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Description
Fox nuts, popularly known as makhana are often used in quite a few Indian sweets and savouries like kheer, raita or makhana curry, and are also eaten as an evening tea-time snack. Such is their beneficial properties that the Chinese use it as a medicine. Fox nuts help to strengthen spleen and kidneys. Considered as a superfood, makhana are rich in proteins and fibre and low in fat. They also contain magnesium, potassium and phosphorus in good amount. Few vitamins in less quantity are also present in makhana. One of the easiest ways to include it in the diet is to make a powder of raw and roasted foxnuts and use it to prepare dishes and snacks.