vitaminK of the veggie are anti-inflammatory.

Cabbage, and especially red cabbage has many health benefits. It seems to raise levels of beta-carotene, lutein, and other heart-protective antioxidants. It also helps lower something called “oxidized” LDL, which is linked to hardening of the arteries. And since it eases inflammation, it can help prevent heart disease.

Steaming was found to retain the most antioxidants and vitamin C compared to other cooking methods, making this a good option if you don’t like it raw. Here, I am sharing a very flavorful cabbage recipe with some basic spices.