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Lepidium sativum - Charmahantri
Charmahantri is also known as Garden cress, mustard and cress, garden pepper cress, pepperwort pepper grass, chandrashura or poor man's pepper. Garden cress is genetically related to watercress and mustard, sharing their peppery, tangy flavor and aroma.
Description
This annual plant can reach a height of 60 cm (~24 inches), with many branches on the upper part. The white to pinkish flowers are only 2 mm (1/12 of an inch) across, clustered in branched racemes.
When consumed raw, cress is a high-nutrient food containing substantial content of Vitamin A,Vitamin C and K and several dietary minerals.
Uses
- Garden cress is added to soups, sandwiches and salads for its tangy flavor. It is also eaten as sprouts, and the fresh or dried seed pods can be used as a peppery seasoning
- Garden cress, known as chandrashoor, and the seeds, known as halloon in India, are commonly used in the system of Ayurveda.
- It is used in lactating mothers to improve breast milk production.[1]
- It is used in treating amenorrhoea and irregular menstrual cycles.
Common name
- English - Garden Cress
- Kannada - ಅಲವಿ ಬೀಜ
- Hindi - Chandrashoor
