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Oct 5, 2014

Home Remedies With Ginger

My final remedy for this week is with Ginger. Ginger is a natural herb or root vegetable that is widely used in all cuisines. It is used as a medicine in Ayurveda from long time in India. We all use ginger in our cooking a lot as a cooking ingredient. But this this wonderful root have lots of health benefits.

Ginger prevents cold and flu.. because ginger contain antiviral and anti toxic, antifungal properties

Add one tea sp of dry ginger powder and a big pinch of turmeric powder in a glass of hot milk and drink this gives you relief from cold, flu and mild fever.

You can make a ginger tea (only water don't add milk to this ginger tea)

Boil one cup water with a tea sp of grated ginger for few minutes add candy sugat or jaggery for taste mix well and have it hot. This gives an instant relief from cold, blocked nose and indigestion.

Yes ginger helps to improve digestion, it helps relax the gastrointestinal muscles hence preventing gas and bloating.

One more best remedy with ginger is for nausea and vomiting. When ever you have this problem have a cup of ginger tea with a few drops of lemon juice, you feel better.

Here also don't add milk to the tea.

This is a Home remedy for immediate relief better consult your doctor for further treatment
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Oct 4, 2014

Home Remedy with Sabja Seeds

Today's my home remedy is with Sabja seeds or sweet basil seeds or tukmaria seeds. Normally in India we know this seeds as falooda seeds or in South India we use them in jigarthanda. Two month back I came to know more and more wonderful things about this seeds. when I was searching recipes for last month International BM I found lot's of soups and beverages. But they use chia seeds, yes chia seeds are very closer to sabja seeds also they looks like sabja seeds with a very little difference. Chia seeds are different then sabja seeds in nutritional values, they take time to blow up but sabja seeds takes only five minutes. What we get in India is sabja seeds, They looks almost like black seasame seeds but when you soak them in water they swollen and get a jelly texture.
In Vietname cuisine they use tukmaria seeds for thickening the soups and puddings and also in beverages. Then I got interested and search for health benefits of this wonderful seed. I was surprised there are many health benefits with this seeds specially for weight loss and reducing body heat. Why I am so exited with this is before I read some articals about this seed, I am not aware of this seeds. I was thinking that sabja seeds is for only for falooda or jigarthanda no I am wrong. check out this amazing health benefits and home remedies with sabja seeds.
1. My first remedy for weight loss
Soak 1 tea sp of sabja seeds in water for half an hour.
add this swollen sabja seeds to 1 glass of warm water with table sp of lemon juice and 1 tea sp of honey and drink it in the empty stomach.
Avoid deep fried and fatty food like cheese, butter and do brisk walking for half an hour. Try this and let me know. I am following this and I am very happy.
Why for weight loss? Sabja seeds Keep your stomach hydrated, once you soak sabja seed in water they swollen and become double in size. when you mix them with more water or with any fresh juice they keep your stomach full and delays carbohydrate metabolism. so you don't feel hungry for long time.
Not only with lemon juice you can mix them with any fresh fruit or vegetable juice or smoothie or even with your cereal or simply with milk.

2. Now my second remedy for reducing body heat and heartburn's..
Some times we feel like having fever when we check we don't find any temperature, this is called low temperature or body heat or some doctors says that it is because of some infection what ever it is.
Next is heartburn's because of acidity, for all these problems sabja seeds are the best remedy..
Soak 1 tea sp of sabja seeds in water for half an hour.
Take one tab sp of curd(yogurt) and mix with one cup water and make butter milk add a pinch of salt and soaked sabja seeds and drink this in the empty stomach for one week.
Avoid coffee, tea you can have your break fast after half an hour having this butter milk.
apart from this this sabja seeds are low in cholesterol high in fiber and a very good source of carbohydrates. sabja seeds have a very good source of Omega-3 fatty acid's which help in relieving stress and maks your mind strong and healthy.
So start adding sabja seeds to your drinks, soups and salads....:)
This is a Home remedy for immediate relief better consult your doctor for further treatment
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Oct 3, 2014

Home Remedy For Indigestion And Stomach Upset

After all those delicious International recipes from all over the world, to day I am going to post a home remedy for indigestion and stomach upset. This home remedy is from my mother's treasure. My mother never use a medicine for common ailments, she always use simple home remedy's. She always explain the medicinal values in ingredients what we use every day cooking.

This black pepper and coriander powder my mother always keep handy . This helps a lot in stomach upset, just make a powder with all the ingredients and mix it with plain steamed rice, or you can have it with butter milk.

Ingredients in this powder....

Coriander.. I can say this is a wonder seed, it has many vitamins and no cholesterol, contain iron. And the health benefits of coriander is, It controls cholesterol levels, diarrhea, mouth ulcers, anemia, indigestion, menstrual disorders, blood sugar disorders and also eye care.

Here is a small remedy for reduce the body heat:--

1. Boil 1/2 lit. water with a tab sp coriander seeds till water reduce to 1/4 lit.

2. Remove from flame and let it cool and add 1 tea sp of candy sugar or normal sugar to it mix well and drink it in the empty stomach every day for three days this helps a lot.

Cumin... This one is a flavorful seed which we use a lot in every day cooking. But this has a wonderful medicinal values, it helps a lot in digestion, improves immunity, common cold and anemia.

One year back I became anemic my doctor gave me some medicines for one month then he told me to take food that reduce my anemic problem. When I was talking to my mother about my problem, she told me that mix one tab sp of jaggery with a tea sp of cumin seeds and have it this helps a lot. I used this remedy for one year and still using along with other iron rich food. Now my hemoglobin levels are good and I am not using any medicine now...

Curry leaves... Curry leaves with out this herd we can not think about our curries specially in South india. Curry leaves contain antioxidants, they helps to control gastrointestinal problems. Dry curry leaves powder helps to control blood sugar and cholesterol and rich in iron. So pleas do not remove the curry leaves from your curry, eat them...

Black Pepper is one of the popular spice of India. Black pepper is widely used in many home remedies as a medicine. Black pepper contain a very high amount of manganese and also rich in iron and dietary fiber. Black pepper is native to south India, before we introduced to chillies we use black pepper in our cooking. Very sadly we slowly for getting this wonderful spice. Because we started using chillies in the place of black pepper. I saw some people thinking that black pepper is only for seasoning soups, Red chillies gives a better taste then black pepper? try black pepper and let me know. Because black pepper has many medicinal values like it improves digestion, stimulates the taste buds. This spice helps to prevent diarrhea and constipation,prevents gastric problems and many more like this...

INGREDIENTS:--

Black pepper --- 2 tab sp

Coriander seeds --- 1 tea sp

Cumin seeds --- 1 tab sp

Carom seeds ---- 1/2 tea sp

Curry leaves --- 10 leaves

Salt ---- 1/2 tea sp

METHOD:--

1. Wash and dry curry leaves in the shade and make sure there is no moisture in the leaves before using them.

2. Grind all above ingredients in a stone pestle mortar or in a coffee blender or in a mixee in to a coarse powder.

Store it in a air tight container.

This will stay for 1 week.
This is a Home remedy for immediate relief better consult your doctor for further treatment
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Jun 21, 2010

BOTTLE GOURD JUICE

Bottle gourd.. such a fantastic vegetable but many people dislike to include in there meal. This easy digestive vegetable has many benefits. Now a days ayurvedic doctors and yoga guru s are giving advises to include bottle gourd in every ones diet. Even for elder people also,this vegetable is usefull as it is having lot of medicinal values. Especially it contains 'o' cholesterol, high in dietary fiber and protein. Bottle gourd prevents excessive loss of sodium, very effective for urinary disorders, because cooked bottle gourd cools the body system. now a days bottle gourd juice is very popular in weight reduction.A glass of bottle gourd juice with a pinch of salt and 1 tea sp of lemon juice will be very help full in preventing urinary disorders, excessive thirst and tiredness. So start using bottle gourd in every day meal as it is a very common and less expencive vegetable in India. Here I am with very healthy bottle gourd juice in two versions.
FIRST VERSION------
INGREDIENTS:---
Bottle gourd pieces --- 1 cup (peal the green skin and remove the seeds)
Ginger -- 1/2 tea sp chopped
Lemon juice -- 2 tea sp
salt -- a pinch (or )
honey --- 1 tea sp (if you have any urine disorders then please don't add honey)
You can use sugar also but it will increase the calories.

METHOD:---
Blend all the ingredients in a blander in to a fine paste.
Add water mix well and serve.
If you want you can strain the juice, but wen you strain the juice fiber will be removed and that is not good for health, not recommended too.
Have this juice once in a day only.
SECOND VERSION---
INGREDIENTS:---
Lemon juice -- 1 tab sp
Honey --- 1 tab sp or Rock sugar(patikabellam, Kalkanda)
Bottle gourd pieces -- 1 cup
Pineapple pieces -- 1/2 cup
cucumber pieces ---1/4 cup
ginger --1/2 tea sp chopped

METHOD:----
Blend all above ingredients in a blender in to a smooth paste and add 2 glasses of water and blend for 1 second again.
Add 1 tab sp lemon juice and 1 tab sp honey or rock sugar(kalkanda, patikabellam) mix well to dissolve and serve.
If you are in a low calorie diet then this juice will be a good combination with any salad.
In that case don't add honey or sugar a pinch of salt will be replaced.
you want to really reduce your weight not only drinking this juice will help you have to do yoga or exercise and a 1/2 hour brisk walk also will give a good results...

Feb 10, 2010

CHINTAPANDU CHARU

This recipe is from my mom s chilhood memories.My grand mother (my moms mother- Ammaamma) use to make this chintapandu charu as a home remedy for ill people at home.Normaly I make charu with boiling tomato and tamarind to- gather and extract the juice and add charupodi boil and give the seasonining to the charu. But this is a total different recipe. In this recipe she didn't boli the tamarind water before,after seasoning only they give a full boil to the charu thats it.when I make this charu today the house is filled with great aroma that is because of freshely grinded raw spices may be. I coudn't wait immediately I had a full bowl of hot rice with this charu. Hope you also like this unique recipe from my mom.

INGREDIENTS:-----
Tamarind --- 2 inch pieces 2 no. or 1 tea sp tamarind paste
FOR CHARU PODI:---
Cumin seeds --- 1/2 tea sp
Coriander seeds --- 1 tea sp
Black pepper --- 1/2 tea sp
Garlic --- 4 pods
Fresh coriander leaves --- 1/2 cup chopped or half bundle
Curry leaveas -- 1 spring
Red chilli powder ---- 1/4 tea sp
Salt -- 1 1/2 tea sp or according to your taste
Turmeric powder -- a pinch
FOR SEASONING:---
Oil --- 1 tea sp
Mustared seed -- 1/ tea sp
Cumin seeds -- !/4 tea sp
Dry red chilli -- 1 broken

METHOD:----

Soak tamarind in warm water for 10 min. and extract juice with 3 cups water.
Grind Charu podi ingredients- Cumin seeds, coriander seeds, black pepper corns(no need to fry this spices grind them raw only if you grind the the taste will be different . )
First grind the seeds at last add garlic pods and grind for a sec.
Now add this spice mixture to the tamarind water.
Add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, chopped coriander leaves and curry leaves.
Now heat a pan with 1 tea sp oil and add mustared seeds let them popup then add cumin seeds and droken red chilli and fry for a while .
Add this seasoning to the tamarind water.Now bring this tamarind water pan to the heat mix well and bring to a full boil.
Remove from heat and serve with hot steamed rice

Note:--- This Charu will be a good choice after you suffered with a heavy feaver.
When you are ill if you take this charu as a soup or with little mashed steamed rice or idli (because rice and idli both are easy digestive food) that gives a very excellent taste to your mouth and it helps in digestion also.

Jan 11, 2010

HOME REMEDY FOR BODY HEAT AND INDIGESTION

In the preparation of this tasty and healthy drink Jaggery and Black pepper are the ingrdients besides water.

Jaggery is well known as Gud or Bellamu in Telugu. It is a traditional unrefined sugar which is made from sugar cane juice and is being used in many traditional sweets in India. Traditionaly it is made by boilling the raw sugarcane juice in a big pan till this juice become like a thick syrup. Before the syrup becomes solid they use natural clarificants like vegetable clarificants to clarify the syrup. They don't use chemicals in this process. jaggery has various medicinal properties as it contains minerals, vitamins, essential amino acids and also rich in calcium. It is a good source for bone strength.It is also rich in iron content. It purifies the blood and also prevents diseases like anemia. Jaggery is more healthy then refined sugar because it won't introduce in to the blood directly. As per ayurveda jaggery is very beneficial in treating throat and lung infections. According to Hindu tradition jaggery is considered auspicious. when we are going to do a good work or starting a new or important work a piece of jaggery is taken and distrubuated to wellwishers and then start the work .

BLACK PEPPER:One of the most popular spice of India.black pepper is widely used in many tradetional medicinal systems. Black pepper had a very high source of manganese and also rich in iron and dietary fiber. There are so many health benefits with this popular oldest spice of India, like it improves digestion,stimulates taste buds and improves the appetite .It also helps in prevention of diarrhea and constipation and prevents gastric troubles.

Water --- 1 glass
Jaggery (powder) --- 1 tab sp
Black pepper --- 10 (corsely ground)
METHOD: prepare Instantly
Mix both jaggery and black pepper powder in 1 class of water mix well to dissolve the jaggery, you can drink this any time in the day not after dinner.
Name& reason for which the remedy is prepared: to controle body heat and gastric troubles, indigestion, stimulates taste buds.
Oral consumption: oral consumption 1 time a day
For whom kids/Adults/All/Specific Gender: Every one (kids from 2 years)
Can prepare fresh: Should be made fresh and used immediately.
This Home remedy goes to "HOME REMEDIES'' SERIES-1 at A2ZVEGETARIAN CUISINE by Sadhana & Muskaan

Sep 19, 2009

A WELL BALANCED MEAL WITH ULAVA CHARU(HORSE GRAM SOUP)

A nutritionally balanced meal is one that contains all the macronutrients like protein, carbhohydrates, vitamins, minerals, water and a little bit fat too. A well balanced Indian meal contains six tastes like sweet, sour, spicy, bitter, and astringent. Traditional Indian food is also a healthy choice with a balanced diet of starch( rice and roti) with lots of vegetables, lentils, dal, yogurt and yaa there are some rich and high calorie food that means every Indian recipe is not a high calorie one, there are many recipes in Indian cuisine which are low in calorie and very healthy too. That's depend on you what are you choosing in Indian cuisine . Yes there are many recipes contains ghee (clarified butter) or butter, in that recipe if you don't like you can change that in to 1 tab sp of low fat sunflower oil or rice bran oil that depend on you what you are eating and how you are eating. Eat healthy food and eat on time and eat properly.Today here I am with a typical Indian meal for well balanced 3 course meal

In this plater we have here

1. Ulava charu -- Horse gram soup as a starter which is totely low fat and very good for health.
2. steamed rice -- which contains starch and carbohydrates,protein.
3. Sora kaya palu posi kura -- bottle gourd curry with milk this contains lots of water and vitamins
4. spiced butter milk -- masala majjiga -- this is rich in calcuim and vitamin B 12
5. If you like you can add a piece of MIXED NUT AND COCONUT BRITTLE as a dessert

Ulavacharu – Horse gram soup is a traditional recipe from Andhra Pradesh. Ulava charu is a best choice to have when you are having cold and cough or flue and also it prevents the formation of kidney stones. It helps to reduce swelling of body by water and it is a best choice for obese persons to reduce there body weight. Horse gram is a legumes most people don’t like them means it is not a popular legume, but in South India we use a lot in many ways in our cuisine like in Andhra Pradesh we make Ulava charu- horse gram soup, Ulava guggilu – stir fried Horse gram and also kurma – Hoese gram gravy. Horse gram is rich in
Iron, it is a good choice for people suffering with iron deficiencies. And to day here I am with this healthy recipe of ULAVA CHARU – HORSE GRAM SOUP…… INGREDIENTS FOR ULAVA CHARU - HORSE GRAM SOUP:---
Horse gram – 1 cup
Oil – 1 tea sp
Onion – 1 small
Green chilies – 4
Curry leaves – 10 no.
Salt to taste
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tea sp
Cumin seeds – 1/4 tea sp
Dry red chilies – 2 broken
1. Soak horse gram in water for over night, next day morning add 4 cups of water and cook in a pressure cooker for 5 whistles.
2. Remove from fire and let it cool and remove the cooker lid and strain water in to a bowl, with this water we are going to make charu. So reserve this water and with remaining horse gram we can make salad or curry.
FOR PASTE:---
Onion – chopped 1 tab sp
Garlic – 4 cloves
Coriander seeds – 1/2 tea sp
Cumin seeds – 1 tea sp
Tamarind paste – 1 tab sp (if you are using tamarind pieces then take 1 inch pieces 2 and soak them in warm water for 10 min. and then add to grind)
Soaked and cooked horse gram – 1 tab sp
METHOD:--
1. Grind all above ingredients with little water in to a fine paste and leave a side.
2. Now cut onion and green chilies in to long slices.
3. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds let them pop up then add cumin seeds, broken dry red chilies, curry leaves and let them fry for a while.
4. Now add sliced onion and green chilies and let them fry till onion become light brown then add ground paste and fry for 5 min. in a low flame.
5. Now add the past to strained horse gram water mix well and add salt to taste and cook in a very low flame for at least 15 min.
6. Serve hot as a soup or with hot steamed rice and butter
7. Traditionally in Andhra we serve this Ulava charu with steamed rice and butter with a side dish like sorakaya palu posi kura(bottle gourd curry with milk) or beerakaya palu posi kura(ridge gourd curry with milk)

Jun 3, 2009

MIRIYALA CHARU (PEPPER RASAM)

Charu or rasam is a South Indian soup prepared with tamarind water and spices like black pepper, coriander and cumin seeds. Especially this Miriyala charu (black pepper rasam) with a high quantity of black pepper which is very good for health. In Ayurveda black pepper is having a very important place. It is a very important in gradient in many Ayurvedic formulas. It has cleansing and antioxidant properties. It helps the free flow of oxygen to the brain, helps enhance digestion and circulation and stimulates the appetite. So this aromatic and healthy spice is native to South India and very well known in Sanskrit as Pippli, in Telugu it is Miriyalu. In ancient Indian cuisine people use only black pepper not green chilies (check in temple prasadams they use black pepper not green chilies, like in tirupati temple pulihora pongali and dadhojanam they use black pepper not green chilies or red chilies).Any way now I am coming to today s recipe Miriyalachru is very well go with rice and Idli and a good diet for ill people. When you are ill if you take this charu as a soup or with little mashed steamed rice or idli (because rice and idli both are easy digestive food) that gives a very excellent taste to your mouth and remove indigestion. And here I and with the recipe.

INGREDIENTS:--
Tamarind --- 3 inch piece (small lemon size or 1 tab sp pulp)
Tomato --- 1 small
Turmeric powder --- 1/2 tea sp
Salt to taste
Oil – 1 tab sp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tea sp
Cumin seeds – 1/2
Asafoetida – 1/4
Curry leaves --- 2 springs
A few coriander leaves
For charu podi
Miriyalu (black pepper corns) ---- 1 tab sp
Cumin seeds --- 1 tea sp
Coriander seeds – 1 tea sp
METHOD:----
1. Dry roast all three ingredients and grind in to a smooth powder and store in an air tight container. This will stay for 1 week with its aroma.
2. Soak tamarind in warm water for 10 min. and squeeze the juice with 1 cup of water. If you are using tamarind pulp then just dilute with 1 cup of water.
3. Wash and chop tomato in to small pieces and add to tamarind juice with 1/2 cup more water, salt to taste turmeric powder and bring to a full boil and cook for 5 min.
4. Then add curry leaves and coriander leaves and charu podi and boil for 5 more min.
5. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds let them popup then add cumin seeds, asafetida and add this to charu and remove from the heat.
Serve hot with rice and pappad.
This is my entry for Trupti s COMFORT FOOD FOR ILLNESS at RECIPE CENTER

Mar 17, 2009

PEPPER POWDER AND PEPPER RICE

Black pepper corns ---- 2 tab sp

Coriander seeds ---- 1 tea sp

cumin seeds ----- 1 tab sp

Curry leaves ---- 10 - 12 leaves

Salt 1 tea sp

Dry roast pepper, coriander seeds,cumin seeds till little warm .

Wash and dry curry leaves make sure there is no water on the leaves and add them to roasted spices then add salt and grind in to a powder.

Sotre this powder in a clean small bottle.

Make little amount and make weekly once .

This improves your digestion.

mix this powder with rice and have it before your meal for this we say modati mudda in telugu that means first rice ball before meal. just 1 lemon size rice ball mix wih this black pepper powder that helps you in In digestion, heart disease and many liver problems

FOR BLACK PEPPER RICE:----

Cooked rice ---- 1 cup

Oil or ghee --- 1 tea sp

mustard seeds ---- 1/4 tea sp

nuvvulu (Till, sesame seeds) --- 1/4 teasp

Salt to taste

Lemon juice ---- 1 tea sp

Pepper powder ---- 1 1/2 tea sp

Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds let them popup then add sesame seeds than add rice and switch off the heat and add salt to taste and lemon juice, and pepper powder mix well.

Serve with any salad and curd.

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Oct 5, 2014

Home Remedies With Ginger

Oct 4, 2014

Home Remedy with Sabja Seeds

Oct 3, 2014

Home Remedy For Indigestion And Stomach Upset

Jun 21, 2010

BOTTLE GOURD JUICE

Feb 10, 2010

CHINTAPANDU CHARU

Jan 11, 2010

HOME REMEDY FOR BODY HEAT AND INDIGESTION

Sep 19, 2009

A WELL BALANCED MEAL WITH ULAVA CHARU(HORSE GRAM SOUP)

Jun 3, 2009

MIRIYALA CHARU (PEPPER RASAM)

Mar 17, 2009

PEPPER POWDER AND PEPPER RICE

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