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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Recipe column- Mor melagai
Mor Melagai:
Split medium sized green chilies vertically backwards without removing the crown and soak it in sour curd and salt for 3 days. Store it in an airtight container and stir it occasionally atleast 2 times a day. Arrange the soaked chilies in a plate and dry it in hot sun for 3 to 4 days. Store it in an airtight container. Fry the dried chilies in oil or roast it in an oven to have as an excellent accompaniment for curd rice.
Split medium sized green chilies vertically backwards without removing the crown and soak it in sour curd and salt for 3 days. Store it in an airtight container and stir it occasionally atleast 2 times a day. Arrange the soaked chilies in a plate and dry it in hot sun for 3 to 4 days. Store it in an airtight container. Fry the dried chilies in oil or roast it in an oven to have as an excellent accompaniment for curd rice.
Recipe column- Mixed vegetable pickle
Mixed vegetable pickle:
Steam the chopped pieces of 1lemon, 2 carrots, Few pods of green peas, Small mango, 1 capsicum, a small piece of ginger skin peeled, few pods of garlic, and cabbage(optional) with salt for 10 minutes. When half cooked, heat 2 tablespoons of gingely oil (it acts as a preservative) and add 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seeds. Allow it to spluter. Add 2 tablespoons of the pickle powder prepared earlier and the cooked vegetables to the hot oil and mix well in slow flame. This pickle should be used within a day or could be refrigirated upto 3 days. This pickle suits well for dieting people.
Steam the chopped pieces of 1lemon, 2 carrots, Few pods of green peas, Small mango, 1 capsicum, a small piece of ginger skin peeled, few pods of garlic, and cabbage(optional) with salt for 10 minutes. When half cooked, heat 2 tablespoons of gingely oil (it acts as a preservative) and add 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seeds. Allow it to spluter. Add 2 tablespoons of the pickle powder prepared earlier and the cooked vegetables to the hot oil and mix well in slow flame. This pickle should be used within a day or could be refrigirated upto 3 days. This pickle suits well for dieting people.
Recipe column- mango pickles
Mango Pickles:
Cut mango into medium sized pieces and add salt. Store it in an airtight container for 3 days. Stir it occasionally atleast 2 times a day. After three days heat 3 tablespoons of gingely oil (it acts as a preservative) and add 1 teaspoon of mustard seeds. Allow it to spluter. Add 3 tablespoons of the pickle powder prepared earlier to the mango pieces. Pour the hot oil over it and mix well. Allow it to soak in the oil mixture for 1 day. Next day the delicious mango pickle is ready to use. Store it in an airtight container.
Instant Mango Pickle:
Cut raw mango into small pieces and add salt. Heat 1 tablespoons of gingely oil (it acts as a preservative) and add 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seeds. Allow it to spluter. Add 2 tablespoons of the pickle powder prepared earlier to the mango pieces. Pour the hot oil over it and mix well. This pickle should be used within a day or could be refrigirated upto 3 days. This pickle suits well for dieting people.
Ennai Mangai--Mango pickle (Traditional method)-:
Cut raw mango into large pieces and add salt. Store it in an airtight container for 3 days. Stir it occasionally atleast 2 times a day. Arrange the mango pieces in a plate and dry it in hot sun for 3 to 4 days. Store it in an airtight container. When needed take the dry mango pieces and heat 3 tablespoons of gingely oil (it acts as a preservative) and add 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seeds. Allow it to spluter. Add 3 tablespoons of the pickle powder prepared earlier and the mango pieces to the hot oil and mix well in a slow flame. Allow it to cool and Store it in an airtight container.
Cut mango into medium sized pieces and add salt. Store it in an airtight container for 3 days. Stir it occasionally atleast 2 times a day. After three days heat 3 tablespoons of gingely oil (it acts as a preservative) and add 1 teaspoon of mustard seeds. Allow it to spluter. Add 3 tablespoons of the pickle powder prepared earlier to the mango pieces. Pour the hot oil over it and mix well. Allow it to soak in the oil mixture for 1 day. Next day the delicious mango pickle is ready to use. Store it in an airtight container.
Instant Mango Pickle:
Cut raw mango into small pieces and add salt. Heat 1 tablespoons of gingely oil (it acts as a preservative) and add 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seeds. Allow it to spluter. Add 2 tablespoons of the pickle powder prepared earlier to the mango pieces. Pour the hot oil over it and mix well. This pickle should be used within a day or could be refrigirated upto 3 days. This pickle suits well for dieting people.
Ennai Mangai--Mango pickle (Traditional method)-:
Cut raw mango into large pieces and add salt. Store it in an airtight container for 3 days. Stir it occasionally atleast 2 times a day. Arrange the mango pieces in a plate and dry it in hot sun for 3 to 4 days. Store it in an airtight container. When needed take the dry mango pieces and heat 3 tablespoons of gingely oil (it acts as a preservative) and add 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seeds. Allow it to spluter. Add 3 tablespoons of the pickle powder prepared earlier and the mango pieces to the hot oil and mix well in a slow flame. Allow it to cool and Store it in an airtight container.
Recipe column- lemon pickles
Lemon Pickle:
Cut 10 medium sized Lemon into small pieces and add salt. Store it in an airtight container for 3 days. Stir it occasionally atleast 2 times a day. After three days heat 3 tablespoons of gingely oil (it acts as a preservative) and add 1 teaspoon of mustard seeds. Allow it to spluter. Add 3 tablespoons of the pickle powder prepared earlier to the lemon pieces. Pour the hot oil over it and mix well. Allow it to soak in the oil mixture for 1 day. Next day the delicious lemon pickle is ready to use. Store it in an airtight container.
Instant Lemon Pickle:
Steam the chopped pieces of 3 to 4 lemon with salt for 10 minutes. When half cooked, heat 1 tablespoons of gingely oil (it acts as a preservative) and add 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seeds. Allow it to spluter. Add 2 tablespoons of the pickle powder prepared earlier to the lemon pieces. Pour the hot oil over it and mix well. This pickle should be used within a day or could be refrigirated upto 3 days. This pickle suits well for dieting people.
Cut 10 medium sized Lemon into small pieces and add salt. Store it in an airtight container for 3 days. Stir it occasionally atleast 2 times a day. After three days heat 3 tablespoons of gingely oil (it acts as a preservative) and add 1 teaspoon of mustard seeds. Allow it to spluter. Add 3 tablespoons of the pickle powder prepared earlier to the lemon pieces. Pour the hot oil over it and mix well. Allow it to soak in the oil mixture for 1 day. Next day the delicious lemon pickle is ready to use. Store it in an airtight container.
Instant Lemon Pickle:
Steam the chopped pieces of 3 to 4 lemon with salt for 10 minutes. When half cooked, heat 1 tablespoons of gingely oil (it acts as a preservative) and add 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seeds. Allow it to spluter. Add 2 tablespoons of the pickle powder prepared earlier to the lemon pieces. Pour the hot oil over it and mix well. This pickle should be used within a day or could be refrigirated upto 3 days. This pickle suits well for dieting people.
Recipe column-pickles
Basic powder for most of the pickles:
Roast 1 cup of Red chilies, 2 tablespoons of mustard seeds, 1 teaspoon of methi seeds and 1 teaspoon of hing powder.Grind it into a fine powder in a mixer or coffee grinder. Store it in an airtight container.If you wish 1 cup of red chilly powder could be added instead of roasting and grinding chilies.
Roast 1 cup of Red chilies, 2 tablespoons of mustard seeds, 1 teaspoon of methi seeds and 1 teaspoon of hing powder.Grind it into a fine powder in a mixer or coffee grinder. Store it in an airtight container.If you wish 1 cup of red chilly powder could be added instead of roasting and grinding chilies.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Two CocoaVia dark chocolate bars a day can help cut cholesterol levels
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Tuesday,22.04.2008 (GMT)
Washington, Here's one way you can cut down on your cholesterol levels – eat chocolate bars.
The news comes from researchers at the University of Illinois who found that eating two CocoaVia dark chocolate bars a day also had the added good effect of lowering systolic blood pressure.
Lead researcher John Erdman, a U. of I. professor of food science and human nutrition, and colleagues state the plant sterols and flavanols added to the bars is what helps them in lowering cholesterol and blood pressure respectively.
As a part of the study, researchers recruited 49 people with slightly elevated cholesterol and normal blood pressure.
These people then began the American Heart Association's "Eating Plan for Healthy Americans" two weeks before the study started. After this, the volunteers were divided into two groups.
Both groups were given CocoaVia bars. However, while one group was given bars with plant sterols, the other was not.
The participants ate one CocoaVia formulation twice daily for four weeks, then switched to the other bar for an additional four weeks.
Blood cholesterol levels, blood pressure, body weight, and other cardiovascular measures were tracked throughout the eight-week study.
Co-author of the study Ellen Evans revealed that a marked difference was seen in the participants who ate the bars with plant sterols.
"After starting the CocoaVia bars, we saw a marked differential effect on blood cholesterol, with the sterol-containing products doing better than those without sterols," she said.
Erdman insisted that there was no interference by Mars Inc., the company that not only manufactures the chocolate bars, but which also funded part of the study
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