Turnip Recipe

Indications

• Balances all the three doshas
• It is sweet in taste
• Anushna (less hot in potency)
• Light to digest
• Tasty to eat
• Appetizer
• Laxative (Mild)
• Good for growing children
• Helpful in high blood pressure
• It is also good for people who do lot of mental work
• It contains carbohydrate but no starch, so it is good for diabetics
• The less carbohydrate is also removed by boiling
• Rich in Glucosinolates (Cancer- fighting compound)
• Vitamin A, B and C, Iron, sulfur, potassium, organic calcium and chlorophyll
• It is very good for stomach and stomach diseases

It relieves the following-

• Fevers
• Cancer
• Anemia
• Sluggish liver
• Dental diseases

Botanical name: Brassica rapa
Sanskrit name : Salyama
English name : Turnip

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Preparations

Recipe 1

Ingredients

Turnip - 100 gm
Radish - 100 gm
Rock salt - to taste
Pepper powder - ½ tsp
Lemon juice - few drops

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Method

Salad can be prepared by grating radish and turnip, adding some rock salt and lemon and pepper.

Recipe 2

Ingredients

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Turnip - 200 gm
Dhal - 1 cup
Rock salt - to taste
Pepper powder - ½ spoon
Ghee - 2 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Asafoetida - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - few
Coriander leaves - few

Method

Turnip is steamed with little dhal. Add salt and pepper powder, mix well, season in ghee with mustard, cumin seeds, asafoetida, then garnish with curry leaves and coriander leaves.

Glossary

Anushna virya - The potency that is neither hot nor cold, Neutral potency