Quran , Sunnah (Hadith) and Health Tips
February 13, 2013
February 9, 2013
Indian Spice Up Your Meal With Chuttney And Raita
Indian and Pakistani cuisine is not in need of any introduction and can be beautifully explained as the refined blend of different local and foreign dishes and got fame for its flavor and richness.
Indian and Pakistani cuisine is rich in spices and varies from area to area presenting country’s cultural diversity and ethnics.
India and Pakistani cuisine offers a matchless variety in traditional and contemporary dishes. In India and Pakistan there is an enormously growing trend of sweet dishes and is often served after every meal.
Raita and Chuttney are 2 of the side dishes that best complements Pakistani dishes and adds an extra taste to food. Here are an easy guide to learn how you can spice up your lunch and dinner with these simple side dishes......
Imli Ki Methi Chuttney (Sweet tamarind chutney)
Soft Tamarind 150gm
Water 300ml
Sugar 300gm
Red chili powder ½ Tsp (tea spoon)
Cumin seed (zeera) 2 tsp
Salt ¼ Tsp
Direction:
Place water and tamarind in food processor and blend it to make a fine puree.
Now, take all the puree and add the remaining ingredients and cook at low flame till sugar is completely dissolved. Increase flame and stir continually and cook for about 12-15 mints until it gets thick.
It is ready to serve. Store in an airtight jar and keep in refrigerator.
Methi imli ki chutney can be served as a topping over fruit, chat, chaana chat and dehi bhare.
Allu Bukhary ki Chuttney
Dried plums ¼ kg
Water 2 cups
Sugar ½ cup or according to taste
Vinegar ½ cup
Salt, ground peppers and red chili powder to taste
Direction:
Take water and dried plums into a cooking pan and add all the ingredients and boil at moderate flame until it gets soft.
Add sugar and cook at low flame until sugar melts and mixture changes into a thick puree.
Add vinegar and boil for a minute or so.
It is ready to serve with Nan along with different dishes.
Dahi ki Chuttney..
Coriander leaves 1 cup
Mint leaves ½ cup
Green chilies 3-4 pcs
Garlic cloves 1 crushed
Palin Yogurt 1-1 ½ cup
Salt to taste
Direction:
Put all the ingredients excluding yogurt in blender or food processor and blend to fine mixture. Mix in yogurt and stir well. It is the simplest and routine chuttni used with everything in every home.
Pyaz (onion) ki Chuttney....
Green onions 4
Mint leaves (podina) 1 cup
Green chilies 4 pcs
Garam Masala ½ tsp
Sugar 1 tsp
Pomegranate seeds 2Tbsp (anardana)
Salt to taste
Direction:
Grind all the ingredients to a fine paste in blender or processor. For a bit sour taste add few drops of lime juice and enjoy with your favorite dish.
Baingan ka Raita:
Eggplants 1 kg
Yogurt 1 cup
Garlics 4 crushed
Green chilies 2-3 crushed
Chopped fresh mint 1 tsp
Flour 1/12 cup
Salt and chat masala to taste
Oil for cooking
Direction:
Cut eggplant in oval shape about 1cm thick. Cover it with flour.
Take oil in frying pan and heat now, fry eggplant until it gets brown.
Add water to yogurt and stir properly with fork it turns creamy and smooth and add the ingredients in the yogurt.
Now, arrange eggplant slices in serving dish and cover it with yogurt mixture, sprinkle chat masala and serve with variety of rice.
February 8, 2013
Health Care Tips For New Moms
Most miraculous, exciting and stressful period as well in life of a woman is when she becomes a mother for first time. After giving birth to a child women’s life is in constant stress and she feels worn, tired and unhealthy because suddenly she has to do lots of work, her routine greatly disturbed and even she cannot take proper rest and sleep to recharge for the next day. But a woman can handle this situation by taking care of her health, if she will be happy she is better able to take care of her child. There are some tips that will help all the new moms to take care of herself and feels like before.
After the birth of baby all the women’s weight has been doubled to their original weight so, it is the time to get back to your original form, but to reduce weight takes lots of time to get back to your routine and to original position. But you have to pay proper attention to your diet and exercise to reshape your body.
After child birth one thing that is greatly influenced is mother sleep, she has to be stressed and tensed all the day but think if your body and mind will not take rest your health suffers a lot. Despite of busy routine you have to take proper sleep of 8 hours to get refreshed and recharged for the next day. Take calm and quality sleep so; you will be able to pay proper attention to your kid. By spending the whole in stress and tension at the day end do some stretches to your body to relax your muscles, you can also get massage either at your own home or at some spa to relax your body.
Pay proper attention to your diet to reduce weight quickly after baby birth, after taking advice from doctor you can join gym to reshape your body. After baby birth you have to eat healthy to keep your kid healthy as well. If you are not able to go to gym or do any hard exercise then simply you can prefer walk it is the fantastic exercise. You can walk in a park where you can breathe fresh air which is very important for health. You can also take your new baby so, he/she may also enjoy the fresh air.
Although getting back to routine require sometime but surely you will come back to your routine with 2 to 3 months and in this duration your new baby also reach to the position when you can leave him/ her with mad and handling them is also quite easy and possible. After baby birth mom has to pass through a great transition in her life and she required some most important adjustment in life. Taking care of herself is the thing that she has to do for herself and for her baby and family. This can be done in variety of ways but this is only possible with co-operation of her partner.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)