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Kitty said: Yes.what is feungreek used for?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(what is feungreek used for?),it will help you,my kids.
it's a herb
Answers:
in india, we call it methi, which is used in both leaves, and dry seeds form, for cooking, mainly vegetarian dishes. though it has somewhat bitter taste, still popular with cooks and housewives, for its flavour, and medicinal value.
fenugreek is known for its inherent quality for helping in controling the blood sugar levels, thus helpful for diabetic people, especially. it is more popular in southern states of india, like maharashtra, and tamilnadu, kerala. they make a vegetable from the fresh leaves, combined with fresh cream, paneer, green peas, potatoes, or make rotis, that is, indian bread, fortified with finely chooped leaves. the seeds are used in preparing dosa, idli, upma, south indian dishes, favorite all over the world, and even used while making lentils, to go along with rice. for dosa, soak the seeds, about 2 teaspoonfuls, with rice, to give a flavour. in ayurveda, fenugreek is a valued ingredient for medicinal and dietary purposes.
Other Answers:
It's frequently found in Indian and Thailand cuisine.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenugreek
what?
It's used in curries for sure.
Source(s):
cook books
Medicinally it is used to break up and dissolve mucous but I don't know what it is used for in cooking.
FENUGREEK One of the oldest cultivated medicinal plants of the world. Actually it's use as a food, condiment, medicinal, dye, and forage plant.
The maple aroma and flavor has led to its use in many baked goods, chutneys, confections, and imitation maple syrup For culinary purposes, seeds are ground and used in curries. Young seedlings and other portions of fresh plant material are eaten as vegetables. The plant is quite nutritious, being high in proteins, ascorbic acid, niacin, and potassium . Fenugreek is also used as a livestock feed.
As a medicinal plant, fenugreek has traditionally been considered a carminative, demulcent, expectorant, laxative, and stomachic. The plant has also been employed against bronchitis, fevers, sore throats, wounds swollen glands, skin irritations, diabetes, ulcers, and in the treatment of cancer. Fenugreek has been used to promote lactation and as an aphrodisiac. Fenugreek seeds have been used as an oral insulin substitute, and seed extracts have been reported to lower blood glucose levels in laboratory animals.
Some of the constituents of fenugreekIt is the starting compound for over 60% of the total steroid production by the pharmaceutical industry
Source(s):
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/med-aro/factsheets/FENUGREEK.html
they gave to me at the hospital to keep my breast milk producing
Fenugreek is also used to color and flavour artificial Maple Syrup!
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Kitty said: Yes.what is feungreek used for?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(what is feungreek used for?),it will help you,my kids.
it's a herb
Answers:
in india, we call it methi, which is used in both leaves, and dry seeds form, for cooking, mainly vegetarian dishes. though it has somewhat bitter taste, still popular with cooks and housewives, for its flavour, and medicinal value.
fenugreek is known for its inherent quality for helping in controling the blood sugar levels, thus helpful for diabetic people, especially. it is more popular in southern states of india, like maharashtra, and tamilnadu, kerala. they make a vegetable from the fresh leaves, combined with fresh cream, paneer, green peas, potatoes, or make rotis, that is, indian bread, fortified with finely chooped leaves. the seeds are used in preparing dosa, idli, upma, south indian dishes, favorite all over the world, and even used while making lentils, to go along with rice. for dosa, soak the seeds, about 2 teaspoonfuls, with rice, to give a flavour. in ayurveda, fenugreek is a valued ingredient for medicinal and dietary purposes.
Other Answers:
It's frequently found in Indian and Thailand cuisine.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenugreek
what?
It's used in curries for sure.
Source(s):
cook books
Medicinally it is used to break up and dissolve mucous but I don't know what it is used for in cooking.
FENUGREEK One of the oldest cultivated medicinal plants of the world. Actually it's use as a food, condiment, medicinal, dye, and forage plant.
The maple aroma and flavor has led to its use in many baked goods, chutneys, confections, and imitation maple syrup For culinary purposes, seeds are ground and used in curries. Young seedlings and other portions of fresh plant material are eaten as vegetables. The plant is quite nutritious, being high in proteins, ascorbic acid, niacin, and potassium . Fenugreek is also used as a livestock feed.
As a medicinal plant, fenugreek has traditionally been considered a carminative, demulcent, expectorant, laxative, and stomachic. The plant has also been employed against bronchitis, fevers, sore throats, wounds swollen glands, skin irritations, diabetes, ulcers, and in the treatment of cancer. Fenugreek has been used to promote lactation and as an aphrodisiac. Fenugreek seeds have been used as an oral insulin substitute, and seed extracts have been reported to lower blood glucose levels in laboratory animals.
Some of the constituents of fenugreekIt is the starting compound for over 60% of the total steroid production by the pharmaceutical industry
Source(s):
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/med-aro/factsheets/FENUGREEK.html
they gave to me at the hospital to keep my breast milk producing
Fenugreek is also used to color and flavour artificial Maple Syrup!
correctness,It's Non-profit and only for informational purposes.
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