INDIRA GANDHI WAS SURPRISED

 ONCE  IN A VISIT TO DARJEELING THE THEN PRIME MINISTER INDIRA GANDHI WAS INVITED BY MR. K B. SUBBA , HIS PARTY MP OF DARJEELING FOR LUNCH. IN SUBBAS HOUSE MADAM INDIRA WAS SURPRISED BY EATING A VEGETABLE WHICH IS LOCALLY CALLED iskush, IN ENGLISH which is CHAYOTE FRUIT, in BENGALI IT IS kuash. Actually this is not vegetable but both NEPALI and BENGALI people of darjeeling district and other nieghbouring places eats it vegetable commonly prepared as like as green papaya. After eating the preparation of chayot MADAM GANDHI praised a lot. She wanted to know the recipe. a section of our readers may be aware of the chayote fruit but they are not aware the fact the fruit can be eaten as salad. I being a well wisher requests you if it is available to you please eat this vegetable twice daily. IT IS RICH IN potassium mineral with negligeble amount of sodium. THOSE WHO ARE  POTASSIUM DEPRIVED BLOOD PRESSURE PATIENTS ,THEY OFTEN ADVISED BY THEIR DOCTORS TO TAKE NATURAL POTASSIUM RICH FOODS. CHAYOTE IS THE  BEST ONE.  IN THIS FRUIT LIKE VEGETABLE YOU WILL GET CALCIUM,MAGNESIUM, PHOSPHORUS, ZINC, SELENIUM, COPPER, IRON,FOLATE, PROTIEN ETC. IF THIS FRUIT IS EATEN RAW you will get VITAMIN C intact. THE CHAYOTE IS THE  FAMOUS VEGETABLE OF DARJEELING now which is producing in DOOARS also. when you will be in DARJEELING, PLEASE ASK YOUR HOTEL KITCHEN TO SERVE YOU THE CHEAPEST VEGETABLE . READERS  IF ONE OF YOU ARE DEPRIVED OF potassium beside chayote you will be benefited from turmeric,strawberry, spinach,broccoli, avocado, apricots, eggplant, parsley, cauliflower, cabbage,coriander .   TUSHAR PRADHAN