Have you eaten these flowers? Be it sweets or vegetables, these 5 flowers are used like this, know their speciality.
Samira Vishwas January 07, 2026 02:24 PM
Edible Flowers Benefits: Flowers, one of the natural things, have special importance for us. While flowers enhance the beauty of worship, all these fruits are used for decoration or making many healthy dishes. Some such straws are present around us which are easily used for food.
You know not only about the fragrance of rose flowers but also about its uses. The use of rose flowers as a sweet is celebrated. Gulkand from desi roses, rose barfi, rose in kheer, rose in ice cream, rose message. Apart from this, rose syrup is prepared.
You might know about Palash or Tesu flowers. Flowers are found in bunches on Palash tree. If we talk about these, they are beautiful in appearance but are full of medicinal properties. You can use it to improve digestion and make sherbet. Vegetables are also prepared which taste delicious. You can make herbal tea of Palash flowers and drink it.
You can also easily use banana flowers in food. Many dishes are also made from it. Salno is made from it which is prepared by mixing it with coconut milk and other vegetables. Banana flower vadas, pakodas, chutneys, patua (Orissa Bengal dish) are steamed with mustard paste etc. Or you can make simple banana flower curry.
Everyone eats ridge gourd vegetable, but do you know about the specialty of ridge gourd flowers? These ridge gourd flowers are very small and vegetable is made from it. To enhance the taste of this vegetable and remove the astringency, you can add potato, gram or gram dal.
Apart from pumpkin flowers, you can also use Moringa or Drumstick flowers. Consuming Moringa leaves and beans is beneficial. These flowers can be used for everything from chutney to herbal tea.
Pumpkin flowers are also used in your food. Here you can make crispy pakodas from pumpkin flowers and the dish eaten in West Bengal ‘Kumre Phool Bhaja’. Can eat. Apart from this, pumpkin flower chutney can also be made. To make it, its stalk and the yellow part in the middle should be removed.