Ash gourd is commonly considered a vegetable, which is used in cooking a variety of staple Indian dishes such as kootu, curry, sabzi and dal, besides sweets and candies called petha. The therapeutic and remedial traits offered by the vegetable, as well as ash gourd seeds and leaves are extensive. Moreover, the roots and juice of ash gourd also have applications in skin and hair care.
Nutritonal info per 100g: Calories: 13 Protein: less than 1 gram Carbs: 3 grams Fiber: 3 grams Fat: less than 1 gram Vitamin C: 14% of the Daily Value (DV) Riboflavin: 8% DV Zinc: 6% DV
The fruit is most often cubed, boiled, and eaten on its own or added to soups and stews . It can also be baked, fried, candied, or simply peeled and added to salads, or eaten raw similarly to how you\'d eat a sliced ??cucumber.