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An Evening snack: Spinach pakoda (spinach fritters)

An Evening snack: Spinach pakoda (spinach fritters)

Yes, it is oily food and a snack. However, there are some good ingredients in this dish namely, Spinach pakoda or spinach fritters. Spinach is fiber combined with onion makes it tastier. Here is the recipe of this snack. One can have this with hot coffee or tea and is good enjoyable snack during rainy season.

Ingredients:

  • 1 bunch of Fresh Spinach or a bag of spinach leaves
  • Onion – 2 cups
  • Besan/Gram Flour – 1/2 cup
  • Rice Flour – 1 Tbsp
  • Chilli powder – 1tsp
  • Asafoetida – a generous pinch
  • Cumin seeds -1 tsp
  • Salt – as needed
  • Oil – to deep fry

Method:

  1. Separate the spinach leaves from the stem, wash and chop it roughly. Alternatively, one can buy bag of spinach fresh leaves and chop it.
  2. Chop the onion finely.
  3. Mix chopped spinach, onions, gram flour, rice flour, chilli powder, salt, one teaspoon jeera (cumin seeds) & asafetida. Mix well without adding water. The water in spinach and onion is enough for mixing.
  4. Meanwhile heat a pan with oil enough to deep fry. Pinch small pieces of the flour mixture and drop it in hot oil. Fry until golden brown, turn them on both sides to fry evenly.
  5. Drain the excess oil in paper towels.

Serve hot spinach pakoda with tomato ketchup or green chutney or tamarind chutney.

Reference:

1) http://www.mymagicpan.com/
2) http://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/

Image courtesy: http://fromnoorskitchen.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/pakoda.jpg

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: August 7, 2015
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Change is the Law of Universe- Bhagavada Gita

Change is the Law of Universe – Bhagavada Gita

Ever wondered how much we work hard or whatever we are blessed with, but still crib about the smallest things happened to us which we were not expecting or didn’t go the way we wanted them to be. This teaching from Lord Krishna from the Holy Bhagavada Gita will really change your perspective towards life if you remember it every day.

“Whatever has happened, has happened for good
Whatever is happening, is also for good
Whatever will happen, shall also be good

Do not regret for the past,
Do not worry for the future,
Concentrate on your present

What have you lost that you cry for?
What did you bring, that you have lost?
What did you create, that was destroyed?
What you have taken, Has been from here
What you gave has been given here

What belongs to you today,
Belonged to someone yesterday
And will be someone else’s tomorrow.

Change is the Law of The Universe. ”

THE ESSENCE OF BHAGAVADA GITA

The Holy Bhagavada Gita is one of the oldest scriptures told and written in the history of mankind. A teaching from Lord Krishna given to the mankind in the battlefield of Mahabharata. It is a conversation between Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide and Charioteer for this battle Lord Krishna.

The Bhagavada Gita gives information regarding God, the soul, material nature, birth and death, the purpose of human existence, your conduct as a human being and guides us for spiritual revelation and attainment. These lines appear as an essence of Lord Krishna teachings which we should remember for a positive outlook towards life.

By: Swati Pokhriyal

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CINNAMON AND HONEY FOR BETTER HEALTH

Cinnamon and Honey for Better Health

It is found that mixture of Honey and Cinnamon cures most of the diseases.  Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world.  Ayurvedic as well as Yunani medicine have been using honey as a vital medicine for centuries.  Scientists of today also accept honey as a Ram Ban (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases. Today’s science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients also.. On January 17, 1995, an article written by Beatrice Dexter about the benefits of honey and cinnamon powder, appeared in The Weekly World News.

Arthritis:  Take one part honey to two parts of luke warm water and add a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder, make a paste and massage it on the itching part of the body slowly. Or arthritis patients may daily, morning and night take one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. In a research conducted one at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week out of the 200 people so treated practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

Hair loss: Those suffering from hair loss or baldness, may apply a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for approx. 15 min. and then wash the hair.

Bladder infection: Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of luke warm water and drink it.  It destroys the germs of the bladder.

Toothache: Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth.  This may be done 3 times a day daily till such time that the tooth has stopped aching.

Cholesterol: Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, if given to a cholesterol patient; it reduces the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% in few weeks. As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken 3 times a day any chronic cholesterol is cured.

Cold: Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon luke warm honey with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold and clear the sinuses.

Infertility: Yunani and Ayurvedic have been using honey for years in medicine to strengthen the semen of men. In China, Japan and Far-East countries, women who do not conceive and to strengthen the uterus have been taking cinnamon powder for centuries. Women who cannot conceive may take a pinch of cinnamon powder in half teaspoon of honey and apply it on the gums frequently throughout the day, so that it slowly mixes with the saliva and enters the body. Consumption of honey daily before going to bed helps men in overcoming infertility problems.

Stomach upset:Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomachache and clears stomach ulcers from the root. According to the studies done in India & Japan, it is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

Heart diseases: Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread or chappati instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, are kept miles away from the next attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat.

Immune system: Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.

Longevity: Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly arrests the ravages of old age. Take 4 spoons of honey, 1spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life span also increases and even if a person is 100 years old, starts performing the chores of a 20 year old.

Skin infection: Eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections are cured by applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts.

Weight loss: Daily in the morning, 1/2 hour before breakfast on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup water. If taken regularly it reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also drinking of this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

Bad breath:People of South America, first thing in the morning gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water. So their breath stays fresh throughout the day.

Fatigue: Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful than detrimental to the body strength. Senior citizens who take honey and cinnamon power in equal parts are more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton who has done research says that half tablespoon honey taken in one glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3.00 p.m. when the vitality of the body starts decreasing, increases the vitality of the body within a week.

Cancer : Research conducted  in Japan and Australia has reveled that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month 3 times a day.

Pimples: Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon power paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it off the next morning with warm water. When done for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root .

Learnmore: http://www.naturalnews.com/039963_cinnamon_honey_healing.html#ixzz3hm8Qfqvu

Disclaimer: This article is for sharing knowledge and for education purpose only and not a prescription for any condition. If you have any of these conditions or symptoms please contact your doctor before proceeding with any remedy.

References:

1) http://www.naturalnews.com/

2) http://www.snopes.com/medical/homecure/honey.asp

3) http://newrealities.com/

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Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: August 5, 2015
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We Parents Have a Right to Know How Our Kids' Food Is Grown

We Parents Have a Right to Know How Our Kids’ Food Is Grown

BY: Ginnifer Goodwin

Ginnifer Goodwin is the star of ABC’s fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time plays both the fairy tale heroine Snow White and her real world counterpart, schoolteacher Mary Margaret Blanchard. Ginnifer married actor Josh Dallas in 2014. Their first child, Oliver, is a year old.

Credit: This article is as it is appeared in http://www.takepart.com/

Without mandatory labeling of GMOs, it’s even harder to make informed choices at the supermarket.Last week the House of Representatives passed a bill that would make labeling of GMOs in food voluntary for food companies everywhere in the U.S.

When I thought about becoming a mom I pictured family time, story time, playtime—I didn’t anticipate all of the work it would take to figure out what I was feeding my son to make sure he was eating safe and healthy food.

For the 90 percent of Americans and moms like me who want to exercise our right to decide what we want to feed our children, this is the opposite of what is needed. Without mandatory labeling of GMOs, it’s getting even harder to make informed choices at the supermarket because GMOs are in more and more foods. We feel like we’re being kept in the dark.

The use of glyphosate, an herbicide, has skyrocketed in recent years as a direct result of the expansion of GMO crops, and it’s now the world’s most widely used weed killer. The amount of herbicide that is used to grow our food has also exploded because GMO crops are made to withstand herbicides like glyphosate. It didn’t used to be that way.

But the World Health Organization has found that the active ingredient in glyphosate is a probable carcinogen.This stuff is routinely found in our food, air, and water. We don’t yet know the effects on our kids. This is something we won’t know until scientists can study the long-term health effects of this chemical. That’s not a risk I want to take.

Parents spend their time protecting their kids from what could happen, so it makes complete sense that we would want to protect our kids from the potential effects of glyphosate.

To me it’s simple. Foods that are genetically modified should have labels that say so. That way, parents can decide for themselves if they want products grown with tons of weed killer.

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This isn’t a controversial position. National polls consistently show that the majority of Americans believe that GMO foods should be labeled. This is regardless of age, income, education, or party affiliation. If Russia and China get to know whether their food contains GMOs, shouldn’t we?

Yet major food companies have spent millions of dollars trying to prevent mandatory labeling. Why would anyone fight so hard against our right to know?

With so much overwhelming public support for labeling, Congress and the Food and Drug Administration should require companies to label GMO foods. With GMO labels, moms like me will know if the food they are feeding their kids is grown with a weed killer that harms the environment or causes health problems. Once parents know what’s in their children’s food and how it’s grown, they can make an informed decision.

This is why I signed Just Label It’s “Conceal or Reveal” petition calling on companies to support mandatory FDA labeling of GMOs and to stop contributing to anti-labeling efforts. I hope you will sign too.

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CILANTRO (CORIANDER) & LIME SOUP

Cilantro (Coriander) & Lime Soup

Try this soup when you are suffering from cold and cough. Gives a great relief for throat and gives relief for the chest.

Ingredients:

  • ¼ cup Toor dal or lentils and 1 cup water for cooking
  • ⅓ cup chopped coriander/cilantro
  • 2 tsp cumin seeds
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 1 or 2 green chilies, chopped
  • ½ inch ginger, roughly chopped
  • 4 to 5 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
  • 1 tbsp cold processed sesame oil or any oil
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • 8-10 curry leaves
  • 1 dry red chili
  • Pinch of asafoetida
  • Turmeric powder
  • 5 cups water,
  • 5 to 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • Salt as required
  • Coriander/ cilantro leaves for garnishing

Preparation method:

  1. Wash toor daal / lentil in water and add ¼ cup water in a pressure cooker along with a pinch of turmeric powder.
  2. Cook toor daal in the pressure cooker till it becomes soft.
  3. Using a grinder coarse grind : ⅓ cup chopped coriander, 2 tsp cumin seeds, ½ tsp black pepper, 1 or 2 green chilies, ½ inch ginger and 4 to 5 garlic cloves. Do not add water while grinding.
  4. In a pan heat 1 tbsp sesame oil or any oil and add ½ tsp mustard seeds. Sauté till the mustard seeds start crackling.
  5. Add curry leaves and dry red chili. Add the ground coarse paste along with a pinch of asafetida and ¼ tsp turmeric powder. Stir very well.
  6. Add the cooked daal, salt and 1.5 cups water. Stir well and on a low flame simmer the soup.
  7. Before serving add 3 tbsp lemon juice or lime juice. And garnish with few cilantro/coriander leaves.
Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: August 3, 2015
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Daisies

Freaky Photos Of Daisies From Fukushima’s ‘Safe Zone’ Caused By ‘Hormonal Imbalances’

This article is originally published in www.True activist.com.

Author: Amanda Froelich

No one yet knows the extent of damage caused by the Fukushima Power Plant meltdown…

It’s been four years since the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan had a meltdown, and since that time, countless photos have circulated documenting the extraordinary deformities in plants and wildlife caused by the disaster.

Some of the pictures to be found include some frighteningly deformed daisies in Nasushiobara City, a location 70 miles from the facility. As you can see for yourself, these are not ‘ordinary’ daisies. A resident of Nasushiobara City tweeted out the photos on Twitter with the following caption (translated into English by Fukushima Diary):

“The right one grew up, split into 2 stems to have 2 flowers connected each other, having 4 stems of flower tied beltlike. The left one has 4 stems grew up to be tied to each other and it had the ring-shaped flower.”

As concerning as the daisies are, they hint at a larger problem. Most people are not aware that three separate meltdowns actually took place around the same time the Fukushima disaster was reported. In consequence, there are various vectors of dissemination of nuclear radiation continuing to ooze from the disaster site. As Natural Society reports, not only is contaminated water continually released into the Pacific Ocean, groundwater around Fukushima has also been adversely affected.

Because of the geological formation that the Fukushima Power Plant was constructed upon, a number of opportunities for wastewater to enter the table have been presented. Once this occurs, the contaminated water will move through conduits, such as cracks and crevices, and make its way many miles from the nuclear power plants.

In fact, it may already be happening.

The deformed flowers are not an isolated case. An Australian news source reports that locals have been reporting cases of deformed animals (including a rabbit born without ears), fruits, and vegetables, as well as other plants, ever since the Fukushima incident in 2011.

And as can be seen below, Live Science published photos of deformed butterflies in August 2012. The pale blue grass butterflies were captured in Shiroishi, Fukushima, Motomiya, Koriyama, Hirono, Iwaki, Takahagi, Mito, Tsukuba, and Tokyo, and have dented eyes, misshapen wings, and other defects.

Butterflies

It is important to note, as International Business Times (IBTimes) reports, that the malformations in the oddly blossoming flowers are the result of hormonal imbalances. Few mainstream media sites have deduced, however, that radiation affects the production and function of plant growth hormones, even at low doses.

This news is valuable information, as the crisis unfolding in Japan does not appear to be slowing anytime soon. In January 2014, for example, radiation levels were found to be 500% higher than normal in San Francisco.

CounterPunch reported last month:

“On June 19th Tepco reported the highest-ever readings of strontium-90 outside of the Fukushima plant ports. The readings were 1,000,000 Bq/m3 of strontium-90 at two locations near water intakes for Reactors 3 and 4. Tepco has not been able to explain the spike up in readings. The prior highest readings were 700,000 Bq/m3.”

The report went on to explain that strontium-90 is a byproduct of nuclear reactors or the explosion of nuclear weapons and is considered the most dangerous component of radioactive fallout from a nuclear weapon. In fact, Strontium-90 causes cancer by damaging DNA in cells.

This news is relevant to the entire world, for no one yet knows the extent of damage caused by the power plant meltdowns.

Read More at: http://www.trueactivist.com/freaky-photos-of-daisies-from-fukushimas-safe-zone-caused-by-hormonal-imbalances/

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Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: July 31, 2015
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Eggless Lunch War

Egg less Lunch War

The realities of diet in India are far more complex than Westernized notions will grant.

Extract from the article: The U.S.’s National Public Radio (NPR) recently featured an article entitled “Egg War: Why India’s Vegetarian Elites are Accused of Keeping Kids Hungry.” On the face of it, the concern expressed by the writer was legitimate: the nutritional needs of poor school children in Madhya Pradesh following the State government’s decision to remove eggs from the menu. But, as the rather judgmental term “vegetarian elites” suggests, the article seems to be more about perpetuating a common misperception in reporting on India, that somehow vegetarianism is an “upper caste” Hindu ploy to make the poor in India starve. After all, just a few days before that, The New York Times addressed the beef ban issue with the headline, “Saving the Cows, Starving the Children”, complete with a photo of a woman offering a pranam to a cow.

“The realities of culture, ethics, and diet in India are far more complicated than what some static and simplistic four varna oppressor model taught to middle school American children might proclaim.”

The problem today is that the right in India lacks the intellectual resources to invest in an Indic narrative of decolonization, much as its younger minds want to.

READ MORE at :  http://www.hinduhumanrights.info/a-meatless-argument/

Why this discussion is happening? See below article for more…

2) Egg War: Why India’s Vegetarian Elite Are Accused Of Keeping Kids Hungry

India’s free school lunch program alone reaches about 120 million of India’s poorest children, and the anganwadis reach millions of younger children. So, the egg war isn’t trivial.

Read more at: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/07/14/422592127/egg-wars-india-s-vegetarian-elite-are-accused-of-keeping-kids-hungry

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Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: July 22, 2015
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Vegetable Parappu Usili

Vegetable Parappu Usili

Ingredients:

  • Beans or cabbage- 2 cups ( or capsicum, long beans can also be used) – Cut vegetables to small pieces (1/4 inches)
  • Bengal gram  or split channa daal- 1 cupe
  • Yellow lentil or toor daal-  1 table spoon
  • Cumin seeds – 1 tea spoon
  • Red chillies – 4 to 5
  • Ginger -1/2 inch
  • Asafetida – Need in very small quantity ( a pinch)
  • Curry leaves – 7-8 leaves
  • Cilantro (coriander) – 1/4 cup for garnishing
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for frying

Method:

  1. Soak channa daal & toor daal for 2 hours
  2.  Cut beans or preferred vegetables to small size
  3.  In a pan heat oil, add seasoning ingredients like mustard, little hing, curry leaves and cook cut vegetables and transfer to a bowl.
  4. Using a grinder grind soaked daal along with cumin, ginger, red chilies, asafetida and salt by adding little water.
  5. In the pan add one and half tablespoon of oil and heat the oil. To heated oil add the grinded mixture. And slowly stir the mixture in oil. Daal mix will cook in the oil well and forms small lumps (similar to upma)*.
  6.  Allow cooked daal to cool and add cut vegetables to this daal mix and mix well.
  7.  Add little lemon juice, garnish with coriander leaves
  8. Serve the daal usli with chapatti, rice or poori.

*Alternatively to cook daal one can use steam. Transfer freshly grinded daal mix to a cooker utensil and steam cook for 10 minutes. Once the daal cooked allow it to cool and break the daal to small lumps.

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Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: July 20, 2015
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