Appetite problem

These tips are healthy and tasty too.

1. Fry 1 tsp cumin seeds, ½ tsp black pepper. To this add 2 or 3 Indian gooseberries, hing (asafetida) and grind with ½ cup fresh grated coconut. Mix this with curd, add salt. You can have this with rice or eat few spoons in the afternoon.
2. To one cup buttermilk add 1 tsp pepper powder, 1 tsp dry neem powder and 1 tsp turmeric powder. Add little salt for taste, mix and drink.
3. For 1 cup curry leaf, add few black pepper, 1 tsp cumin, little asafetida and salt to taste. Grind to fine powder. Mix with rice and ghee – have this twice a day for a week beginning of lunch or dinner. This increases appetite and metabolism.
4. Take few 20 garlic cloves, add little turmeric and salt. Fry this in 1 tsp oil. Have this either in empty stomach or as a side dish with your meal. You can add this to salad too. This increases appetite and metabolism.
5. Take 1 inch ginger – to this add ½ cup grated coconut, hing and salt. Grind and mix with thick buttermilk or curd. Mix with rice and have in the afternoon.
6. Cut tender radish to thin discs. Add salt and black pepper powder and have it before meal.
7. Prepare powder using sweet flag, coriander and cumin seeds. Store in an air tight container. Prepare khashayam (traditional tea), add milk and drink.
8. To hot water, add little clove powder and drink once or twice a week in the morning hours. This helps to clear the stomach and increases appetite.
9. To tender coconut water add little jaggery and grated ginger – drink this two times a day. This helps to cool the system, increases appetite.
10. Dry roast onion, add little jaggery and consume during dinner time. This helps to get sleep and increases metabolism too.
11. Turmeric water – To one cup boiling water, add ½ tsp turmeric powder and bring water content to half. Add little pepper powder and drink. This clears the stomach, intestine and helps to get back normal appetite.
12. Prepare tamarind pulp in water (½ lemon size tamarind pulp and 2 cups water). To this add 3-4 cloves, ½ inch cinnamon, a little pepper and sugar. Boil this water. Drink ½ glass every day or alternate days to improve appetite. (If you have acidity then drink this twice a week).
13. Grate ginger and mix with little jaggery. Consume a tea spoon of this every morning with breakfast.
14. Indian Pickles – Indian gooseberry, lemon and tender mango pickle with rice porridge, curd rice or millet porridge. Pickles increases taste bud action and appetite.
15. Grind – ½ coriander /cilantro, ¼ cup mint leaves with 1 green chilli, pinch of asafetida, 1 tsp cumin and salt as per your taste with little buttermilk. Remove and add more buttermilk and have a glass of this delicious and spicy buttermilk drink one hour before to lunch. Coriander and mint together will increase metabolism and appetite.

Grandma’s remedies: Healthylife.werindia.com

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