Selection :While buying fresh pods look for just tender, uniform, evenly filled, green color pods. Avoid dry, shriveled, bent, twisted, or broken pods. Do not by over-mature big size pods as they feature tougher skin, bitter pulp and hard seeds and thus unappetizing.
Storage :At home, greens should be stored as any other greens. Pods can keep well for 1-2 days at room temperature, however, should be kept in the refrigerator for extended shelf life.
Medicinal values and Various Forms :Drumstick tree called the "Power house of minerals" is the most common tree in India. Its leaves,fruits, flowers, barks and seeds have medicinal values and are used in various manners in all dishes.The leaves, bark, flowers, fruit, seeds, and root are used to make medicine.Oil from moringa seeds is used in foods, perfume, and hair care products, and as a machine lubricant.
Excellent Drumstick leaves Formula :The nutritional value of the leaves is equivalent to 7 times the Vitamin C in oranges plus 4 times the calcium in milk plus 3 times potassium in bananas plus 2 times the protein in milk plus 4 times the Vitamin A in Carrot.
Fight cardiac diseases :Valuable in preventing cardiac diseases.
Cleanser : It is antibacterial and a wonderful cleanser.
No Respiratory Problems :A soup prepared by boiling a handful of leaves in 3/4 cup water for 5 minutes and cooled is served to those with respiratory problems. A little salt, pepper, and lime juice can be added to this soup.
Easy Delivery : Drumstick Pods and leaves are best tonics for pregnant and lactating mothers and provide them with the calcium, iron reduce the sluggishness of the uterus and help to have a safe and easy delivery.
Overcome Asthma and lung problems :Inhaling steam of water in which drumsticks have been boiled helps ease asthma and other lung problems.
Power of Drumstick Soup :Drumstick soup helps ease any kind of chest congestions, coughs and sore throats.
Blood purifier :Juice of Drum stick when mixed in milk and offered to children greatly helps by strengthening their bones as it is said to be a great source of Calcium. Also drumstick is said to be a great blood purifier.
Used as condiment :The immature green pods (drumsticks) are prepared similarly to green beans, while the seeds are removed from more mature pods and cooked like peas or roasted like nuts. The leaves are cooked and used like spinach, and they are also dried and powdered for use as a condiment.
Anti-oxidant :As an antioxidant, it helps to protect cells from damage.
About the Vegetable : Moringa is a drought tolerant, medium-sized, evergreen tree that prefers warm, frost-free climates to flourish. DrumStick tree is a fast-growing, deciduous tree.The bark has a whitish-grey colour and is surrounded by thick cork. Young shoots have purplish or greenish-white, hairy bark. Taller plants bear cream-white, small size flowers in clusters throughout the season, which subsequently develop into long slender dark-green, three-sided, edible seedpods with tapering ends.The tree has an open crown of drooping, fragile branches and the leaves build up a feathery foliage of tripinnate leaves.
Scientific / Binomial name : Moringa oleifera
Popularly Known as :Munagakaya, Munakkaya, Hagilekayi, Moringa oleifera , horseradish, Moringa
Usage :
Famous for making sambars in southern Places of India.
Mostly in India, Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka,Tamil nadu People will use for sambar recipes and in Philippines, Thailand,Taiwan for making Drumstick soups.
