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Wild Popular Spice With Unique Taste



Zakhia is the most popular spice used in Uttarakhand regions, there will be hardly any food in Uttarakhand in which Zakhia is not used for its unique taste. On the rams of the fields, Zakhia grows itself in the rainy season, the nutritional elements found in the Zakhia add more importance to the food, 18 percent of oil found in its seeds it is rich in fatty acids and amino acids. Its seeds are rich in fiber, starch, carbohydrates, protein, vitamins E and C, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, iron, manganese, and zinc. Zakhia is one of 200 varieties of Cappridceac Family. Its botanical name is Cleoma Viskosa, a wild plant that grows naturally at altitudes of 800 to 1500 meters, with yellow flowers and hairy stems, Zakhia is used extensively in the traditional medicine method in Uttarakhand. Zakhia is considered very effective in diseases like fever, cough, cholera, acidity, arthritis, ulcer, etc.. When someone gets hurt in the hilly areas of Uttarakhand, its leaves are ground and applied in the wound, so that the wound heals quickly, even today, its extract is given to Mentally ill patients in Uttarakhand. According to the research paper of the Indian General of Experimental Biology published in the year 2012, due to having the properties, viscosity, density like jatropha in the oil of the world, it is being envisaged to produce biodiesel in future, the most Importantly, it contains cleomiscoinas, coumarins-lignoids, clcosandrin, and flavoring agents, due to which its taste is world-famous. Its seeds contain 18.3 percent oil which is rich in fatty acids, amino acids, is also found beneficial. It is because omega-3 and omega-6 are important ingredients along with analgesic properties. As far as the nutritional properties are concerned, it contains fiber 7.6 percent, carbohydrate 53.18 percent, starch 3.8 mg, protein 28 percent, fat 0.5 percent, vitamin C 0.215 mg, vitamin E 0.0318 mg, calcium 1614.2 mg, magnesium 1434.3 mg, Potassium is found to be 145.25 mg, sodium 59.85 mg, iron 30.10 mg, magnes 7.70 mg, zinc up to 1.995 mg. In addition, the pharmaceutical industry also has a greater demand for the prevention of liver diseases due to the source of the chemical component of coumarinolignoids.

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