While mango is popularly known as the king of fruits, for health freaks, papaya takes the throne in their hearts, both as a fruit and a veggie. Reasons are plenty that you cannot deny. A storehouse of valuable proteolytic enzymes like papain, chymopapain, caricain and glycyl endopeptidase, papaya is one of the best digestion boosters. In fact, these protein digesting enzymes of papaya are more effective than enzyme pepsin that our pancreas produces for digesting rich protein that we consume.
Not just improving digestion, papaya is known for several other health benefits like curbing cholesterol, aiding in weight loss, enhancing body immunity, preventing and checking diabetes, improving eye health, safeguarding against arthritis, easing menstrual cramps, preventing cancer and ageing and lowering stress. Hence, it is important to bookmark papaya in your diet chart. On this weekend try out these quick and yum papaya recipes for a healthy body and a happy tummy.
1 large papaya about 1 pound, halved lengthwise, seeds removed and flesh scooped out of peel
1 frozen banana
6-7 ice cubes about 1 cup
2/3 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt
1 teaspoon finely chopped peeled fresh ginger
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
8 fresh mint leaves plus more for garnish if desired
Make it
Combine the papaya, banana, ice cubes, ginger, honey, lemon juice and fresh mint leaves in a blender and blend until smooth and creamy. Thin the broth with water as required to achieve desired consistency.
Pour into 2 glasses. Garnish with mint and serve.
Papaya Halwa
Try this yummy dessert and sleep off to a smooth digestion. Made with ripe or raw papaya, this halwa can bring the best end to your day.
Ingredients
5 cups grated papaya
2 tablespoon rice flour
8 tablespoon sugar. Adjust to suit your taste
4 to 6 green cardamom
cup chopped cashews or almonds
2 tablespoons of raisins, figs, apricots (optional)
2 to 3 tablespoons of ghee
Make it
Wash papaya, peel off the skin and grate it.
Heat a pan with ghee, add nuts, chopped almonds, cashews and fry it till it is golden. Keep it in a separate plate
Add grated papaya to the pan and cook. It begins to release juice
Sprinkle rice flour, 1/2 teaspoon on one go to avoid lumps and till the juice is absorbed.
Add sugar and cardamom power and then mix well.
Cook string occasionally till the sugar blends perfectly with papaya.
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