Chow chow, wanda kuma aka sani da chocho ko chayote squash ba kawai abinci ba ne a cikin abincin Indiya. Akwai dalili mai kyau cewa wannan ya kasance wani ɓangare na abincin mu na yau da kullum - yana ƙunshe da dukkanin fa'idodin abinci mai gina jiki da lafiya.
Don farawa, chow chow ya ƙunshi mahimman bitamin da ma'adanai. Yana da wadata musamman a cikin bitamin C, wanda jiki ba ya haifar da kansa, kuma dole ne ya dogara ga tushen waje. Har ila yau, ya ƙunshi folate (wanda ke da kyau ga rarrabawar cell da kuma mata masu ciki), bitamin B6 da bitamin K. Ma'adanai kamar potassium, manganese, zinc da jan karfe ana samun su a cikin wannan squash.
Chow chow yana da wadata a cikin antioxidants, yana kiyaye kumburi da cututtuka kamar ciwon daji da ciwon haɗin gwiwa. Quercetin, myricetin, morin da kaempferol sune antioxidants da aka samu. Ba wai kawai waɗannan ke hana lalacewar da ke da alaƙa da sel ba, har ma suna hana farawar nau'in ciwon sukari na 2 ta hanyar sarrafa matakan sukari na jini. Wannan squash shima yana da wadataccen fiber, yana kiyaye hanjin ku lafiya. Yana iya hana ciwon hanta mai kitse tunda yana da alaƙa da lafiyar hanta.
Ana iya dafa Chow chow kamar kayan lambu na yau da kullun - soyayyen, gasashe, tururi ko soyayye. Hakanan za'a iya ƙarawa a cikin miya, salads da smoothies.
