Nutrition

Vegan Guava Tamarind Delight

Chef Shankar Krishnamurthy serves up a dessert made of only seasonal winter fruits. This vegan delicious dessert has the sweet and sourness of the tamarind, smoothness of coconut yoghurt and the textured graininess of the guava.

By URLife Team

11 Feb 2022

Guava is rich in Vitamin C that keeps you from the risk of infections and illness. Also, this local tropical fruit contains lycopene–a plant nutrient. The presence of Vitamin C and lycopene helps to improve your immunity and offers several other health benefits. Lycopene has anticancer properties. Studies show that consuming lycopene rich foods reduces the risk of several types of cancer, mainly prostate cancer. It suppresses the production of cell cycle responsible for amplification of cancer.

Guava, also known as Amrood is one of the most awaited seasonal fruits of winter. These round to pear-shaped fruits, with white, yellow or pink flesh is universally adored. Guava Tamarind Delight is a quality dish if you want to balance your blood sugar. The coconut sugar used in the dish contains only 75 percent sucrose compared to the standard table sugar.

Let’s find out about the unique combination of Guava and Tamarind, and how it is helpful for your health.

Benefits

Raw tamarind is a local fruit you get during winters. Tamarind has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. The fruit helps in lowering your stomach disorders such as constipation, liver and gallbladder problems.
Tamarind is a very rich source of Vitamin C. It also contains magnesium, potassium, B1, B2, B3 Vitamins to promote healthy skin. But mainly, the fibre in the raw tamarind has natural anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties to keep your flu at bay. Good for winter, right?
Coconut yogurt contains monolaurin, which is anti-viral in nature. Given the raging Coronavirus, wouldn’t it be wise to stock-up your antiviral levels!