Ang kamias ay maasim na prutas na madalas ginagamit na pampaasim sa mga nilutong pagkain. Ginagamit ito sa halip ng sampalok o kamatis. Ginagawa rin itong atchara at pampagana. Ang hilaw na kamias ay kinakain din...madalas, ito ay sinasawsaw sa bagoong (ginamos) o asin.
Kamias (Iba, Averrhoa bilimbi, Cucumber Tree or Tree Sorrel) is a sour fruit commonly used as souring agent for various dishes to substitute tamarind or tomato. It is also preserved for pickling and prepared as relish. Uncooked kamias can be eaten raw or dipped in rock salt or shrimp paste.
Posted for Litratong Pinoy
Medicinal uses (source):
- Skin diseases, especially with pruritus: Reduce the leaves to a paste and apply tolerably warm to areas of affected skin.
- Post-partum and rectal inflammation: Infusion of leaves.
- Mumps, acne, and localized rheumatic complaints: Paste of leaves applied to affected areas.
- Warm paste of leaves also used for pruritus.
- Cough and thrush: Infusion of flowers, 40 grams to a pint of boiling water, 4 glasses of tea daily.
- Fever: Fruit as a cooling drink.
- The fruit has been used for a variety of maladies: beriberi, cough, prevention of scurvy.
- Infusion of leaves also drank as a protective tonic after childbirth.
You are also invited to join Amanda at Self Sagacity and answer our Thursday 2 Questions.
1. What are your strange food cravings?
2. What is your "mood food" right now?
