The pumpkin or auyama is a natural product that provides many benefits to our body. Here are just a few of its properties and its different ways of preparing them
Healing properties of pumpkin or auyama
This food is a source of healing properties, as its vitamin A content helps to maintain good vision by preventing the onset of cataracts.
It is also used for cases of cystitis and urinary infections, since it desinflama the bladder, as well as for cases of constipation and heartburn.
Eating the raw pulp and seasoning with olive oil and salt to taste daily combats anemia. The flower and fruit of auyama can also be eaten as a vegetable to strengthen the organism. They are excellent for combating malnutrition.
The seeds of this vegetable are recommended in treatments against depression for its content of tryptophan, a compound known as the amino acid of pleasure.
Pumpkin seeds are recommended for depression treatments because of their content of tryptophan, a compound known as the pleasure amino acid. They are also useful for eliminating intestinal parasites and regulating cholesterol levels.
Auyama flowers that at first begin to fall off when they are not time to produce. These flowers can be taken and removed the pistil, filled with dressing or a ground meat with sauce, can be cheese, ham, or you want. Then you pass it through egg and bread flour, flour or cassava and fry it.
Different ways of preparing the pumpkin or auyama.
There are different ways to prepare pumpkin, such as soup, auyama cream, puré, arepa, or even as a side dish, i.e. only parboiled.
It can also be prepared in sweets, such as the well-known auyama cake, sweetened with papelón, a traditional Venezuelan food, which is attractive for the youngest at home. Another option is the auyama quesillo and also the panquecas, if it is mixed with a little wheat flour and placed in a very hot frying pan.
In the usual Sunday sancocho of the Venezuelan family, this vegetable cannot be missing. Its preparation does not require much effort, since it is only necessary to chop the auyama in pieces and add it with or without shell to the boiled one. In many homes it is also common to taste it during dinner, accompanied by white cheese.
It is also a symbol of protection for homes and is used as a lamp in the United States party "Halloween".
I invite you to consume this natural product that benefits us so much and is very low cost and easy to grow.