As Food: Eat fruit fresh; seeds may be roasted or oil may be extracted; fruit eaten dried.
As Medicine: Made into medicine normalizing kidney function and reducing blood pressure.
Cooking Method: Eat fruit fresh; seeds may be roasted or oil may be extracted.
Preservation / Curing Technique: N/A
Does Require Another Plants to be cooked together: N/A
Souring Agents Required: N/A
Nutritional & Medicinal Benefits
Nutritional Benefit: Rich source of vitamin A and C.
Medicinal Benefit: Helps reduce blood pressure and normalizes kidney function.
Tribal Wisdom
Tribal Wisdom: Helps reduce blood pressure and normalizes kidney function.
Recipes / Usage
Tribal Recipe / Usage: Sharbat:
Dice 1 muskmelon and blend it for juice. Boil ¼ cup sabudana in 3 cups of water until soft. In a bowl, mix 3 cups of water with ¼ cup custard powder and cook until thick. Add ¼ cup sugar, cool, and mix with muskmelon juice. Add 2 tbsp sabja seeds, boiled sabudana, 2 tbsp each of cashew, pistachios, badam, and dates. Chill and enjoy the muskmelon sharbat.
