Puli means Tamarind
Tamarind is included in daily diet as it has many health benefits that are sure to keep you healthy or improve you overall health.
Tamarind pulp is rich in non starch polysaccharides, the dietary fiber like gums, hemicelluloses, mucilage, pectin and tannin's.
It is rich in tartaric acid which is a very powerful antioxidant.
Tamarind contains many volatile phytochemicals like limonene, geramol, safrole, cinnamic acid, pyrazine, methyl salicylate and alkylthiazoles
Being a good source of antioxidants, tamarind helps fight against cancer.
Nutritional values present in 100 grams of tamarind.(puli)
- Calories – 239
- Protein – 2.8 gm
- Carbohydrates – 62.5 gm
- Fat – 0.6 gm
- Phosphorus – 113 mg
- Iron – 2.8 mg
- Calcium – 74 mg
- Vitamin C – 2 mg
- Niacin – 1.2 mg
- Riboflavin – 0.14 mg
- Thiamin (vitamin B) – 0.34 mg
- Vitamin A – 30 IU
- Vitamin K – 2.8 mg
- Vitamin E – 0.1 mg
- Pyridoxine – 0.066 mg
- Pantothenic Acid – 0.143 mg
- Niacin – 1.938 mg
- Folate – 14 mg
- Dietary fiber – 5.1 g
- Fat – 0.6 g
- Protein – 2.8 g
- Energy – 239 kcal
- Potassium – 628 mg
- Sodium – 28 mg
- Zinc – 0.1 mg
- Selenium – 1.3 mg
- Phosphorus – 113 mg
- Magnesium – 92 mg
- Copper – 0.86 mg
- Calcium – 74 mg
- Carotene – 18 mg
