Thursday, August 12, 2010

List of Alkaline Foods

  • Bananas Chocolate
  • Figs
  • Mineral water
  • Orange juice
  • Potatoes
  • Spinach
  • Watermelon
  • Dandelion Greens  
  • Fruits Apple 
  • Almond

 

Monday, August 02, 2010

Food Rich in Iron

food Source

Serving Size (oz.)

Iron (mg)

Soybeans mature boiled ½ cup 4.4
Lentil Cooked ½ cup 3.3
Red Kidney Beans boiled ½ cup 2.6
Garbanzo Beans boiled ½ cup 2.4
Cowpeas cooked ½ cup 2.2
Baked beans, canned ½ cup 2.0
Mung Beans. boiled ½ cup 1.41
Tofu firm ½ cup 1.8
Spinach, cooked ½ cup 3.2
Potato baked with skin 1 medium 2.8
Soybeans green cooked ½ cup 2.2
Lima Beans ½ cup 1.8
Spinach, raw 1 cup 1.5
Peas, frozen and prepared ½ cup 1.3
Green Peas cooked ½ cup 1.2
Broccoli, raw 1 stalk 1.1
Black-eyed peas cooked ½ cup 0.9
Broccoli, cooked ½ cup 0.6
Rice, white enriched, cooked 1 cup 1.8
Bread whole wheat 2 Slices 1.7
Rice, brown, cooked 1 cup 1.0
Roti whole-grain wheat made with 1/5 cup flour 0.93
Bread White 2 Slices 1.4
Pumpkin seeds roasted 1 oz 4.2
Figs dried 5 each 2.1
Apricots, dried, med.-size 10 each 1.7
Dates 10 each 1.6
Prune juice ½ cup 1.5
Raisins, Seedless Packed ½ cup 1.5
Almonds, raw 10 - 12 each 0.7

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Karkkidaka kanji

 Ingredients
1. 5gm Malli
2. 5gm Vizhalari
3. 5gm Chrupunnayari
4. 5gm Kutakapalayari
5. 5gm Karkokilari
6. 5gm Cumin seeds
7. 5gm Aniseed
8. 5gm Ayamodakam
9. 5gm Fenugreek
10. 5gm Aashali
11. 5gm Putharichundaveru
12. 5gmVarattumanjal
13. 5gm Mustard seeds
14. 5gm Chukku
15. 5gm Sathakuppa
16. 5gm Naruneendikizhangu
17. 5gm Karimjeerakam
18. 5gm Cardamom
19. 5gm Thakkolam
20. 5gm Grambu
21. 5gm Nutmeg
22. 1 liter water
23. 250ml Cow Milk/Coconut Milk
24. I tsp ghee
25. 5gm Small onion
Method
Boil the ingredients 1-23 well in a cleaned pot for 15 minutes. Clean the small onions and fry it well in one teaspoon of ghee or coconut oil. Mix the fried onions to the prepared solution and let it cool for 10 minutes .

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Brunch

Brunch is referred to be the combination of Breakfast and Lunch.Here's a highly nutirious and delicious bruch receipe
  • Take Bread slices - 2-3
  • Onions - 1
  • Green chilies - 1 or two
  • Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
  • Heeng powder - 1/4 tsp
  • Jeera - 1/4 tsp
  • Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
  • Groundnut – 2tbl sp
  • Sugar - 1/4 tsp
  • Salt - as per taste
  • Oil for frying
  • Coriander leaves & grated coconut for garnishing
Make bread crumbs by putting them in mixer ,mix with salt to taste .Cut onions, green chilies . Take oil in a frying pan, add mustard seeds, jeera seeds & groundnuts.Once the nuts are light brown in color, add onion and chilies and fry them well.Add turmeric, heeng & sugar. Add the bread crumbs and mix it well for 3 - 4 minutes

Monday, October 12, 2009

Sample Break fast

This is a sample breakfast which all can be adopted..

one small cup of Sprouts
we can see how we can prepare this.
  1. Take one cup of green gram and wash it preoperly.
  2. soak the green gram for about 8 hours
  3. take the green gram out of water and hang it in a moist cloth for about 8 hours.
  4. we can see the sprouts ,if needed pls springle water as and when required.