Roses - the pink of love helps you stay at the pink of your health

Roses are flowers rich in carotene vitamin-C and K has numerous health benifits rose petals  when mixed with honey  and left under sunlight for 3 to 5 days . We get a tasty and healthy gulkand . Roses soothen the nervous system helps relieve  stress.
It helps detoxify the body giving a cooling effect and has anti ageing  effect on the skin giving it natural glow.
Gulkand or  rose petals preperation  is rich in antioxidants & serves as energy booster .
It helps prevent anaemia  and keep body's  metabolism  healthy and fit . It helps rejenuating the body.
It helps prevent acidity.
It serves as blood purifier and good for eyesight and acts as a memory  enhancer

Home made preperation
100 grams of rose petal
5 spoons of honey
Mix well keep under sunlight in a tight jar for 3 to 5  days see that you stir the mixture every alternative day when you leave it under the sun. Than you  you can store it and  consume 10 to 12 grams everyday to get the above mentioned health benifits .
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The improvised version of Gulkand is known as rose petal jelly and its processing is discussed here

Step - 1  roses are plucked
Step - 2 petals are seperated washed & dried
Step - 3 sorted where small petals are removed
Step - 4 petals are cooked in  hot water to soften the petals
Step - 5 sugar is added and cooking is continued until desired consistency
Step - 6 jelly is fed into bottles
Step -7 bottles are sterlized & labelled

 

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Sesame Oil

Sesame oil  - நல்ல எண்ணெய்  as rightly referred by in  தமிழ்  is one of the oldest  oil  known to mankind  is a nutritive oil with loads of nutrients and antioxidants like vitamin E so this oil is highly resistant to oxidative deterioration .

sesamolin , sesamin and the PUFA present in the oil helps  lower cholesterol level. Compounds including phytate and magnesium helps prevent diseases caused by free radicals.

Copper and zinc helps in production of RBC  and known to improve blood circulation , magnesium in sesame oil reduces blood pressure and sesamin in the oil helps improve liver function .

Zinc  present in the oil gives skin elasticity and slows down skin ageing and acne . Zinc , calcium and copper  the major minerals found in the oil  helps to improve bone health .

The oil is rich in essential ammio acids and protein .  Til oil also  prevents skin damage due to UV radiations . Tyrosine an amino acid in the oil helps improve blood circulation and gives a relaxed feeling.

see that you dont prefer oils which are highly refined because during refining the oil tends to lose the essential nurtients.

 For food engineering  students

major processing steps

Dehulling: removal of seed coat  is dehulling  involves soaking of seeds in water and removing hulls or by alkali treatment by using 0.6% NOAH for one minute

Roasting :  It is generally done to impart desired colour and flavour to  the oil

Extraction : it is done by hydraulic press or screw press

Refining : sesame oil does not require excessive refining ,  purification by settling , screening and filtering is all that is needed. degumming is also not needed as natural phospholipids are less in sesame oil.

  Next there will be posts on chocolates and raisins as Diwali is nearing . One more interesting post on processing of  roses  as well  will be added very soon . stay happy, healthy and informed as well.


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