~ Ayurveda Remedy for Diabetic and Sugar Cautious

Simple home made Indian ancient medicine science-Ayurveda remedy for sugar cautious and Diabetic people shared by blogger Khushidey’s zone (here). Try it and share your experience.

Also read my previous post: Intermittent Fasting helps in Reversing Diabetes type 2 naturally!

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~ Greedy Companies are Transforming “Food into Addiction” costing our Health: Switch to Self Made Home-Cooked Food

Eye opener…Alarming…Speechless!! See how some greedy Food/Pharma companies worldwide are transforming “FOOD INTO ADDICTION” for more Profit, making us UNHEALTHY-FAT-OBESE-DIABETIC!! Beware of misleading SUGAR,SALT,OIL & FAT composition  in food..better eat your own home cooked food than outside meals/snacks.

~ Pumpkin Curry / Soup Recipes

Pumpkins are visible everywhere in the market , also due to Halloween  . Then why not learn (watch total 12 recipes/videos) to make delicious Pumpkin Indian / Thai Curry , Soup, Dal, Sweet Dish (Halwa)!! Here are some nice & simple homemade Pumpkin Curry/Soup Recipes that you can serve to your friends, relatives and guests!

Pumpkin & sweet Potato Curry (Via CookingwithKarma)

Pumpkin Masala Curry (by VEhchef)

Dani’s homemade Sri-lankan style Pumpkin Curry

Pumpkin Curry (By Healthymeals123

Pumpkin Curry (Kerala Style) – Via Mallika Viswanathan

Pumkin Dal (Lentil) – By Rithika/IndiaFoodnetwork

Green Pumkin Curry (By Sandra Rupan)

Thai Pumkin & Coconut Curry (Via FreeYogaVideos)

Spicy Pumkin Soup (Via CookingWithkarma)

Pumkin Apple Halwa (Sweets) Via Veh Chef

• In Hindi/English Text – Pumpkin Curry (Via Sanjeev Kapoor )
• Pumpkin Halwa (Sweet) in Hindi – Via Food FoodIndia

Image credit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkins

Sources: Youtube, Wikipedia, google search, and all hyperlinks in the post.

~ Ganesh Festival Special : “Modak” (Indian Sweet) Recipe

Each festival has its unique sweet dish in India. Modak (pyramid shaped stuffed with dry fruits) is a simple & delicious Indian Sweet to be made during Ganesh Festival (Chaturthi). It is considered as favourite food of lord Ganesha , so offered (total 21 Modaks every prayer) daily for 10 days long festival as Prasad (Blessed food) to each devotee after prayers.

However, you can cook Modak as per your appetite! There are basically two types of recipes for Modak, one by frying and other bit difficult one by steam (called as ‘Ukdiche Modak’ in local Marathi language).

1. Fried Modak Recipe (Via Rajshri)

2. Ukdiche (Steamed) Modak Recipe (Via Rajshri)

Modak Pictures:

Fried Modak Offered as Prasad (Blessed Food)

Inside Fried Modak (After Ready)

Ukdiche (Steamed) Modak after ready. Offered in Traditional Banana Leaves

My other Relevant Post:

@  Ganesh Festival 2013 Starts : Next10 Days of bliss

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Image credit: “en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modak”

Sources: Youtube, Rajshri videos, Wikipedia, Google search, and other mentioned link in the post.

~ Indian Sweets Rasgulla and Rasmalai Recipes

•  Roshogulla/Rasgulla Recipe

Rasgulla (means Syrup- sphere ) is an Indian sweet made up mainly from milk and sugar. This is a flavour from West Bengal state  (Bengali ) at eastern part of India.

Time require: 40- 50 minutes

Ingredients:

• Cow’s Milk
• Lemon Juice (to add into milk and make it – Paneer/Cottage Cheese/ Chena )
• Sugar
• Water
• Arrowroot powder  Or  “All-purpose powder” ( for thickening  of balls/Rasgullas)
• Rose Essence or Cardamom powder  (for taste/flavour)

Recipes for Rasgulla: Follow whichever you find suitable

Recipe 1 ,  Recipe: 2 , Recipe 3 , Recipe 4 , Recipe 5 , Recipe 6

Both Rasgulla & Rasmalai Recepies

Also see my other post for Instant & Ready To Eat Indian Food/Sweets, available brands, links to their website to order online. If these instant food brands offer Rasgulla  or Rasmalai Recipes; see if they deliver at your country/place.

See my previous post HERE .

Instant Indian Ready-To-Cook Brands that may offer Rasagulla and Rssmalai Foods are:

• HALDIRAM’s
• Bhikaram Bhujiawala
• GITS
• MTR

 Clips : How to Make Rasgulla and Rasmalai

Note: Use “Subtitles” Button at bottom right side of the clip to see translation in your preferred language

Sponge Rasgulla Recipe from Nishaji (nishamadhulika.com)

Rasgulla Recipe from Nishaji

RajBhog Recipe from Nishaji (Which is similar to Rasgulla making)

Rasgulla Recipe from another user (English description)

• Rasmalai ( means syrup-milk) Recipes

Rasmalai is also similar (but slightly different) kind of sweet but here the milk balls/sphere  is served in sweet milk instead of sugar syrup as in case of Rasgulla.

RASMALAI recipes from two ladies (showmethecurry.com)

Rasmalai from Nishaji

Visit more Indian Food Recipe YouTube Channels:

• Channel 1 (English description with other language subtitles)
• Channel 2 (English description with other language subtitles)
• Channel 3 (Hindi description with other language subtitles)
• Channel 4  (English description with other language subtitles)
• Channel 5 (English description with other language subtitles)

Sources: Google Search, YouTube, Wikipedia and other hyperlinks mentioned in the post

~ ‘Instant’ & ‘Ready-To-Cook’ Indian Foods

If you like to eat Indian Cuisine but dont know the recipe or don’t know incredients or just don’t want to spend time on cooking then here are Instant/Ready-to-eat/Ready-to-Cook Foods for you!

There are many companies which provide vast range of Ready-to-Cook and Ready-to-Eat products which are

1. Easy to Use – Preparation time has reduced to 10 mins!

2. Easy to Cook – Just put it boiling water or microwave.

3. Ready literally Instantly.

4. Easily Available in India and Overseas

And gives taste of homemade-restaurant quality food… 🙂

Out of the several brands, I have used GITS and MTR which are well known brands in India and are famous for their Ready-to-Eat and Ready-to-Cook dishes which include both Sweet and Savory. They offer all types of food – breakfast, lunch and dinner.

1) GITS was established in 1963 and has been very popular for its instant sweet mixes. As a kid, I remember homemade Gulab Jamun (indian sweet dish) meant Gits! These days they also offer ready-to-eat food which are extremely liked. They have a wide network all over the world and have partnered with many stores such as Tesco, Walmart, Carrefour to name a few. For more details on their range of products, visit comapny website

Watch clips of GITS ready-to-cook dishes here – Medu Vada, Rava Dosa, Upma,  Uttapam,  Rasam,  Sambar,  Pakora/Pakoda,  Dahi Vada,  Basundi, Kulfi, Jilebi, Rasmalai, Kheer, Kalakand. Also they have a range of ready-to-eat vegetable  curries,  daal (lentlis) and rice/Pulao/Biryani.

Some of GITS’s popular products are::

Ready-to-cook Rice Dosa

Ready-to-cook Onion Bhajiya

Ready to cook Gulab Jamun

2) MTR was established in 1924 and in past 85 years, they have been offering many products such as ready-to-eat curries and rice, ready-to-eat cook gravies, frozen food, instant mixes and spices. They have presence all over the world. For more details on their range of products, visit their website.

Watch clips of MTR recommended ready-to-cook dishes here – Dosa , Upma , Vada, Manchurian, Pakoda, Jalebi, Gulab Jamun,  Gajar Halwa.  Also they have a range of ready-to-eat vegetable curries, daal (lentlis) and rice/Pulao/Biryani.

Some of MTR’s popular products are:

Ready-to-cook Vada

Ready-to-cook Uttapam

3) ACTChawa Products – Instant Puran Poli Mix (Maharashtra Sweet Nan/Roti)

Many Instant ACTCCHAWA products here @ official Youtube Playlist  and @ actchawa.com

Happy Cooking! Happy Eating!

Some other popular Instant Indian Ready-To-Cook Brands are:

4) HALDIRAM’s

5) Bhikaram Bhujiawala

Disclaimer: This is NOT an advertisement for any of the companies/products. The information about company have been gathered from their respective websites,wikipedia,google search and youtube.