Recipe for fast - Samak ke chawal

                                            Samak ke chawal

This is one of the healthy food recipe which u can enjoy even if u are not fasting. It will take maximum of fifteen minutes in preparing this dish and you wont feel hungry for 3-4 hours at least.
Here goes the spicy rice recipe

Ingredients:-
Serves - 2-3
1/2 cup of samo rice(Samak ki chawal/samak rice)
1tsp ghee
2 chopped green chillies
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp kala namak(rock salt)
1 or 2 boiled potato (diced)
1.small cinnamon stick
2 cloves
1 bay leaf
1 black cardamom
half cup roasted peanuts(Grind them in a mixer for few seconds)
4-5 curry leaves
Coriander leaves for garnishing
 
Method :-
Step1. Take a pan and add ghee in it.Add cumin seeds, cloves, bay leaf, cardamoms and cinnamon.Stir till u start getting the aroma.
Step2 - Add in curry leaves, peanuts, potato and rice.
Step3 – Add salt, black pepper powder and 2 cups of water.
Step4 – Lower the flame and simmer for about 15 minutes or till whole of the water is absorbed.If you think that rice is not cooked properly than add more water and cook for a while.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve it hot .If you are serving it to kids then drop a 1tsp of ghee above it.

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World Cancer Day 4^th feb 2014

 

CANCER PREVENTION

CONCERNED about cancer prevention? Take charge by making small changes in your daily life, from eating a healthy diet to scheduling regular cancer screenings.

Here are some pointers to help you cut your cancer risk

Dairy products: drinking one cup of skimmed milk a day cuts your risk of ovarian cancer by 40 percent. Dairy products (especially when combined with vitamin D) are also linked to a lower risk of developing colorectal cancer.

Eggs: women consuming six eggs a week cut their risk of breast cancer by 40 percent.

Green Tea: two cups a day can cut your risk of digestive cancers by 32 percent, and can also reduce your risk of skin, lung, kidney and liver cancers.

Some other foods
Tomatoes- Tomatoes are rich in lycopene, which fight against prostate, ovarian, and cervical cancer. Lycopene, an anti-oxidant, shields our body cells from oxidants that have been related to cancer. 

Soybeans- Soybeans contain flavones which work against of breast and prostate cancer. 

Garlic- Garlic contains allixin, allicin,  allyl sulfides, quercetin and organosulfur compounds, garlic prevents the body from bladder, prostate and colon cancer.

Berries- Vitamin C present in berries cuts down your chance of cancer of the esophagus, while ellagic acid present in raspberries protects against skin, lung and bladder cancer. Berries such as strawberries and blueberries are also rich in cancer fighting compounds called phytochemicals.

Broccoli sprouts- Broccoli sprouts contain sulforaphan which makes them an anti cancer food. Sulforaphane is a plant chemical which lowers the chances of skin, breast and stomach cancer.

Spinach- Spinach contains lutein and vitamin E. These guard the body against liver, prostate and ovarian cancer.  

Walnuts- Walnuts contain the nutrient, gamma tocopherol. This nutrient is a form of vitamin E and protects the body from having prostate and lung cancer.

Turmeric (Curcumin)

Among the most currently researched of cancer fighting foods, turmeric has repeatedly been shown to be an effective cancer-fighter and even block cancer growth. Previously found to reduce tumors by an astounding 81%,  the naturally occurring compound found in turmeric, curcumin, exhibits numerous anti-cancer properties.

Exercise: working out 30 to 60 minutes per day protects against bowel and breast cancers.

And, breastfeeding for at least six months has been shown to reduce risk of both breast and ovarian cancer by about 7 per cent for every baby you feed.

 
                 Eat wisely and starve cancer cells in your body.

EAT HEALTHY STAY HEALTHY

CANCER PREVENTION - WORLD CANCER DAY

World cancer day 4^th feb 2013 

CANCER PREVENTION

CONCERNED about cancer prevention? Take charge by making small changes in your daily life, from eating a healthy diet to scheduling regular cancer screenings.

Here are some pointers to help you cut your cancer risk

Dairy products: drinking one cup of skimmed milk a day cuts your risk of ovarian cancer by 40 percent. Dairy products (especially when combined with vitamin D) are also linked to a lower risk of developing colorectal cancer.

Eggs: women consuming six eggs a week cut their risk of breast cancer by 40 percent.

Green Tea: two cups a day can cut your risk of digestive cancers by 32 percent, and can also reduce your risk of skin, lung, kidney and liver cancers.

Exercise: working out 30 to 60 minutes per day protects against bowel and breast cancers.

And, breastfeeding for at least six months has been shown to reduce risk of both breast and ovarian cancer by about 7 per cent for every baby you feed.

EAT HEALTHY STAY HEALTHY

Navratri Specials (Food Eaten During Navratri)

  With the onset of Navratras, it's again the time to fast. "Instead of fasting, most of us end up feasting on high-calorie food. A lot of people who have just one meal a day tend to overeat. If one eats one heavy meal in the entire day, it doesn't get converted into energy instantly but accumulates as fat in the body,'' For those who fast all nine days, it is important to eat small meals at regular intervals.

Following are a few tips which should of help:- 

1.No onion and garlic are used in the food during nine days 

2. No chemical salt but only rock salt is used 

3. Spices used are red chillies, cumin, black jeera, turmeric, choti elachi, saboot kali mirchi, khuskhus and water melon seeds

4. Fresh coriander, green chillies and ginger are used

5. Fruits, nuts, dry fruits, coconut, makhanna can be used

6. Milk products like milk, yoghurt, cream and paneer are used

 

7. Flours used are -- Singhare ka atta, kottu ka atta, rajgiri ka atta, saboodana   arrowroot and samak

8.Limited amounts of oil and ghee can be used to cook food

9. Vegetables used are – potatoes, raw papaya, sweet potato,bhopla,arbi,raw banana

10.One should drink lots of  water, coconut water, lemon water, herbal tea to keep the body hydrated.