The gourd that guards you.

Bottle gourd is a bottle full of nutrition . It is not only tasty but also helpful in treating many diseases like heart blockage , hypertension , diabetics and its complications. Bottle gourd juice mixed with carrot juice and apple juice makes a very good morning drink . you can even add a bit of gooseberry juice and honey to enhance the taste and also the nutrients in it.This unique gourd can also be used as a vegetable and also for making sweets like halwa.
To make the juice of this gourd , you need to cut it into pieces and remove the seeds and then you need to grate it. This grated gourd have to be squeezed to remove the juice . The pulp that we get can be used to make halwa . The juice can also be used for making puris ; that is making dough using that juice adding pepper and salt to taste. The puris will be very crispy and tasty. Curry made out of this gourd is also very tasty. For this you need to cut it into smaller pieces after removing the outer peel and the seeds. It is tastier if you cook this in milk along with pepper and salt and a bit of oil. This gourd is found rampant in South India. Every bit of it is useful . The peels and seeds can be used for making delicious dosas and idlis . People who are weight conscious can be rest assured that even after eating their favourite dosas and idlis can remain slim and trim , as this Godly gourd gaurds you from putting on weight.