Health Benefits of Carrots

Hi,

I always wonder why does my husband pushes to me to eat carrots. We always keep 2 - 3 lbs of fresh carrots in our fridge. To solve my query I googled about carrots and found some very interesting facts about it. And now I got to know the reason for his incitement for carrots.

So let's have a look at its benefits.

Prevent Cancer

It greatly helps in fighting against breast cancer, lung cancer and colon cancer. It is rich in compound "Falcarinol", which is an anti-cancer agent. It is pesticide that acts as an anti-fungal agent.

Improve Vision

Our retina needs Vitamin A, the deficiency of which results in night blindness. Carrots contains beta-carotene that is converted into Vitamin A in liver. In retina this vitamin is converted into "Rhodopsin". It is a purple pigment that helps in improving vision at night. It also protect against macular degeneration.

Prevent Heart Disease

Carrots help in keeping the hearth upright. The regular intake of carrots reduces blood cholesterol. The fibers present in carrots combines with and removes bile acid from blood stream. Cholesterol triggers are dissolved further to create more bile acid in the blood stream. Hence it reduces blood cholesterol.

Reduce the Risk of Stroke

According to a research conducted by Harvard University, people who ate 6 carrots a week are less prone to stroke than those who ate only 1 carrot a month or more.

Nourish Skin

 It helps in nourishing skin alike potato. It is a cleansing and detoxifying agent and effective in treating acne caused due to blood toxins. Vitamin A formed with carrot intake helps in revitalizing the dry, dead skin and removing other skin blemishes.

Anti-Aging

It is also an anti-oxidant and therefore helps in improving the immunity of our bodies. It fight against free body radicals and slows down aging cells. 

Dental Health

Eating carrots after the meals is a very good practice as carrots are natural abrasives that helps in removing plague and dirt from teeth and gums. It also helps in producing saliva that helps in removing stains on teeth.

So eat at least one full cup of carrot a day to get benefited.

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Let's eat Awesome Khichadi

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Khichadi is an Indian cuisine, generally served to those who have bad stomach :P But people with good stomach also like it :) So what makes it different with other cuisines is its lightness. It is very light and that is why always suggested to patients with stomach issues. It is very easy to make and at the same time delicious. So let's have a look at the ingredients.

Ingredients

1/2 cup        Basmati Rice
1/2 cup        Moong Dal (Green Gram)
1/4 cup        Peas
1/4 cup        Chopped Beans
1/4 cup        Sweet Corn
1/4 cup        Chopped Carrots
1/4 cup        Chopped Onion
1/4 cup        Chopped Tomato
2 tsp            Oil / Butter / Ghee
1/2 tsp         Cumin Seeds (Jeera)
1 pc             Bay Leaf (Tez Patta)
2 pc             Dried Red Chilli
1 tsp            Ginger Garlic Paste
1/2 tsp         Garam Masala (Curry Powder)
1/2 tsp         Turmeric Powder (Haldi Powder)
Salt to taste

Procedure

1. Wash rice and dal in a bowl 3 - 4 times till it gives clear water. Add fresh water and soak it for 15 minutes.
2. Put the pressure cooker on flame, add oil. On heated oil add cumin seeds, bay leaf, red chilli, ginger garlic paste and stir well.
3. Add onion and heat till it gets light pink in color. Add beans, corn, carrots and heat for 1-2 minutes. 
4. Add turmeric powder and garam masala and heat for 2 minutes.
5. Drain rice and gram mixture and add to pressure cooker. Heat for further 2-3 minutes.
6. Add 2 cups of water and close the lid of pressure cooker. Keep it on medium flame and heat till it blows 1 whistle. 

Khichadi is ready to be served with Curd, Papad and Pickles.

Enjoy the recipe and do not forget to give your feedback!

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Health Benefits of Grapes

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Grapes are one of the very tasty fruits and healthy too. Grape are also one of the expensive fruits as they are produced in only few countries of the world. So, let us have a look at the benefits of grapes.

Migraine

It strongly helps in improving migraine. The best remedy is to take ripe grape juice in the morning without any added water.

Blood Cholesterol

A chemical compound called Saponins combines with cholesterol found in blood to prevent it from absorption. Thus helps in lowering the cholesterol level in the blood.

Kidney Disorder

It helps in reducing the acidity of Uric Acid and hence eliminate acid from the system. This in turn helps in reducing the pressure on kidneys.

Heart Disease

It helps in preventing heart attacks, as it is rich in Nitric Oxide which reduces blood clots that precipitate heart attacks. It also helps in preventing oxidation of LDL cholesterol that block blood vessels.

Indigestion

It helps in curing irritation and indigestion of stomach. It also helps in preventing dyspepsia.

Anticancer Properties

It helps in fighting with Colorectal and Breast Cancer. It contains Resveratrol, an inflammatory and anti-proliferate chemical compound, which helps in preventing cancer from growing and spreading.

Healthy Eyes

It helps in improving the aging effects of eyes. It prevents cataract and macular degeneration. It contains Flavonoids that inhibit the free radicals like cataract.

Asthma

It has tremendous assimilatory power that helps in moisturizing the lungs. Thus helps against asthma.

Antibacterial Activity

Generally red grapes contains antiviral and antibacterial properties that helps in fighting against serious viruses such as polio, herpes simplex virus etc.

 

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Why Do I love Strawberries…?

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Have you all pondered to what extent Strawberries help our bodies? What makes them so special for our life? Apart from a giving a wonderful taste strawberries has many health benefits. So, let us take a look at how these benefit us.

Diet

It helps in controlling our diet as one cup of strawberries contains 13% of RDA of dietary fiber, by giving only 43 calories. This fiber helps in keeping the regular digestion and curbs overeating. It also lowers the blood pressure. So it is very good for ones having constipation or higher blood pressure problems.

Antioxidants

Antioxidants helps in improving the immunity system of our bodies. Strawberries are one of the exceptional antioxidants that mankind has discovered till now. It is ranked 4th among the best antioxidant food sources. It is a rich source of a chemical compound called phenol, particularly anthocyanin, which helps in increasing the uric acid level in the body. Doctors suggest that a regular intake of one cup of strawberries for about 2 weeks increases the immunity of the person against oxidative stress and in-turn lower disease risk.

Anti-Inflammatory

Phenols present in strawberries also fight against inflammatory disorders, like asthma, osteoarthritis. It helps in inhibiting the enzyme cyclooxygenase (COX) alike drugs aspirin and ibroofane. However strawberries do not exhibit any unwanted side-effects as these drugs do.

Healthy Eyes

Strawberries contains Vitamin C, Folate (Vitamin B), fiber and some phytochemicals that helps in fighting with cancer. Vitamin C is the crucial element of age related eye disease study. It is an antioxidant and also serves the requirements of making connective tissues for healthy blood vessels of eyes. Thus it helps our eyes against aging phenomenon.

Vitamin C

It is an effective antioxidant rich with 136% of RDA of Vitamin C in one cup of strawberries. It helps in improving the immunity system and lowering blood pressure. It also helps to fight the diseases like cataract and macular degeneration.

Bone Health

One cup of strawberries contains 21% of Manganese, which helps in maintaining healthy bone structure. The other essential ingredients helping in bone building are potassium and Vitamin K. Strawberries contains all the above and thus helps in protecting our bones.

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Hara Bhara Kabab / Vegetable Kabab

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Today we are going to learn how to make Vegetable Kabab or Hara Bhara Kabab. But before that let us have a brief look at the ingredients.

Ingredients

Sr. No	Quantity	Material
1	3 pc	Medium Sized Potato
2	2 tbsp	Corn Powder
3	1 tbsp	Green Peas
4	1 tbsp	Fine Chopped Baby Carrot
5	1 tbsp	Fine Chopped Beans
6	1 tbsp	Sweet Corn
7	1 tbsp	Fine Chopped Onion
8	1 tsp	Black Pepper
9	To Taste	Salt

Procedure

1. Boil the potatoes until tender.
2. Peel the boiled potatoes and mash them with a masher.
3. In a big mixing bowl add mashed potatoes, corn powder, all vegetables, and spices.
4. Mix well the above mixture with the hand and check the hardness of the batter.
5. The batter should be hard enough to make the fine balls of it. If required add some more corn powder and mix well to make it harder.
6. In a frying pan add some oil and put it on flame.
7. Fry these balls in hot oil pan and cook till they get little brown in color.
8. Hara Bhara Kabab is ready. Serve hot with either chutney or sauce.

Enjoy the recipe and do not forget to give your valuable feedback.

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Corn Vegetable Soup

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Today I cooked corn vegetable soup for the breakfast. It was very simple and was prepared in just few minutes. All I needed was a couple of vegetables in my fridge and that's it! Really astonishing it seems as it is very simple to make and with that tasty too. So  let's have a look at its ingredients.

Ingredients
1/2 tbsp        Sweet Corn Pieces
1/2 tbsp        Beans Pieces
1/2 tbsp        Peas
1/2 tbsp        Carrots (Chopped)
1/2 tbsp        Cabbage (Chopped)
1/2 tbsp        Broccoli (Chopped)
2 tsp             Corn Powder
1 tsp             Cilantro Leaves Powder (Garnishing)
Soya Sauce to color
Vinegar to taste
Chilli Sauce to taste
Black Pepper Powder to taste
Salt to taste

Procedure

1. Put a pot on flame and add 3 full cups of water in it.
2. Add all the chopped vegetables in it.
3. In a separate bowl add corn powder and wet it with few 2-3 tsp of water so that it does not form lumps in water bowl. Now add the corn powder mixture in the vegetable pot.
4. To this add some salt and black pepper and boil until the soup thickens considerably.
5. Add some water if you want clear soup.
6. Put the flame off after boiling the soup once. You can adjust the flame according to your need.
7. Serve hot in the soup bowl and to this add soya sauce, vinegar and chilli sauce according to your need.

Your delicious yet less time consuming soup is ready in just 15 minutes.
Enjoy your soup and give me your valuable feedback.

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Baked Potatos

Hello all,

Potatos are one of the most common vegetable that we use in our routine cooking. It has many benefits, to name a few:

• Helps in Gaining Fat
• Helps in Digestion
• Skin Care
• Maintains High Blood Pressure

Apart from these above mentioned benefits it is a good ingredient to add taste to any cuisine. So today we are going to discuss how to make simple baked potatos.

Ingredients	Quantity
Medium Size Potatos	3
Oil (Daily Purpose/Olive Oil)	3 tsp
Ground Black Pepper	1/2 tsp
Curry Powder/Garam Masala	1/2 tsp
Mint Powder/Leaves (Garnishing)	1/2 tsp
Coriander Leaves (Garnishing)
Lemonade according to taste
Salt according to taste

                              

Procedure

1. Wash and peel potato and cut into equal 8 pieces making a shape of half moon.
2. In a bowl add potatos, oil, ground black pepper, curry powder and salt. Mix well.
3. In an oven tray spread silver foil and grease it with some oil.
4. Preheat the oven to 425⁰F.
5. Evenly spread potato piece mixture over the tray.
6. Keep the tray in oven for 30-35 minutes.
7. Bake until the potatos turn brown with crispy border.
8. Garnish with coriander leaves, mint leaves/powder, lemonade and serve hot.

Enjoy your baked potatos!

Do not forget to give feedback!

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