đŸŒŋ Blog Title:Parbal (Pointed Gourd / Potol): The Green Gift of Nature – Nutrition, Health Benefits, and Traditional Value



đŸĨ’ Parwal (Pointed Gourd): A Green Treasure of Health and Tradition

đŸŒŋ (Blog in English, Bengali & Hindi with Disclaimer)

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🌐 English Section

Introduction

Parwal, also known as Pointed Gourd or Potol in Bengali, is one of India’s most loved and healthful green vegetables. Commonly grown in eastern and northern India, Parwal is a humble yet powerful source of nutrition. Despite its simplicity, it has an important place in traditional Indian diets and Ayurvedic healing practices.

Let’s explore how this small green vegetable holds such immense value — from kitchens to clinics, from village gardens to modern nutrition tables.


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1. Scientific and Botanical Overview

Scientific Name: Trichosanthes dioica

Family: Cucurbitaceae (same family as cucumber and bottle gourd)

Common Names:

English: Pointed Gourd

Hindi: Parwal

Bengali: Potol

Assamese: Patal

Oriya: Patola



Parwal is a climbing vine that thrives in warm, humid climates. The plant produces small, green, oval-shaped fruits with pointed ends — hence the name “pointed gourd.”


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2. Nutritional Composition (Per 100g of Parwal)

Nutrient Approx. Value

Calories 20–25 kcal
Carbohydrates 4.5–5 g
Protein 1–1.5 g
Fat 0.2 g
Fiber 2–3 g
Vitamin C 20–25 mg
Calcium 30 mg
Iron 0.6 mg
Potassium 200 mg
Water Content 90–92%


Parwal is low in calories but rich in essential vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber — making it a perfect vegetable for weight management and digestive health.


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3. Health Benefits of Parwal

đŸŒŋ (a) Improves Digestion

Parwal is rich in fiber and water content, which helps regulate bowel movement, prevents constipation, and maintains a healthy gut.

💓 (b) Supports Heart Health

The presence of potassium helps maintain healthy blood pressure levels. Low cholesterol and fat make it heart-friendly.

🩸 (c) Manages Blood Sugar

Parwal has a low glycemic index and contains compounds that help regulate insulin, making it beneficial for diabetics.

🌞 (d) Enhances Immunity

Its Vitamin C and antioxidants protect cells from oxidative stress and boost immunity naturally.

đŸŒŋ (e) Aids in Weight Control

With minimal calories and high fiber, Parwal keeps you full longer, preventing overeating and supporting weight loss goals.

💆 (f) Improves Skin and Hair

The vitamins and antioxidants nourish the skin, reduce acne, and promote a healthy glow. Iron and minerals support stronger hair.


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4. Ayurvedic Importance

In Ayurveda, Parwal is classified as a cooling (sheeta) vegetable, known for balancing Pitta and Vata doshas.
It is believed to:

Cleanse the blood (rakta shodhak)

Aid liver function

Improve digestion (agni vardhak)

Reduce acidity and body heat


Ayurvedic texts describe Parwal as both food and medicine, emphasizing its use in detoxifying diets and summer meals.


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5. Culinary Uses

Parwal’s mild flavor makes it versatile. It can be:

Fried or sautÊed with spices

Cooked with potatoes (Aloo Parwal Curry)

Stuffed with masala (Bharwa Parwal)

Used in sweets (Potol er Mishti in Bengal)

Added in lentil soups or mixed vegetables


In Bengali households, “Potol er Dolma” — stuffed Parwal — is a festive delicacy, combining flavor with nutrition.


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6. Regional and Cultural Significance

Parwal has deep roots in Indian cuisine.

In Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, Parwal curry is a daily meal.

In Bengal, it is both a summer essential and an offering in rituals.

In Assam and Odisha, Parwal is considered cooling and digestive, ideal for humid weather.


The vegetable symbolizes purity, simplicity, and balance, deeply connected to Indian agrarian traditions.


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7. How to Select and Store

Choose medium-sized, firm, bright green Parwals.

Avoid yellowish or overly soft ones.

Store in a refrigerator in a paper or cloth bag for 4–5 days.


Wash thoroughly before cooking, as it often carries soil or pesticides on its skin.


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8. Cautions and Precautions

Avoid excessive frying — it reduces nutritional value.

Always wash before cutting to prevent contamination.

People with extremely cold body nature (as per Ayurveda) should consume moderately.



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Conclusion (English)

Parwal is not just a vegetable — it is a symbol of balance, health, and tradition.
From its role in Ayurveda to its place in everyday meals, Parwal reflects the Indian philosophy of wellness through simplicity.
Including Parwal regularly in your diet can improve digestion, immunity, and heart health — naturally and deliciously.


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🇧🇩 āĻŦাংāϞা āĻŦিāĻ­াāĻ— (Bengali Section)

āĻĒāϰিāϚāϝ়

āĻĒāϟāϞ āĻŦা āĻĒাāϰ্āĻŦāϞ (Parwal) āĻšāϞ āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻ…āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āϜāύāĻĒ্āϰিāϝ় āϏāĻŦāϜি। āĻāϟি āĻ—্āϰীāώ্āĻŽ āĻ“ āĻŦāϰ্āώাāĻ•াāϞে āϏāĻšāϜāϞāĻ­্āϝ āĻāĻŦং āĻ…āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻĒুāώ্āϟিāĻ•āϰ।
āĻŦাংāϞাāϰ āϰাāύ্āύাāϘāϰে āĻĒāϟāϞ āϝেāĻŽāύ āϏুāϏ্āĻŦাāĻĻু, āϤেāĻŽāύি āĻāϟি āĻļāϰীāϰেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝāĻ“ āĻ…āĻŽূāϞ্āϝ āĻāĻ• āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝāϰāĻ•্āώāĻ•।


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ā§§. āĻŦৈāϜ্āĻžাāύিāĻ• āĻĒāϰিāϚāϝ়

āĻŦৈāϜ্āĻžাāύিāĻ• āύাāĻŽ: Trichosanthes dioica

āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ: Cucurbitaceae

āĻŦাংāϞা āύাāĻŽ: āĻĒāϟāϞ

āĻšিāύ্āĻĻি āύাāĻŽ: āĻĒāϰāĻ“āϝ়াāϞ



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⧍. āĻĒুāώ্āϟিāĻ—ুāĻŖ

ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ āĻ—্āϰাāĻŽ āĻĒāϟāϞে āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় —

āĻ•্āϝাāϞোāϰি: ⧍ā§Ģ

āĻĒ্āϰোāϟিāύ: ā§§.ā§Ģ āĻ—্āϰাāĻŽ

āĻĢাāχāĻŦাāϰ: ā§Š āĻ—্āϰাāĻŽ

āĻ­িāϟাāĻŽিāύ āϏি: ⧍ā§Ģ āĻŽিāĻ—্āϰা

āĻ•্āϝাāϞāϏিāϝ়াāĻŽ: ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŽিāĻ—্āϰা

āĻĒাāύি: ⧝ā§Ļ%


āĻ…āϤāĻāĻŦ, āĻāϟি āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ•্āϝাāϞোāϰি, āĻŦেāĻļি āĻĢাāχāĻŦাāϰ āĻ“ āĻ­িāϟাāĻŽিāύāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āϏāĻŦāϜি।


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ā§Š. āĻĒāϟāϞেāϰ āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āωāĻĒāĻ•াāϰিāϤা

āĻšāϜāĻŽে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ•āϰে

āϰāĻ•্āϤāϚাāĻĒ āύিāϝ়āύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖে āϰাāĻ–ে

āĻĄাāϝ়াāĻŦেāϟিāϏে āωāĻĒāĻ•াāϰী

āχāĻŽিāωāύ āϏিāϏ্āϟেāĻŽ āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻ•āϰে

āϤ্āĻŦāĻ• āĻ“ āϚুāϞেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻ­াāϞো

āĻ“āϜāύ āĻ•āĻŽাāϤে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ•āϰে



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ā§Ē. āφāϝ়ুāϰ্āĻŦেāĻĻ āĻ…āύুāϝাāϝ়ী āĻĒāϟāϞ

āφāϝ়ুāϰ্āĻŦেāĻĻে āĻĒāϟāϞāĻ•ে “āĻļীāϤāϞ” āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৃāϤিāϰ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ āĻŦāϞা āĻšāϝ়।
āĻāϟি āĻļāϰীāϰেāϰ āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŽাāϝ়, āϰāĻ•্āϤ āĻĒāϰিāĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻ•āϰে āĻ“ āϝāĻ•ৃāϤāĻ•ে āϏুāϏ্āĻĨ āϰাāĻ–ে।


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ā§Ģ. āϰাāύ্āύাāϝ় āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ

āĻĒāϟāϞ āĻ­াāϜা

āφāϞু-āĻĒāϟāϞ āϤāϰāĻ•াāϰি

āĻĻোāϞāĻŽা (āĻŽāĻļāϞা āĻ­āϰা āĻĒāϟāϞ)

āĻĒāϟāϞেāϰ āĻŽিāώ্āϟি (āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻ•āϰে āĻŦাংāϞাāϝ় āϜāύāĻĒ্āϰিāϝ়)



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ā§Ŧ. āϏাāĻŦāϧাāύāϤা

āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āϤেāϞে āĻ­াāϜা āĻ িāĻ• āύāϝ়।

āĻ•াঁāϚা āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ় āĻ­াāϞো āĻ•āϰে āϧুāϝ়ে āύেāĻ“āϝ়া āĻĻāϰāĻ•াāϰ।

āĻ াāύ্āĻĄা āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৃāϤিāϰ āĻŽাāύুāώ āĻŦেāĻļি āύা āĻ–াāĻ“āϝ়াāχ āĻ­াāϞো।



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āωāĻĒāϏংāĻšাāϰ (āĻŦাংāϞা)

āĻĒāϟāϞ āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏāĻšāϜ, āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āϏāĻŦāϜি।
āĻāϟি āĻļāϰীāϰেāϰ āĻ­াāϰāϏাāĻŽ্āϝ āĻŦāϜাāϝ় āϰাāĻ–ে, āϰāĻ•্āϤ āĻĒāϰিāώ্āĻ•াāϰ āĻ•āϰে, āĻ“ āĻŽāύ āĻļাāύ্āϤ āϰাāĻ–ে।
āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻĻিāύেāϰ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝāϤাāϞিāĻ•াāϝ় āĻĒāϟāϞ āϰাāĻ–āϞে āϏুāϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āĻ“ āĻĒ্āϰāĻļাāύ্āϤি āĻĻুāχ-āχ āĻĒাāĻ“āϝ়া āϝাāϝ়।

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đŸ‡ŽđŸ‡ŗ ā¤šिंā¤Ļी ⤭ा⤗ (Hindi Section)

ā¤Ē⤰ि⤚⤝

ā¤Ē⤰ā¤ĩ⤞ (Pointed Gourd) ⤭ा⤰⤤ ⤕ी ⤏ā¤Ŧ⤏े ⤞ो⤕ā¤Ē्⤰ि⤝ ⤔⤰ ā¤Ēौ⤎्⤟ि⤕ ⤏ā¤Ŧ्⤜ि⤝ों ā¤Žें ⤏े ā¤ā¤• ā¤šै।
ā¤¯ā¤š ⤗⤰्ā¤Ž ⤔⤰ ā¤Ŧ⤰⤏ा⤤ी ā¤Žौā¤¸ā¤Ž ā¤Žें ⤉⤗⤤ी ā¤šै ⤔⤰ ā¤ļ⤰ी⤰ ⤕े ⤞िā¤ ā¤Ŧā¤šु⤤ ⤞ा⤭⤕ा⤰ी ā¤Žा⤍ी ⤜ा⤤ी ā¤šै।


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āĨ§. ā¤ĩै⤜्ā¤žा⤍ि⤕ ā¤Ē⤰ि⤚⤝

ā¤ĩै⤜्ā¤žा⤍ि⤕ ⤍ाā¤Ž: Trichosanthes dioica

ā¤Ē⤰िā¤ĩा⤰: Cucurbitaceae

ā¤šि⤍्ā¤Ļी ⤍ाā¤Ž: ā¤Ē⤰ā¤ĩ⤞

ā¤Ŧं⤗ा⤞ी ⤍ाā¤Ž: ā¤Ēो⤟ो⤞



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āĨ¨. ā¤Ēो⤎⤪ ⤤⤤्ā¤ĩ

āĨ§āĨĻāĨĻ ā¤—्⤰ाā¤Ž ā¤Ē⤰ā¤ĩ⤞ ā¤Žें ⤞⤗⤭⤗ —

⤕ै⤞ो⤰ी: āĨ¨āĨĢ

ā¤Ē्⤰ो⤟ी⤍: āĨ§.āĨĢ ā¤—्⤰ाā¤Ž

ā¤Ģा⤇ā¤Ŧ⤰: āĨР⤗्⤰ाā¤Ž

ā¤ĩि⤟ाā¤Žि⤍ ⤏ी: āĨ¨āĨĢ ā¤Žि.⤗्⤰ा.

⤕ै⤞्ā¤ļिā¤¯ā¤Ž: āĨŠāĨĻ ā¤Žि.⤗्⤰ा.

ā¤Ēा⤍ी: āĨ¯āĨĻ%


ā¤¯ā¤š ā¤•ā¤Ž ⤕ै⤞ो⤰ी ⤔⤰ ⤅⤧ि⤕ ā¤Ģा⤇ā¤Ŧ⤰ ā¤ĩा⤞ी ⤏ā¤Ŧ्⤜ी ā¤šै।


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āĨŠ. ā¤Ē⤰ā¤ĩ⤞ ⤕े ⤏्ā¤ĩा⤏्ā¤Ĩ्⤝ ⤞ा⤭

ā¤Ēा⤚⤍ ā¤ļ⤕्⤤ि ā¤Ŧā¤ĸ़ा⤤ा ā¤šै

ā¤ĩ⤜⤍ ⤘⤟ा⤍े ā¤Žें ā¤¸ā¤šा⤝⤕

⤰⤕्⤤ ā¤ļुā¤Ļ्⤧ ⤕⤰⤤ा ā¤šै

ā¤Žā¤§ुā¤Žेā¤š ⤕े ⤰ो⤗ि⤝ों ⤕े ⤞िā¤ ⤉ā¤Ē⤝ो⤗ी

⤤्ā¤ĩ⤚ा ⤔⤰ ā¤Ŧा⤞ों ⤕े ⤞िā¤ ⤞ा⤭⤕ा⤰ी

ā¤Ē्⤰⤤ि⤰⤕्⤎ा ā¤ļ⤕्⤤ि ā¤Ŧā¤ĸ़ा⤤ा ā¤šै



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āĨĒ. ⤆⤝ु⤰्ā¤ĩेā¤Ļि⤕ ā¤Ļृ⤎्⤟ि⤕ो⤪

⤆⤝ु⤰्ā¤ĩेā¤Ļ ⤕े ⤅⤍ु⤏ा⤰ ā¤Ē⤰ā¤ĩ⤞ ā¤ļी⤤⤞ ā¤Ē्⤰⤕ृ⤤ि ⤕ा ā¤šो⤤ा ā¤šै।
ā¤¯ā¤š ā¤Ēि⤤्⤤ ⤔⤰ ā¤ĩा⤤ ā¤Ļो⤎ ⤕ो ⤏ं⤤ु⤞ि⤤ ⤕⤰⤤ा ā¤šै ⤔⤰ ⤝⤕ृ⤤ ⤕ी ⤕ा⤰्⤝⤕्ā¤ˇā¤Žā¤¤ा ā¤Ŧā¤ĸ़ा⤤ा ā¤šै।


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āĨĢ. ⤰⤏ो⤈ ā¤Žें ā¤Ē्⤰⤝ो⤗

ā¤Ē⤰ā¤ĩ⤞ ⤆⤞ू ⤕ी ⤏ā¤Ŧ्⤜ी

⤭⤰ā¤ĩा ā¤Ē⤰ā¤ĩ⤞

ā¤Ē⤰ā¤ĩ⤞ ⤭ु⤜ि⤝ा

ā¤Ŧं⤗ा⤞ ⤕ी ā¤Ē्⤰⤏िā¤Ļ्⤧ ā¤Ēो⤟ो⤞ ā¤Ļाā¤˛ā¤Žा



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āĨŦ. ⤏ाā¤ĩ⤧ा⤍ि⤝ाँ

⤅⤧ि⤕ ⤤े⤞ ā¤Žें ⤍ ā¤Ē⤕ाā¤ँ।

⤖ा⤍े ⤏े ā¤Ēā¤šā¤˛े ⤧ो ⤞ें।

⤅⤤्⤝⤧ि⤕ ⤠ंā¤Ąी ā¤Ē्⤰⤕ृ⤤ि ā¤ĩा⤞ों ⤕ो ⤏ीā¤Žि⤤ ā¤Žा⤤्⤰ा ā¤Žें ⤏ेā¤ĩ⤍ ⤕⤰⤍ा ⤚ाā¤šिā¤।



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⤍ि⤎्⤕⤰्⤎ (Hindi)

ā¤Ē⤰ā¤ĩ⤞ ⤕ेā¤ĩ⤞ ā¤ā¤• ⤏ā¤Ŧ्⤜ी ā¤¨ā¤šीं, ā¤Ŧ⤞्⤕ि ⤏ेā¤šā¤¤ ⤕ा ⤭ंā¤Ąा⤰ ā¤šै।
ā¤¯ā¤š ā¤ļ⤰ी⤰ ⤕ो ⤏ं⤤ु⤞ि⤤ ⤰⤖⤤ा ā¤šै ⤔⤰ ā¤Ē्⤰ा⤕ृ⤤ि⤕ ⤊⤰्⤜ा ā¤Ē्⤰ā¤Ļा⤍ ⤕⤰⤤ा ā¤šै।
⤏्ā¤ĩ⤏्ā¤Ĩ ⤜ीā¤ĩ⤍ ⤕े ⤞िā¤ ā¤Ē⤰ā¤ĩ⤞ ⤕ा ⤏ेā¤ĩ⤍ ⤕⤰⤍ा ā¤Ŧेā¤šā¤Ļ ⤞ा⤭ā¤Ļा⤝⤕ ā¤šै।

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⚠️ Disclaimer

This blog is for educational and informational purposes only.
It is not medical advice. Always consult a qualified doctor or nutritionist before changing your diet.
Parwal (Pointed Gourd) is generally safe but should be consumed as part of a balanced diet.
The writer is not a medical expert, only a researcher and health enthusiast sharing verified knowledge from traditional and scientific sources.


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