Saturday, December 26, 2009

Information about Cucumbers

Your skin has many other purposes other than being beautiful and serving as an eye candy for everyone. It protects our internal organs from any of the external adversities as far as possible.

First a little Information about Cucumbers

Types of cucumber include:

Dosakai -
A cucumber that is yellow in color, has a round shape and is available in many parts of India. Commonly added in Chutney, Sambar or Soup, Daal and also in making Dosa-Aavakaaya (a type of Indian Pickle).


English cucumbers -
Have very little in the way of seeds and can grow to around 2 feet in length.


Mediterranean cucumbers -
Skins are smooth with nearly seedless flesh, they have a mild taste.


Japanese cucumbers or kyrie -
A dark green cucumber with a very bumpy skin. Mainly used for slicing, salads and pickling.


Cucumber is a very edible fruit which comes from the cucumber plant cucumis sativus, which is part of the gourd family.
It is being used for different purpose as it can be eaten raw or cooked.
With so many health benefits it becomes one of the most important parts of food diet as well as skin diet. In North America, the term 'wild cucumber' refers to manroot.


Cucumber can claim to be a water body as it has 90% water.
It is known to be a cooling agent due to the water in it.

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