For many, the main value of watermelon is its delicious flesh, and the peel is often simply thrown away, without thinking that it can bring no less benefit to the body. To date, watermelon crusts are used not only in fresh form, but also harvested for the winter as candied fruits, jam, jam and various snacks for meat and fish dishes. Also, they are dried to obtain raw materials for the preparation of medicinal broths and infusions. However, it is necessary to purchase only high-quality watermelons and thoroughly familiarize themselves with the process of harvesting crusts, since it is in them that a certain amount of radioactive and toxic substances accumulates.

This juice was obtained from a melon with a very dark green peel, but if you choose light, green shades of annealing, you will get a much more appetizing liquid. Fineovsky can clear the green bark and juice only with a light green part, the juice will not be so characteristic of the bark. But do not be afraid to drink juice, it rushes very fast, and every minute after removing any fruit, vitamins gradually disappear. So shuffle, shuffle, let it go quickly. What we do, the taste of red flesh does not have this, but it's also unattractive and thinks of all the benefits! 🙂.

Benefit and harm of watermelon crusts

In addition to water, they include:
  • Dietary fiber and organic acids;
  • Lycopene and pectins;
  • Saccharides;
  • Vitamins A, C, E, PP and group B;
  • Potassium, magnesium, calcium, sodium, phosphorus, silicon, zinc and iron.

At the same time in watermelon crusts in a larger volume than in pulp, fiber, chlorophyll and amino acids are contained.

How are you with melon kernels?

In addition, the color quickly turned into a relatively unattractive promising garter. Therefore, the melon should be eaten first, and not as a refreshing after eating. What we do, many uninitiated people do this, and think that they will make their bodies smoother with a watermelon. Melon begins to ferment, and fermentation is good for kefir. Carefully choosing them from a melon, organizing with them awful machine guns or simply viewing them as a part of a watermelon and eat them? In fact, it is very useful to consume watermelon, but not just fruit - to get the most from them, it is recommended to skip them, and then remove the peel.

If there is no confidence in the quality of watermelon, then to protect yourself from harmful substances, you should clean them and soak for several hours in a filtered cold water. During this time, toxic substances will pass into the water, and most of the nutrients will remain. After that, the raw material can be used both in cooking, and for cosmetic purposes and treatment, and they will not cause harm to health. Also they can be dried for harvesting for the winter.

Naked, peeled and dried pepperones are not only edible, but also protein, superfoods. They include vitamin B, magnesium, mono and polyunsaturated fats, which lower cholesterol levels in the blood, inflammation and the risk of stroke and heart disease. Of course, crushed cores have much higher nutritional values, than raw. Germination is a process that removes compounds from food that make it difficult to absorb very valuable nutrients, found in food. Thus, the melon core becomes more digestible for the body.



Variants of application of watermelon crusts

Cakes of watermelons are used in cooking, cosmetology, as well as in various recipes  traditional medicine.

Preparation of candied fruits from watermelon crusts

In order to prepare tasty and useful candied fruits you will need:


  • Watermelon cakes - one and a half kilograms;
  • Sugar - eight hundred grams;
  • Water - half a liter (for syrup).



What if you do not want to eat, clean or mix?

There are other ways to deal with this. You can literally put pepper in a marinade, make chutney. You can also use pepper to make Indian curry sauce. In fact, this is a special kind of treatment for this dish in some parts of India. Watermelon crust in combination with with hot peppers  chili and other warm spices, sweet pleasant variegation of all food, and you can let your guests guess what a mysterious ingredient that spoils their tongue so much. What will it be pineapple? Pch, you are near the holiday.

Cooking method:

  1. From the crusts of watermelon, you need to remove the green peel and the remaining flesh;
  2. Cut the raw materials into small cubes or strips, put them in a pot of boiling water and cook for about ten minutes;
  3. After that, throw the crusts to a colander and wait until the water drains from them;
  4. At this time, you can start making syrup by mixing pure water with sugar and starting to heat them;
  5. When the syrup begins to put in the prepared candied fruit, boil them for ten minutes, take them off the stove and let them brew for about twelve hours. The procedure is repeated four to six times until the crusts acquire transparency. If desired, at the last cooking, you can add a small amount of lemon and vanillin juice to the syrup;
  6. Finished crusts put in a colander and wait until they cool down, and drains excess syrup;
  7. After that, candied fruits are sprinkled with sugar, spread on a baking sheet with foil and left for a few days to dry;
  8. Store the finished product in glass jars.

Candied fruit from watermelon crusts should be included in nutrition of people who have renal colic, gout, hypertension, constipation and pancreas. They can be eaten as a separate product, and can be added to cereals, cottage cheese and confectionery products. Do not abuse them people with diabetes and obesity.

And what about refreshing gazpacho? Or what do you say about candy? We sugar in sugar - orange, lemon, pomelo, grape skin, why not a melon? Once again, you can throw a melon with a spoon, think about whether the rest of the wreckage will leave. A shock would be a huge shame, is not it?

Watermelon, although more than 90% consists of water, also contains vitamins and minerals. It also contains beta-carotene, which gives the skin elasticity and beautiful coloration, as well as potassium and calcium, which are necessary for our bones, nails and hair. Because of citric acid and malic acids, the fruit effectively quenches thirst. Watermelon is recommended for diabetics and bodybuilders, as it contains relatively little sugar. It also affects the digestive tract and improves metabolism. This is a diuretic, so it releases our body from harmful substances.

How to make candied fruits from watermelon crusts (video)

Marinated cakes of watermelon

Pickled cakes watermelon can be used in making a variety of salads, vinaigrettes, soups, gravies and other dishes. They resemble canned cucumbers.

In addition, thanks to the enzyme, which acts as an astringent, it tones up the skin, cleanses and strengthens it. Watermelon is also used to treat inflammatory skin and the so-called. eczema or breakthroughs. The first mention of the watermelon comes from the times of Ancient Egypt. Proof of this are the wall paintings with these fruits found in ancient tombs. However, it is now believed that the watermelon house is Africa. Poland was about 500 years later. However, China and Turkey lead the export of these fruits.

Watermelon is best eat by removing the spoon from the center of the fruit. It is ideal for hot summer days when it quenches thirst. So add it to the summer salad from fruit. It is also delicious in the company of salads and cheeses, especially feta type. Shrimp and chicken make exotic snacks. With summer watermelons you can boldly prepare refreshing, but also coolers or nutritious sorbets. It is also rarely added to desserts and ice cream. Not everyone knows that a watermelon can be "summoned" in the kitchen. Cut into thin strips and boil in syrup becomes an excellent addition to cakes and desserts.

Ingredients:

  • One large watermelon (peel)
  • Salt is a hundred grams;
  • Sugar - four hundred grams;
  • Apple cider vinegar - five hundred milliliters;
  • Water - two hundred and fifty milliliters (for marinade);
  • Ginger (fresh) grated - one tablespoon;
  • Spices - to taste.

Marinating method:

  1. Watermelon peel the peel, cut into slices, place in a pot of boiling water, cook for ten minutes, then put in a colander;
  2. From the water and the remaining ingredients, prepare the marinade;
  3. Put the crusts in boiling marinade and cook until they become transparent;
  4. Finished crusts put in sterile jars, pour marinade and cork.

Watermelon peel in cosmetology

Fresh watermelon crusts are widely used in home cosmetology. All useful material, which are in their composition, have a rejuvenating effect on the skin, make it supple, give a healthy color and relieve swelling. Masks for the face, which include a slurry of watermelon rind, have a number of properties:

  • Moisturizing;
  • Anti-inflammatory;
  • Toning;
  • Regulating the activity of the sebaceous glands.

How to make a watermelon mask (video)

These masks are easy to prepare:

  1. Peeled water from the green peel should be crushed with a grater and add to them warm olive or almond oil (in a small amount). Apply the resulting mass to the skin of the face and neck for thirty minutes, then rinse with warm water, which is added with lemon juice. This mask is good for oily skin;
  2. To a gruel of peeled watermelon crusts  add thick, fatty sour cream and liquid honey. Proportion should be chosen so that the mass is quite thick. The mask lasts twenty minutes, and then it is cleaned with warm water. It is excellent for both dry and normal skin types.

In folk medicine, there are a huge number of recipes using both fresh and dried watermelon crusts. Of these, make juice, decoction and infusion.

Juice from watermelon crusts

Juice made from watermelon crusts is used to relieve swelling, inflammation of the genitourinary system, and also drink during weight loss. It will be useful for migraines, colds, depression and chronic fatigue.  For its preparation the purified raw materials must be crushed with a small grater and wring out. You can also use a juicer. Drink half a glass an hour before meals.

Healing Decoction

To prepare the decoction you need a hundred grams of powder from dried crusts  pour half a liter of boiling water, let it brew for about thirty minutes under a warm towel. After that, the composition is filtered and drunk up to five times a day for one hundred milliliters before meals with problems with kidneys, cardiovascular diseases, rheumatism.

Infusion of watermelon crusts

The broth is prepared from the calculation: one hundred grams of raw watermelon crusts or two tablespoons of powder from dry. Raw materials should be poured half a liter of boiling water and let it stand on the water bath for twenty minutes. Then the decoction is removed from the fire, insist for thirty minutes, and then drain. Drink half a glass three times a day before meals.  Such a composition will help relieve pain in the stomach, will help in the treatment of liver diseases, gallbladder inflammation and urinary tract, and it is recommended for obesity.



How and for what to dry watermelon crusts

Thus in broths and infusions they are well combined with some medicinal herbs, for example, with calendula, root of ayr and yarrow.

Collected watermelon peel should be cleaned from the pulp and green peel. Then they should be cut into thin plates and put on a baking tray in an oven or a special dryer, the temperature of which should be fifty degrees. After all the moisture comes out of the pieces, they will become dry and brittle, they need to be cooled and packaged on glass jars or paper bags.

You can also dry the crusts of watermelon by choosing a well-ventilated room (veranda, balcony) for them and covering them from the direct rays of the sun. Keep dried crusts in a dark and dry place, you can pre-grind them into powder with a coffee grinder.

Jam from watermelon crusts: recipe (video)

Watermelon crusts have a lot of medicinal properties. And with proper preparation, use and account of all contraindications can not cause any harm to the body, and the healing effect of treatment by them will be significantly noticeable if you regularly take compounds from them for a month.

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224 mg.

  • Phosphorus 9 mg.
  • Zinc - 90 mcg.
  • Vitamin C - 7 mg.
  • Vitamin B1 - 0.04-0.08 mg.
  • Vitamin B2 - 0.02-0.03 mg.
  • Vitamin B6 - 0.09-0.14 mg.
  • Vitamin PP - 0.24 mg
  • Carotene - 0.1 mg.
  • Folic acid - 8 mcg.
  • Lycopene.

    • Seeds of watermelon contain up to 35% of the oil, which includes linolenic, linoleic and palmitic acids.

      Calorie content of watermelon.

    Calorie content of watermelon is 30-40 Kcal per 100 gr.

      Useful properties of watermelon.

      The healing properties of watermelon.

    Watermelonhas:

    • fortifying properties,
    • diuretic, laxative, choleretic properties,
    • antipyretic properties,
    • hematopoietic properties,
    • soothing property.

    Watermelonenhances the function of the liver, pancreas and glands of the gastrointestinal tract.

    Beneficial features  watermelon  help in the treatment and prevention of many diseases. Used not only pulp and watermelon juice, but also watermelon seeds  and even a green crust. Here are a few ways to apply watermelon:

      Useful properties of watermelon for the skin.

    For cosmetic purposes, the pulp of watermelon and watermelon juice is used.

    • Toning watermelon mask.
    • Ice from watermelon juice.
    • Watermelon Compress.
    • Losien made from watermelon and peach juice.
    • Losien made from watermelon and cucumber juice.

    Toning watermelon mask.

    This watermelon mask tones and refreshes the skin. Suitable for all skin types.

    1. Wash your face and neck with warm water.
    2. Apply a thin layer of gruel from the pulp of watermelon.
    3. Cover with a towel and wait 10-15 minutes.
    4. Wash the watermelon mask with warm water.

    If the skin is dry, dehydrated, with pigmented spots, then before applying the mask it should be:

    1. Wipe the skin with olive oil.
    2. Wet a towel in hot water mixed with soda (1 teaspoon of soda for 1 liter of water) and apply to the skin for 5-7 minutes. Instead of water and soda, you can use chamomile infusion.
    3. Then apply a mask of watermelon pulp, as described above.

    Ice from watermelon juice.

    Tones and refreshes any skin.

    1. Freeze the watermelon juice in the freezer in the ice mold.
    2. Slice of watermelon ice  wipe your face on massage lines.
    3. After wiping, leave the watermelon juice on the skin for 15-20 minutes.
    4. Then rinse with cold water.

    Watermelon Compress.

    Compress from watermelon juice prevents skin flabbiness.

    1. Pulp the watermelon cut and squeeze the juice through the cheesecloth.
    2. Moisten with watermelon juice gauze, folded into 6 layers.
    3. Apply a compress of watermelon juice on the face and leave for 15-20 minutes.
    4. Rinse your face with boiled water at room temperature.
    5. Dry without wiping.

    Losien made from watermelon and peach juice.

    Suitable for all skin types.

    For the preparation of losene, watermelon juice mixed with peach juice  in equal proportion.

    Losien made from watermelon and cucumber juice.

    Helps with redness of skin and burns. It cleanses the skin well.

    Watermelon juice  mixed with cucumber juice in equal proportions.

      How to choose a watermelon.

    Here are a few rules that will help you choose the right watermelon.

    How to choose a ripe and sweet watermelon:

    1. A sign of ripeness of watermelon is a dry tail.
    2. The bright spot on the side of the watermelon should be yellow and even orange.
    3. Striped crust of watermelon should be the most contrast.
    4. Try to pierce the rind of the watermelon with your fingernail - if it does, the watermelon does not ripe. A ripe watermelon has a hardened crust.
    5. When patting, the ripe watermelon slightly springs.
    6. Knock on watermelon - the sound should be ringing, not deaf.
    7. Squeeze the watermelon with your hands (just not too hard). A ripe watermelon will be a little bit of a joke when squeezed.
    8. And watermelons are "boys" and "girls." At watermelons "boys" the bottom is convex with a small circle. And for watermelons, the "girls" are flat, and the circle is wide. "Girls" are sweeter, with fewer pits.

    How to choose a watermelon without nitrates:

    1. The flesh of the "nitrate" watermelon has a non-aurally intense red color, sometimes with a purple hue.
    2. Fibers in the pulp of watermelon should be white. Yellow fibers of any shade indicate the presence of nitrates in a watermelon.
    3. The cut of the "right" watermelon should not be smooth. The flesh sparkles with grains of sugar.
    4. If you grind a piece of watermelon in water, then the water should just go cloudy. If the water turns red or pink, watermelon is nitrate.

    The article uses materials from the book "Vegetables in the Treatment, Cosmetics, Cooking" (Liflyandsky VG and Sushansky AG).