Mustard - lanka rahas Spices

It is almost always the firstly added ingredient to be used when preparing a curry.

Mustard seeds ground and mixed with vinegar is the base for pickles.Mustard seeds have been highly demand culinary oil-seeds being in use since earlier times. The seeds are fruit pods obtained from mustard plant, but these days mustard cultivated as one of the main commercial crop in Canada, India, China, and temperate climates of European region.

•  Mustard Generally perceived as health benefiting spice, mustard seeds are indeed very rich in phyto nutrients, minerals, vitamins and anti-oxidants
• Mustard seeds contains these B-complex groups of vitamins and it help in producing enzyme , nervous system function and regulating body metabolism.
• Help in lowering the blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
• Mustars rich in vitamin e which is a powerful lipid soluble antioxidant, required for maintaining the integrity of cell membrane of mucus membranes and skin by protecting it from harmful oxygen-free radicals.
• Mustards are rich source of health benefiting minerals such as Calcium, manganese, copper, iron, selenium and zinc... Calcium helps in  building bone and teeth.Manganese is employed by the body as a co-factor for the antioxidant. Copper is important in the producing red blood cells. Iron is required for the red blood cell production and cellular metabolism.