The Versatile Tomato and Its Benefits

You can eat it raw like a fruit, prepare tomato juice and drink it happily or you can cook it like a vegetable, make curries and chutneys. It is comparatively treated more as a vegetable than fruit.

Mouth watering, tasty and juicy, nothing can beat the fresh tomatoes picked up from farmhouse, nursery or your kitchen garden. It is a companion food that matches well with zucchini, cheese and cream. A favourites of chefs and housewives alike, it also caters to amateur cooks.

Tomato is not new to anybody. I am yet to meet anyone who haven’t consumed tomato not like tomato in some form or other. People love tomato ketchup and it comes in various flavours. It is an important ingredient of pasta, pizza and sandwiches. Indians use it in chutneys and curries. It is an important ingredient of salsa and salads.

One can eat raw tomatoes that are red and ripe in salads and sandwiches. One can also eat them cooked with vegetables, in stew, soups, sauce, pizza, pasta etc. In Indian kitchen, tomatoes are used in veg curries, chutneys and salads. Cherry tomatoes and sun dried tomatoes are favourites of many.

The taste of red ripe tomato is sweet and sour. Making tomato a part of your diet will ensure continuous supply of nutrition. Wash your tomatoes with plenty of water before eating or cooking.

Tomatoes that do not use pesticides for harvesting should be the best and nothing better than the ones that are organic are grown in your garden locally.

For better functioning of body and yield, raw tomatoes are best when consumed with skin.

It becomes even better when tomatoes are cooked.  Tomatoes when cooked release an antioxidant called Lycopene that is very effective in fighting with cancer. Lycopene is also good for the heart.

Although tomatoes contain solanine a source of inflammation, there is no connection established it to the aggravation of arthritis. A number of micro nutrients and vitamins such as C, A and potassium, folic acid are available in tomatoes.

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