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Kantola Sabzi Recipe: In the monsoon season, there is a special medicinal vegetable growing in the mountainous areas and fields of Jalore. It is also known as Karkoda or Padora in villages. The taste of this thorny green vegetable …Read more
Highlights
- Kantola’s vegetable is very beneficial for health
- Kantola is full of fiber, minerals and other nutrients
- Vegetables with simple spices and garlic can prepare
The biggest advantage of this is that it is available only during the monsoon season for a few weeks in a year, that is, it can be grown and eaten according to the season. There are many benefits related to its taste and health. It is also used in many traditional medicines. Kantola is considered a mild bitter, but its medicinal properties make it quite popular. By taking this, the body gets many essential nutrients, which are beneficial for health.
Neither onion nor tomato is required to make contola vegetable. Just this instant is ready with garlic and some common spices of the house. Santosh, the housewife of Jalore, told Local 18 that this vegetable is easily found in the rain and its taste is different. There is not much trouble in cooking it. You can also make it plain by adding garlic and dried spices, and if you want, you can add peanuts or gram flour to it. In the village kitchen, the vegetable of Kantola is sometimes served with rice and sometimes with rice. Its taste would be light spicy and rich in garlic fragrance.
Local Ayurvedic expert Dr. Shriram Vaidya said that this vegetable is full of medicinal properties. He said that Kantola is a seasonal vegetable, which helps in improving digestive power in the monsoon and protecting the body from infection. It contains fiber and natural minerals, which are beneficial for the stomach. The elements found in Kantola also give coolness to the body. Many women also make it mixed with peanuts and gram flour spices, while some people store the dry pods of Kantola for a year and make it as required. Its seeds are also edible and they are dried and used as lentils.