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 .