SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Papaver Somniferum
MEDICINAL VALUE :
Poppy seeds are demulcent and used against constipation. Also used as sedative against irritant coughing and sleeplessness.
NUTRIENT VALUE :
B-complex vitamins such as thiamin, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, riboflavin, niacin, and folic acid
CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
Poppy seeds, due to its highly nutritive aspect, finds application in culinary items like making of breads, cakes, cookies, confectionaries, curries and sweets.
GLOSSARY :
- English : Poppy Seeds
- Tamil : Kasakassa
- Malayalam : Kaskas / Kashakasha
- Telugu : Gasagasaalu / Kasakasa
- Kannada : Gasagase Beeja / Kasa Kase
- Hindi : Post Dana / Khuskhus / Kashash
- Bengali : Posto / Kashash / Afing
- Gujarati : Khaskhas / Khuskhush / Aphim
- Konkani : Khus-Khus / Koskoso
- Marathi : Khaskhas / Khus Khus
- Oriya : Posta / Aphima
- Punjabi : Khus Khus / Khas / Post
- Tulu : Gasa-Gase
- Urudu : Kashkash Sufaid
Recipes with Poppy Seeds:
1) Minced Meat Fry
2) Microwave Corn Kuruma Vegetables
3) North Indian Yummy Chicken Biriyani(Kozhi Biryani
4) Poppy Fish Gravy
5) Poppy Fish Curry
6) Mutton Xacuti
