Ash-gourd Juice | Wheat Grass Juice

Introducing 2 super healthy juice recipes for weight-loss, good for diabetics, gluten-free, vegan, suitable for anyone.

Ash gourd Juice | Boodidha Gummadikaya Juice

We can incorporate ash gourd or winter melon, into your diet as a tasty variety of salads, juices, curries and sweets. This amazing vegetable instantly cools your body simply and provides enormous energy. This incredibly versatile vegetable has bucket full of benefits for health and wellbeing.

Traditionally, this vegetable is used to hang it in front of new homes, to clear the trapped negative energies with it’s positive vibrations. Ash gourd is very good to consume for it’s health benefits.

The taste of ash gourd is very mild, like a cucumber. It has virtually no taste of its own, so it is easy to incorporate into all kinds of salads, smoothies, and juices on hot days. On colder days and for who are prone to catch colds and coughs frequently, you can add either honey or black pepper to the melon to reduce the natural cooling qualities while retaining its raw energy boost. To retain maximum vital energy, ash-gourd should be eaten raw.

 Ash Gourd Benefits

1. Sharpness of Mind

According to Sadhguru, this vegetable is highly pranic (full of positive energy) among all the other vegetables. Just with a glass of ash gourd juice in the morning, you will see it will do wonders for your intellect. Your intellect will be very sharp and it brings energy without agitation in the system. Daily consumption of ash gourd will do miracles to you. You will notice a distinct change in the sharpness of your mind. Children must drink ash gourd juice everyday. (taken from Isha foundation)

2. Calming Nerves

Consumption of ash gourd brings an enormous amount of energy, at the same time it keeps your nerves very calm. Coffee provides energy with agitation. But a glass of ash gourd juice gives you enormous amount of energy, and still keeps you calm.

3. Constipation, Piles, Boils

Consume ash gourd juice to cool down your whole body. This is beneficial for people who excess heat in the body, which can produce problems like boils, piles (hemorrhoids) and constipation problems.

Cooling Caution

People who are susceptible to problems such as colds, asthma, and sinusitis should be a little careful with ash gourd because it creates too much coolness in the system. Such people should always mix it with honey or pepper and drink it, so that the cooling effect is neutralized to some extent. 

Recipes using Ash gourd

  • Halwa: You can make halwa (sweet) using grated ash gourd, milk and sugar.
  • Smoothie: Make smoothie by blending watermelon, ash gourd, water or yogurt, mint and honey (vegans can use agave nectar).
  • Raita: Make raita using grated ash gourd, then mixing with yogurt, salt, pepper, lemon juice and roasted jeera/cumin powder.
  • Cooler: Make ash gourd cooler by blending ash gourd, lime juice, mint, and salt.
  • Curry and Sambar: Make a curry like any other vegetable and also use it in sambar.

Ash gourd contains 96% of water, and packed with minerals and vitamins, protein and fiber.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

Ash Gourd Juice | Boodidha Gummadikaya juice

This amazing vegetable instantly cools your body simply and provides enormous energy.
Prep Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Beverage, juice
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: ash gourd juice, boodidha gummadikaya juice, wax gourd, white melon, winter melon

Ingredients

  • ash gourd chopped
  • lemon juice optional
  • salt optional
  • pepper optional

Instructions

  • Cut ash gourd, remove skin and seeds.
  • Blend to a smooth puree. Strain using a nut milk bag or cotton cloth or tea strainer.
  • Consume as is or you can add lemon juice, black pepper powder and salt.
  • Serve immediately.

Notes

  1. people who are prone to have colds and coughs must consume this juice with black pepper powder or honey to neutralize the cooling effect of the juice.
  2. Adding lemon juice, salt and pepper is optional, we can just add them for taste.

Step by step photo instructions

  • Cut ash gourd, remove skin and seeds.
  • Blend to a smooth puree. Strain using a nut milk bag or cotton cloth or tea strainer.
  • Consume as is or you can add lemon juice, black pepper powder and salt.
  • Serve immediately.

Wheat Grass Juice | Godhuma Gaddi Juice

Wheatgrass often gets called a superfood. Drinking wheat grass juice every day helps the body in many ways. It has number of health benefits. It has many essential vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other nutrients that provide important health benefits. Antioxidants fight free radicals in the body, reducing oxidative stress and protecting against health conditions like arthritis, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases. (https://www.webmd.com/ )

Unlimited health benefits of wheatgrass include: Controls hair fall, reduces inflammation at hair follicles, prevents anemia, cures skin problems, cancer prevention, lowering cholesterol levels, lowers inflammation, aids in healthy digestion, blood sugar regulation, improves cognitive functions, immunity booster, regulates hormones, stimulate thyroid glands, detoxify, reduce bloating, stomach upset and gas, and treats infertility.

Wheat grass nutrition: Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, B vitamins, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium. It also contains important enzymes, phytonutrients, and chlorophyll. 

Rating: 5 out of 5.

Wheat Grass Juice | Godhuma Gaddi Juice

Wheatgrass often gets called a superfood. Drinking wheat grass juice everyday helps to improve our health in many ways!
Prep Time5 minutes
Total Time5 minutes
Course: Beverage, juice
Keyword: godhuma gaddi juice, green juice, wheat grass juice
Servings: 1

Ingredients

  • wheat grass
  • lime juice
  • honey

Instructions

  • Cut the wheat grass and grind with little water.
  • Strain. Add honey and lemon jucie.
  • Serve immediately.

Step by Step Photo Instructions

  • Cut the wheat grass and grind with little water.
  • Strain. Add honey and lemon jucie.
  • Serve immediately.

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