OATS -WITH FRUITS

OATS-WITH FRUITS
Oats 1 cup
Pomogranate seeds 1/2 cup
Honey 2 tsp
Raisins 4 to 5 nos
Badam 2 to 3nos
Milk 2 to 2 and half cups
Dates 2 nos
Method:
Boil milk in a pan,and after they start boiling add oats and let it boil.The oats will be cooked soft,now switch off the stove.Now place dates,raisins,badam and pomogranate seeds in a bowl.Then add the cooked oats n milk mixture,and honey and mix well.Serve hot or lightly freezed.
A healthy food for elders and also children.

RAW MANGO DRINK

RAW MANGO DRINK
Raw mango pulp 1 glass
Sugar 1 1/2 glass
Salt a pinch
For mixing in juice:
Roasted jeera powder a pinch
Method:
Blend 1 glass of chopped mango pieces in a blender.
Add sugar and mango paste ,add 1 glass of water and
boil them,in low flame,for 10  min.Bring it in to
 madhya pakam, so that it will remain for 15 days .
After 10 min switch off the stove.And store the syrup
in a fridge after cooling.
Take 2 tbsp of concentrated juice in a glass add chilled water,
a pinch of jeera powder,and ice cubes,and serve chilled.
My mother used to prepare this in summers, and also mango jam.

BANANA MILK SHAKE:
Children often do like to  drink milkshakes rather normal milk.Banana milk shake is as such one which is liked by small children,school going children.Avery healthy and energetic drink.If mothers prepare them for their children prior to bus time or after school time,they will surely drink it immediately without any hassles.
Iused to prepare for both of my children when they were school going children.

Cold Milk 2 cups
Bananas 2 nos
Sugar 2 to 3 tbsps
Cardamom powder
or
Vanilla essence
(optional)
Method:
Blend bananas first,add milk and sugar,blend well.As for essence or elaichi powder,its an optional.You may add if you really want to.Place in a fridge or drink that directly.

You may add straw berries,or any other fruit if you like so.

BADAM MILK

BADAM MILK:
Milk-1/2 litre
Sugar-4 tbsp
Badam -8 nos
Soak the badam for 6 hrs,and make it in to a  paste
Cardamom powder-1/4 tsp
Method:
Place a vessel with milk and boil it in low flame.
After boiling,add badam paste and sugar and boil in low flame for 10 mins.
Lastly sprinkle elaichi powder on the milk.
Switch off the stove,let it cool .
Freeze it for 1 hour and drink it.
Very healthy ,children can take regularly, and elders can take occasionally.

MANGO- CARROT & BEETROOT-FIZZI DRINK

MANGO- CARROT & BEETROOT-FIZZI DRINK
Materials:
Mango pulp-1 cup
Pulp has to be blended well
3 to 4 Tbsps-carrot,tomato,& beet root juice concentrate
the drink which i prepared in the former posts under salads/juices section
or
Rose syrup
Lime juice-1 tbsp
Ice cubes2 to 3
Soda or Sprite
Method:
Place the blended mango pulp in a bowl,add the juice concentrated or rose syrup,lime juice and ice cubes well.
Pour into a glass upto 60%,and the remaining fill it with soda or sprite.
Agood fizzi drink is formed.

MANGO LASSI

MANGO LASSI:
Materials:
Curds(thick) 1 cup
Mango juice 1/2 cup
Sugar or honey for sweetening
Elaichi powder optional
Method:
Blend all the materials and serve chilled

PREPARATION OF CARROT,TOMATO JUICE -BY PANDIT YELCHURI

JUICE:
Here today i will cover the juice prepared by tomato, carrot,beetroot with sugarcandy,and lime.
Its been telecasted by Pandit  Yelchuri in the Ztelugu TV channel.
This juice purifies the blood,increases the blood count,and reduces the anaemia.
It also improves the texture of the skin, and prevents hair loss.

• Tomatoes -100 gms
• Carrots-100 gms

• Beetroot-20 to 40 gms
• Sugar candy-300 gms
• Honey-100 gms

Wash the vegetables thoroughly,peel off the skin,then chop into small pieces.
Then blend the chopped pieces in a juicer ,adding water in small quantities,and blending well.
Then strain the juice and extract the pulp.
Again add 1/4 th cup of water into the pulp and grind well.Again strain the juice.
Like wise we can extract juice from the pulp by adding a little water 2 to 3 times.
Place the juice and powdered sugar candy on the stove on low flame.
Let it boil until the quantity of the juice reduces to 60% to 70% of the whole.
Then switch off the stove and let it cool.
If boiled in low flame it takes a long time ,say more than 1 hour.
Where as if kept in high flame,it has to be stirred quite often.
When cool,add honey in to it and store it in a dry glass bottle.
Always honey should be added only when the syrup is cool
Never mix  it  when hot.
If preserved in a fridge it remains fresh for a month.

When preparing juice ,add 2 tablespoons of juice with chilled water,and add juice of one lime,stir well.
Serve chill with a lemon rind.
Its a natural drink healthy and delicious.

FACE PACK:
The leftover pulp can be used as face pack by mixing milk cream,in to 2 spoons of pulp,  and applying to the face for 30 minutes.The left over balance of the pulp can be stored in a fridge for a week,and to apply daily as a face pack.


SOURCE:
PANDIT YELCHURI VENKAT RAO
andariki ayurvedam
ZTelugu TV Channel

BARLEY JUICE

BARLEY JUICE :
Barley water is a good food,nutritous to every person,an ideal summer drink now a days.Children(some) dont like the smell of it,but you can manage them drinking by preparing in this way.
It tastes like a lime juice .
Even for pregnant ladies doctors recommend to drink plenty of barley water.

Barley powder or seeds-2tbsps
Water-3 glasses
Lime juice -1to 1 1/2 tbsp
Honey-3 to 4 spoons
or
Sugar syrup 3 to 4 spoons

For diabetics and obese they can add a pinch of salt
Method:
Mix barley powder or seeds with water ,stir well and let it  boil .
After boiling for 10 to 15 mins,switch off the stove.Cover with a lid.
Let it cool.Strain the water if u do it with barley seeds.Add lime juice.
Next add honey or sugar .Freeze the barley water and serve chiiled.

Discarded Barley can be mixed with oats can make a nutritous  breakfast.

HEALTHY SALAAD

HEALTHY SALAAD
with grapes,papaya,pineapple,guava(chopped).

Green Grapes 1/2 cup
made into 2 slits
Papaya 3/4 cup slits
Pine apple slits1/4 cup
Guava 1/4 cup
Lemonjuice 1 to 2 tsp
Pepper powder a pinch
Honey 1 to 2 tsp

Method:
Wash the fruits thoroughly well,peel and dice in to small slits.Mix all the fruits in a bowl.Add lemonjuice,honey and pepper powder.

Serve in a serving bowl .Freeze for half an hour and serve.

Papaya & Pineapple - Juice

Papaya & Pineapple Juice:

Ingredients:

• Papaya(chopped ) 1/4 cup
• Pine Apple (chopped) 1/4 cup
• Grapes 6 nos
• Sugar 4 tsp / Honey 1 tsp
• Lime juice 1 spoon
• Ice

Method:
Add chopped papaya, pineapple, grapes, sugar, crushed ice and lime juice to a blender and blend well.

Tip:
Add honey instead of sugar for a lower-calorie option.

LASSI

LASSI:
Butter milk 2 glasses
(half glass curds+one and half glasses of water)
Green chillie1 small(paste)
Ginger (very small 1 cm piece)
(made in to paste)
Curry leaves &
Corriander leaves
(very few,crushed and make in to small pieces)
Lime juice 1 table spoon
Salt a pinch
Method:
Mix Green chillie paste and Ginger paste,Lime juice,and Salt in to the churned Butter milk.

In a Kadai heat onefourth tea spoon Oil,add Mustard seeds,and Jeera and crushed Curry ,Kothmeer Leaves .After spluttering add this Mixture to the Butter milk.
The seasoning is optional,you may add or not. Or else just add all the above ingrediants to the churned Butter milk.
A good drink in the Summer

SAALADS

SALAADS:
Pregnant Ladies, Feeding Mothers,Children,Grown up children,Old Generation needs Special Food Supplements.The vitamins, Minerals present in the Raw Vegetables helps the body a lot.

In Western Countries,Vegetable Salaads and Fruit Salaads are used.Now a days even most of the Indians are using the Salaads.The Nutritional values in the salaads depends on the Vegetables we use.Especially Salaads prepared by Fruits and Vegetables give the body plenty of Vitamins,Minerals, and Fibre.By using Sprouts, Paneer etc the Salaads can be made more nutritous developing the bodys Immune System.Optionally Salads can be made by using Milk cream and Curd cream,to a limited extent.

There are certain rules to be followed for preparing a Healthy and Nutritous Salaad.
1.Only Fresh Vegetables &   Fruits are to be used.
2.The Skin and Seeds are to be removed.
3.The Vegetables and Fruits are to be cleaned 3 to 4 times with plenty of water.
4.Stainless Steel Knifes are to be used
5.Limited number of Veg & Fruits are to be served in a Plate.
6.The Salads are to be kept in a cool and dry place.

VEGETABLE JUICE

VEGETABLE JUICE:

Sliced Beet Root-1/2 cup
Sliced Carrot -1/2  cup
Sliced Kheera-1/2 cup
Sliced Anapakaya-1/2 cup
(Bottle Gourd)
Sliced Tomato-1 cup
Sliced Beerakaya-1/2 cup
Pudina 4 Leaves
Honey-2 to 3 spoons
Lime Juice-1 to 2 spoons

This is a Very Healthy Juice .Grind all these vegetables  in to a Juice. Strain the Pulp.Then add Lime Juice and Honey. (Strain the Juice and drink it,as it will be  heavy,if drink with the pulp and not easily digestible)

This is a Healthy Vegetable Drink usually recommended by our Yoga Gurus,especially by Baba Ram DevJi and our Dr.Manthena Raju garu.

salaad

Water Melon - grape salaad:
Ingredients:
Water melon(chopped)-1 cup
Grapes-half cup
Pomogranate seeds-half cup
Honey-1 spoon
Sugar or sugarcane juice -1sp
Method:

Mix all the ingredients in a container,add honey and sugar or sugarcane juice.Serve it cool.

MELON SALTY SALAAD

SALAAD:
Ingredients:
Water melon(chopped)-1 cup
Yoghurt or Curds-half cup
Salt- a pinch
Pudina-2 leaves crushed(optional)
Method:

Mix all the materials in a cup.And serve it cool.

Melonato juice(water melon,tomato juice)

Ingredients:
Water melon juice-half a glass
Tomato juice-half a glass
Pudina leaves 2 to 3
Salt a pinch
Pepper powder-a pinch
Lime juice-1 spoon
Method-

Mix all the juices with pudina,blend well.