indian pumpkin seeds

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Indian Pumpkin Seeds
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Introduction

• Pumpkin seed, also known as pepita (from the
  Mexican Spanish pepita de calabaza, "little seed
  of squash"), are the edible seeds of a pumpkin or
  certain other cultivars of squash.
• The seeds are typically rather flat and
  asymmetrically oval, and light green in color and
  may have a white outer hull. Some cultivars are
  hulless, and are grown only for their seed.
• The seeds are nutrient-rich, with especially
  high content of protein, dietary fiber and
  numerous micronutrients.
• The word can refer either to the hulled kernel or
  unhulled whole seed, and most commonly refers to
  the roasted end product.

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• Pumpkin seeds are a common ingredient in Mexican
  cuisine and are also roasted and served as a
  snack.
•  Marinated and roasted, they are an autumn
  seasonal snack in the United States, as well as a
  commercially produced and distributed packaged
  snack, like sunflower seeds, available
  year-round.
• Pepitas are known by their Spanish name (usually
  shortened), and typically salted and sometimes
  spiced after roasting (and today also available
  as a packaged product), in Mexico and other Latin
  American countries, in the American Southwest,
  and in speciality and Mexican food stores.
• The earliest known evidence of the domestication
  of Cucurbita dates back 8,00010,000 years ago,
  predating the domestication of other crops such
  as maize and common beans in the region by about
  4,000 years.

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