Vegetables are good for our health especially since it can be prepared in several ways, as we like. Squash is one of them. This vegetable is familiar to the Indonesians, They still can not process it in a variet of ways. There are several types of squash, which contains more than 10 varieties. Several types of squash that can be cultivated are the water squash, siam squash, yellow squash, beligo, and butternut squash. The one that is familiar to the Indonesians is the siam squash and the yellow squash.

The squash can be processed in many kinds of foods, from the opening menu, the main menu or for the desert due to its flexibility to be process into the food itself. For example, we could process the yellow squash as one of the ingredients for our soup. Its soft texture mixes with its sweet taste was match to blend with much cooking ingredients. The water squash which has a rough texture could processed to make sayur lodeh and gulai sayur, and even it could served as the main ingredient for the tomato sauce. The siam squash is good for the sayur asam, sambal goreng or to serve directly as the lalapan. However, how to cook a butternut squash? Then we could use it as one of several ingredients to make the pudding or the options for salad menu.

In Indonesia, besides in the supermarket, we could buy the butternut squash from the farmer who cultivates the organic vegetables. It is healthier than the ordinary vegetables that we could find in the traditional market such as impres market. The organic vegetables price is more expensive than the ordinary one due to the unique ways on how the farmer cultivates them.

The butternut squash contains vitamin A, it is good for your diet and it has good effect on your skin too. It will also take care of your skin PH and make your skin regeneration being faster to prevent the rough and scaly skin. You could enjoy its benefit by consuming it regularly. Now you already know about the way to serve those several squash and their benefit for your health. Thought it is worth to try, to let your family and neighborhood know about the varieties of how to process the squash and the benefit, which contains on it. Hope this article could bring enlightenment for the vocabulary of your food matter. Good luck, have a nice try!