Organic Garlic/Organic Lehsun (200gm)

Overview

Organic garlic is a nutritious herb and is closely related to leeks, chives, shallots, and Chinese onion. It can be added to any food to alter its taste. Garlic belongs to Amaryllidaceae family and has been used in many Ayurveda and other conventional medicine for several years now. You can buy organic garlic online at Adibuja. We source good quality garlic from trusted farmers in the city, which makes us one of the authentic sources of fresh garlic online.

Nutritional Profile

Every 100 grams of fresh organic garlic provide you the following:

• Calories: 150
• Proteins: 6.36
• Carbs: 33 grams
• Garlic is also a rich source of vitamin B and C, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, folate, sodium, zinc, and manganese.

Health Benefits

• Garlic helps in preventing atherosclerosis, which is hardening of the arteries.
• Organic garlic helps cut down blood sugar and bad cholesterol.
• Consuming fresh garlic every day also helps in regulating blood pressure, and is recommended to people suffering from high blood pressure.
• Garlic helps in preventing cold, fever, flu, and several similar infections.

Uses

• Rub garlic on a mole and leave it overnight and the mole will eventually disappear after some days.
• Rub organic garlic juice on scars and it will lighten or fade away in some days.

Recipes

• Garlic Achar

Ingredients: ½ cup garlic cloves (peeled), 3 tbsp mustard, ¼ tsp turmeric powder, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp chili powder, 1 tsp finely chopped jiggery, salt to taste, and ground spices ( split mustard seeds, split fenugreek seeds, cumin seeds, crushed coriander seeds, and pinch of asafetida)

Cooking Steps: Heat oil in a kadai, add garlic cloves and turmeric powder and saute on a low flame for 3-5 minutes till they turn soft. Add lemon juice and cook for another 2 minutes, add salt, jiggery, and chili powder and stir until jiggery dissolves completely. Then add powdered spices, mix well and cook for another minute. Remove the pickle from flame, cool, as well store in airtight container.

• Vinegared Garlic

Ingredients: 18 organic garlic pods (peeled), 1-inch ginger – julienned, 2 chillies –finely chopped, 1 tbsp. salt, 1 cup vinegar

Cooking Steps: Take a cool and fresh jar, add chillies, ginger, and salt. Add one cup vinegar and shake well. Allow the mixture to rest for 24 hours. You can vinegared garlic with rice. You can refrigerate it for 2 months.