15 July 2013

Avocado Juice

Avocado is nature’s “Super Food” which gives us enormous health benefits. It is a fruit which is green in color. Avocado has a shell (or pit) inside it, which needs to be removed. The portion of the fruit surrounding the shell (or pit) is edible.

This fruit is bit tricky to cut, but by practice, cutting would become easier. Regularize this super fruit in your diet for good health.


English Name : Avocado / Tamil Name : Vennai Pazham / Hindi Name : Makhanphal / Malayalam Name : Venna Pazham
 


How to cut the Avacado Fruit:

1. Hold the avocado in hand and slice the avocado in the centre (around the pit).
2. Twist the avocado, thus pulling the two pieces away.
3. Remove the pit in the centre of the avocado.
4. To peel the skin off, pull the skin of the avocado from the corner and slowly peel it, the skin will come away.
5. Slit them across (vertically & horizontally) to cube them.

Health Benefits of Avacado:

1. High fiber content food.
2. The high levels of folate in avocado, prevents stroke.
3. The monosaturated fat in avocado is very healthy & it lessens your LDL, thus lowers cholesterol.
4. It is a healthy fruit to your heart.
5. Rich in Vitamins B, K and E. These vitamins help in your metabolism.
6. Avocado’s protects against common eye disease like cataracts.

Eating this fruit raw or juicing it and drinking are the most effective way to get this fruits nutrition to the maximum. The avocado uice is very simple to make.

Ingredients:

Avocado – 1 Full fruit, cut to cubes.
Milk – 1 glass
Sugar – 1 or 2 tsp


Method:

Take all the above ingredients into a mixer/blender and grind fine into juice consistency and serve immediately or serve chilled.


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