Fig

Dried fig – Its sweet, delicious flesh, long used as a sweetener before the advent of refined sugars, enhances both savoury dishes and desserts. Since fresh figs are highly perishable, majority of figs are dried creating a highly nutritious dried fruit.
Dried figs can simply be eaten, used in a recipe as it is or simmered for several minutes in water or fruit juice to make them plumper and juicier. Dried figs can be added in oatmeal or any other whole grain breakfast porridge, serve with yoghurt or frozen desserts.
Figs are among the richest plant sources of calcium and fibre. Besides fibre, dried figs are also rich in copper, manganese, magnesium and vitamin K while being low in fats and cholesterol. Figs are an excellent source of potassium, a mineral that helps to control blood pressure. They contain soluble dietary fibre which creates a sense of fullness in the stomach thus aiding weight loss.