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Cumin pepper rasam
During cold winter common conditions most of us are suffer from are – blocked nose, running nose, throat irritation, fever, flu, body ache etc. In addition, we all feel like drinking and eating something hot and spicy. In India, a traditional rasam is always preferred for such conditions. Rasam is nothing but soup with simple herbal ingredients. One popular rasam recipe is commonly known as “jeera-menasu” rasam. Jeera is cumin and menasu is black pepper. This recipe also calls for clarified butter or ghee that helps in soothing the disturbed system and gives relaxation.
Preparation time is 15 minutes and one can have cumin-pepper rasam with rice or can drink hot.
In a pan heat ghee (clarified butter). Add cumin and pepper and fry for a minute and take it off from the heat source. Allow it to cool.
Prepare coarse powder of fried cumin and pepper mix.
In a container boil water and add salt and jaggery.
To boiling water add crushed powder and turmeric powder. Continue boiling on medium heat for few more minutes.
In a seasoning pan heat a tsp of ghee and to heated ghee add mustard, curry leaves, little cumin and asafetida. Turn of the heat and add the seasoning to boiled rasam.
Garnish with chopped coriander and boil for a minute.
Serve hot rasam with rice or in a cup to drink. Add little ghee to enhance the flavor.
*option: little lemon juice can be added before serving.
** If you prefer you can add a tomato while boiling water (3rd step)
*** Add couple of garlic cloves during seasoning to enhance flavor and to get benefit of garlic
Rich in protein- simple Sattu flour mix is made by grinding Bengal gram alone or Bengal gram with cereals and pulses. It is simplest and one of the great protein source food used in Indian states on regular basis and for everyday meal.
Sattu powder made of Bengal gram, can be mixed with water to
prepare sharabat drink during summer to provide cooling effect. It can be
consumed in solid form by preparing curry. Sattu is known as poor man’s protein.
But its nutrition value is making it as one of the most desirable nutrient food.
From centuries Sattu has been staple food of many Indian and neighboring
countries. Because of its nutrition values now it is considered to be one of
the famous exotic food ingredients and available in markets.
History traces sattu’s origin in Tibet where it is known as Tsampa.
Traditionally sattu is prepared using Bengal gram. Dry roasting Bengal gram using sand as medium followed by sieving the sand and grinding the roasted gram is traditional method. People also mix chickpea, Bengal gram, pulses and cereals – dry roast all ingredients and prepare powder. This adds good and interesting flavor and taste to Sattu.
In some places sattu is made of barley. Using barley sattu, lemonade type of drink can be prepared. Any of the sattu type can be prepared at home using iron wok and a grinder. Sattu is available commercially in stores with wheat, barley, sorghum Bengal gram, lentils and cereals combinations. All sattu powders contain some amount of roasted Bengal gram as ingredient.
Sattu is preferred by people who work in constructions, agriculture
fields and involved in other tough jobs that require lot of hard work.
Do you know ? In India Body builders use sattu powder to
stay fit and healthy! A glass of sattu water is a must for body builders to
keep cool and for tissue repair.
Presence of iron, calcium, manganese, magnesium, insoluble fiber and more than 20% protein makes sattu highly nutritious. This combination of important nutrients in sattu gives all necessary and daily nutrients needed for our body.
Sattu provide high nutrition and combination of pulses,
cereals, Bengal gram in sattu helps vegetarians to get enough protein. Apart
from this, sattu has several other health benefits:
Sattu is a preferred ingredient amongst those who love to stay fit and energetic. One can include it in daily diet to be stay healthy.
Sattu helps to keep body hydrated. Drinking Sattu sharabat during hot summer days prevents dehydration as it keeps system cool and prevents indigestion.
Sattu has low glycemic index and is good for high sugar patients. It helps to maintain blood sugar level.
Sattu is good for maintaining good cholesterol, promotes heart health and regulates blood pressure and thus promotes good heart health.
It improves bowel movement and also reduces problems associated with digestive organ and stomach. Consuming sattu increases appetite and sametime keeps stomach full thus helps us prevent eating junk food.
It is a good detoxifying agent and keeps body energetic and sickness free.
Sattu stimulates and promotes red blood cells that carry oxygen essential for all cells and tissues.
Sattu with single ingredient Bengal gram or combination of
cereals, pulses can be consumed in different ways.
Mix sattu with water, jaggery and black salt and drink to boost energy
Add chopped onion, green chilli, black salt, lemon, roasted cumin powder to sattu, mix well and drink.
Mix sattu in water with sugar, salt and little cardamom powder and drink
Mix sattu with dry roasted nuts, grind and store in an airtight container. Add 2 to 3 spoons of this mix to breakfast cereal, or add to milk or soymilk and drink.
To stimulate RBC, add sattu in water and drink in empty stomach
One can add sattu to curry along with curry powder.
Add chopped onion, garlic, green chilli, red chili powder, salt and water to sattu to prepare Indian sattu bread
To 2 tsp clarified butter (ghee) add a cup of sattu, saute till it turns brown. After cooling, mix it with milk, add sugar, cardamom powder and stir slowly on low flame. Mix well, add little water to reduce thickness and drink.
You can add sattu powder to milkshakes, smoothies, dessert, bread.
Sattu is an ideal food for children, pregnant women, young adults and even elderly people. It is easy to prepare and very easy to digest. Whether a single or combination of ingredients, sattu serves the much needed nutrients for human body and is a good nutrition one should consider to add in daily diet. It is one of the best food for those who want to lose weight!
Does consuming sattu has any side effects?
Sattu in high quantity can cause gas and bloating. People who suffer from gas must consume less quantity of sattu especially if sattu is made of only Bengal gram. Expert say, people who have gall bladder and kidney stones should avoid Bengal gram sattu.
Thermometer is one of the instrument that is worth having at home. Many types of thermometer – digital as well as mercury reading thermometers are available in market. However measuring a person’s body temperature without coming in contact with the person is not possible with regular thermometer. This is where non-contact infrared thermometers are gaining much popularity in this pandemic.
Using non-contact infrared thermometers (NCITs) reduces cross contamination and minimizes the risk of spreading Covid-19. The typical body temperature should be at 98.6°F (37.0°C) and is considered a “normal” temperature. Some research studies say that “normal” body temperature can be a wide range- from 97°F (36.1°C) to 99°F (37.2°C).. Improper use of NCITs may lead to inaccurate measurements of temperature.
NCITs are easy to use, very clean and are mostly
disinfected, measures temperature readily and rapidly, if needed it is easy to
retake the temperature with NCITs.
The person who uses the device should strictly follow the manufacturers
instruction to use NCIT.
