| Brain Power Recipes |
| Brain Power Recipe |
Serves : 2
Calories : 90 cal/serving |
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Peach Nectar |
1 cup (170 gms) peaches, pitted & de
skinned
½ lime
½ cup (110 gms) ripe banana chopped
1 tbsp brewers yeast
125 ml water
Juice peaches with water. Squeeze lime
& mix. Place juice, banana and yeast in blender or food processor, and blend until smooth. Serve chilled. |
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| Recipes to Reduce Aging and Look Young |
| Age reducing Recipe |
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Serves : 1
Calories : 58 cal |
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| Fresh Complexion |
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2 medium slices pineapple
½ cucumber, de skinned
½ red apple, chopped & deseeded
125 ml water
Put all in a blender and blend till smooth.
Serve in tall glasses chilled ! |
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| Age reducing Recipe |
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Serves : 2
Cooking time : 30 min
Calories : 685 cal /ser |
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250 gms (8.75 oz) soybean seeds
50 gms (1.75 oz) chopped onion
50 gms (1.75 oz) red tomato, chopped
A pinch of turmeric powder
2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
3 tbsp olive oil (or any cooking oil)
1 tsp Indian garam masala powder
1 tsp sugar
Salt as per taste
Water as required
2 tbsp chopped cilantro
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| Soyabean Curry |
Soak the seeds for 8 hrs. Discard the
skin by rinsing with water. Heat oil in a
pan. Add onion & tomato. Fry for a
min. To it, add the ginger garlic paste,
turmeric, garam masala powder & sugar.
Fry for 5 min & till aroma emanates.
Slide in the soybean and mix well. Fry
further for a min. Now pour sufficient
amount of water and steam cook till
done. Make sure that the beans are
boiled. Add salt. When boiled and
done, sprinkle chopped cilantro. Serve
hot with Indian puffed bread or rice.
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| Eye Relaxation Recipes |
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| Eye Relaxation Recipe |
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Serves : 1
Cooking time : 20 min
Calories : 45 cal
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| Spinach Soup |
100 gms (3.5 oz) spinach
1 green chili
200 ml water
25ml milk (full fat) |
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A pinch of black pepper powder
Salt, as per taste
Wash & cut spinach. Half cook it in 150
ml water. Add slit chili when boiling. Let
cool. Blend with 50 ml water and strain.
Now boil again, for a few more mins,
adding milk. When done, add salt and |
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pepper powder. Serve the soup hot. |
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| Recipes to avoid Constipation |
| Recipe for Constipation |
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Serves : 1
Calories : 145 cal |
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| Tropical Sqeeze |
1 small ripe papaya, de skinned,
de seeded & chopped (200 gms)
¼ - inch ginger, washed & de skinned.
1 pear, washed, chopped & de skinned.
125 ml water.
Place all ingredients in a blender and
blend till smooth. Serve the Tropical
Squeeze, chilled. |
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| Recipe for Constipation |
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Serves : 2
Cooking time : 20 min
Calories : 36 cal /serving |
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| Laxative Soup |
25 gms (0.88 oz) okra; 15 gms (0.35 oz)
ripe tomato, chopped; 55 gms (1.94 oz)
fresh green peas; 100 gms (3.5 oz) of
spinach, chopped; 2 gms (0.07 oz) of
liquorice; 500 ml water; 2 tsp oil;
1 tsp cumin seeds, Salt as per taste.
Soak liquorice in water for a few hours.
Steam tomatoes, peas, spinach and
liquorice with water. Mash well & strain.
Keep the strained water & the pulp aside.
Chop the okra into small pieces. Heat oil
& fry the cumin seeds. When it splutters,
add okra. Fry for 4-5 min. Now add the strained water & some amount of the pulp.
Let boil for 5-8 min. Serve, hot soup. |
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| Recipes to Boost your Hair |
| Recipe for Hair Boosting |
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Serves : 2
Preparation time : 20 min |
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| Potassium Broth |
Handful of washed & chopped parsley
Handful of spinach, washed & chopped
4-5 carrots (500 gms)
2 stalks celery (60 gms)
125 ml water
Blend all the ingredients together with water in a blender, till smooth. Strain and serve chilled with ice. |
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| Recipe for Hair Boosting |
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Serves : 2
Preparation time : 20 min |
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| Sprouted Moong Salad |
1 cup steamed green moong sprouts
1 cup raw green moong sprouts
1 onion chopped
1 small cucumber chopped
1 tomato
chopped
Salt to taste
Red chili powder to taste
1 ½ tsp. lemon juice
¼ tsp. roasted cumin powder
2 tbsp chopped cilantro
2 tbsp fried peanuts
Mix all the ingredients gently and
serve immediately.
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| Recipes to avoid Depression |
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| Recipe during Depression |
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Serves : 4
Preparation time : 20 min
Calories : 54 cal /serving |
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| Cucumber Paradise |
75 gms (2.65 oz) cucumber
25 gms (0.88 oz) green bell pepper
50 gms (1.75 oz) carrot
50 gms (1.75 oz) ripe banana
75ml full fat milk
75 ml water
20 gms (0.70 oz) jaggery / brown sugar
Wash and chop cucumber, bell pepper, carrots & banana (25gms) into small pieces. Blend banana (25 gms) with milk, water & jaggery.
Pour this mixture into
the chopped ingredients and mix
thoroughly. Serve the salad cold. |
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| Useful Recipes in Migraine? |
| Recipe for Migraine Cure |
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Serves : 1
Calories : 10 cal |
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| Ginger Tea |
2 inch size ginger, washed, de-skinned &
chopped into pieces
¼ lemon
150 ml water
½ inch stick cinnamon, broken
4-5 cloves
1 cardamom
¼ tsp nutmeg powder
Extract the juice from ginger and lemon.
Heat water in a saucepan and bring it to
boil. Add cinnamon, cloves, ginger juice &
nutmeg. Gently simmer for 5 min on med
heat. When done, add lemon juice. Leave
the tea covered for 5 min. Serve hot.
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| Recipe for Migraine Cure |
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Serves: 1
Calories : 78 cal |
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| Cantaloupe Tonic |
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¼ -inch slice ginger
200 gms (7 oz) cantaloupe fruit
125 ml water
Wash the ginger. Remove the skin
from cantaloupe and chop into cubes.
Blend smooth, the cantaloupes and
ginger with water, in a blender. Serve
the tonic fresh and chilled during
migraine attacks. |
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| Recipes for Treating Insomnia |
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| Recipe to Treat Insomnia |
Serves : 2
Cooking time : 30 min |
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200 gms (7 oz) Indian bottle gourd
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp sugar
½ tsp turmeric powder
½ tsp nutmeg powder
2 tbsp grated coconut
2 tbsp oil
2 dry red chili
Salt as per taste
Water, as required
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Wash, de skin & chop bottle gourd into
small pieces. Heat oil. Add cumin seeds
and dry red chili. Fry for 2-3 min and
slide in the chopped gourd. Mix & add
turmeric, sugar, salt & nutmeg. Cover &
cook for 5 min. Stir removing the lid.
Now pour in water. Allow to boil. Add
grated coconut. When done and water
dries up, switch of the flame. Keep the
curry covered. Serve with rice or
Indian breads.
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| Stress Free Life – Make these Recipes |
| Recipe during Stress |
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Serves : 1
Calories : 248 cal |
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| Strawberry Shake |
1 cup chopped strawberries
½ firm pear
1 ripe banana, medium size
1 tbsp brewer’s yeast
125 ml water
Wash and chop the strawberries and the
pear. Extract the juice from strawberries
& the pear. Place juice, banana , yeast
and water in a blender or food rocessor
and blend till smooth. Serve the thick
strawberry shake, chilled. |
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| Recipe during Stress |
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Serves : 1
Cooking time : 15 min |
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| Stir Fry Broccoli |
1 cup broccoli flowerets
½ tsp cumin seeds
2 dry red chili |
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1 tsp garlic crushed
1 tbsp olive oil (or any oil of your choice)
Salt as per taste
1 tbsp chopped parsley
Heat oil in a pan. Toss in the cumin seeds & the red chilies. Fry for 1-2 min. Add the crushed garlic. Fry and slide in the
broccoli flowerets. Cover & cook for 5- 8 min till the broccoli are boiled and crunchy. Sprinkle salt. Garnish with
chopped parsley. Serve hot. |
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| Are you Underweight? – Try these Recipes |
| Recipe for Underweight |
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Serves : 1
Calories : 386 cal |
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| Tropical Nectar |
1 passion fruit, peeled
½ ripe papaya peeled
1 nectarine, med size, peeled
1 ripe banana, med size
¼ cup ice cubes
3-4 orange slices to garnish |
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and banana. Juice passion fruit, papaya, and nectarine. Place juice, banana & ice in
blender or food processor, & blend into
frosty drink. Garnish with orange slices.
Serve Tropical Nectar, fresh & chilled. |
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| Recipes to lower your Blood Pressure |
| Recipe to reduce your High |
| Blood Pressure |
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Serves : 1
Calories : 160 cal |
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| Potassium Shake |
¼ cantaloupe (135 gms)
1 ripe banana, chopped
125 ml water
Extract juice from the cantaloupe. Place
juice, water and banana in blender or
food processor, and blend until smooth.
When done, serve the potassium rich
shake, chilled. |
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| Recipe to reduce your High |
| Blood Pressure |
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Serves : 2
Calories : 162 cal/serving
Cooking time : 45 min |
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| Sweet Potato Kheer |
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100 gms (3.5 oz) sweet potato
30 gms (1.06 oz) brown sugar or jaggery
200 ml milk (full fat)
Cardamom powder, a pinch
1 tbsp coconut flakes
Wash and boil the potato with skin.
When boiled, peel the skin & then mash well. In a round bottomed vessel, mix the mashed potato and
milk. Add powered
jaggery or brown sugar to it. Mix it well.
Now cook the mixture till it thickens.
When done, add cardamom powder.
Garnish with coconut flakes and serve. |
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| Treating Diabetes Mellitus – A few Recipes |
| Recipe for Diabetes Mellitus |
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Serves : 1
Calories : 55 cal |
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| Low Sugar Pop |
1 red apple
¼ lime
125ml water
Wash and chop the apple into cubes.
Remove the seeds. Blend with water in
a blender, till smooth. Strain the juice &
pour into tall glass. Squeeze lime juice.
Mix well. Serve Low Sugar Pop, chilled. |
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| Recipe for Diabetes Mellitus |
Serves : 2
(makes 2 omelet’s)
Preparation time : 30 min
Calories : 160 cal/serving |
45 gms (1.60 oz) chick pea flour (besan)
15 gms (0.53 oz) whole wheat flour
50 gms (1.75 oz) chopped onion or leek,
10 gms (0.35 oz) chopped tomato
½ tsp finely chopped ginger
2 tbsp chopped cilantro
Salt to taste
½ tsp black pepper powder
2 tsp oil
Water, sufficient to make a batter |
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| Channa Omelet |
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Mix all the ingredients (except oil) with
sufficient quantity of water to make a
batter of pouring consistency. Heat oil
in a flat pan and pour the batter in the form of omelet. When one side is brown,
flip over the other side. Fry till brown. Repeat the same process, for all omelet’s. When done, serve
the Channa Omelet hot with lentil curry or any
vegetable curry of your choice. |
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| Low Calorie Recipes for Obesity and Overweight |
| Recipe for Obesity |
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Serves : 1
Calories : 52 cal |
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| Cucumber Cooler |
1 med red tomato
1 small cucumber
2 stalks celery (60gms)
2 tsp chopped parsley
125 ml water |
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Wash tomato. Chop into cubes an d
remove the seeds. Juice the tomatoes
with a little water. Strain. Pour the juice
into ice cube tray, & freeze. Wash, peel
and chop the cucumber into cubes.
Blend cucumber & celery with water in a
blender. Pour juice into tall glass. Add
tomato cubes and garnish with sprig of
parsley.: |
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| Recipe for Obesity |
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Serves : 2
Preparation time : 30 min
Calories : 58 cal/serving |
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| Cucumber Re – mix |
100 gms (3.5 oz) cucumber
50 gms (1.75 oz) apple
50 gms (1.75 oz) orange
50 gms (1.75 oz) water- melon
100 gms (3.5 oz) raw papaya
1 lemon
1tsp roasted cumin powder
Salt, for taste
Black pepper powder, a pinch
Peel the cucumber skin. Chop the apple, cucumber, orange & water-melon into
small cubes. Grate the raw papaya and
squeeze lemon into the salad. Add salt, cumin powder & pepper powder. Mix well
and serve immediately. |
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| Recipes to Cure Water Retention or Edema |
| Recipe to Cure Edema |
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Serves : 1
Calories : 224 cal |
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| Summer Breeze |
1med orange
½ cup green grapes
2 cups watermelon pieces
Few mint leaves
250 ml water
Peel the orange skin. Chop into pieces
and remove seeds. Wash the grapes.
Now blend the fruits with water in a
blender. Strain. Pour juice into tall glass
over crushed ice, and garnish with sprig
of mint. Serve with straw. |
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| Recipe to Cure Edema |
Serves : 2
Preparation & cooking time : 30 min
Calories : 72 cal/serving
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20 gms (0.70 oz) gooseberry
20 gms (0.70 oz) cucumber
2 green chilies
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp oil
A few curry leaves
1 tbsp crushed jaggery
Salt as per taste
2 tbsp grated coconut
A pinch of asafetida
Water as required
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| Gooseberry Chutney |
Boil gooseberry and then remove the
seeds. Grind it to a thick paste using little
water & keep it separately. Again grind
grated coconut, cucumber & green chilies.
Mix all the grinded ingredients together.
Prepare jaggery syrup with a little water.
Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard
seeds & cumin seeds. When it splutters,
add the curry leaves and asafetida. Now
add the grind paste to it along with a little
water. Allow to boil for 5 min. Add the
jaggery water and mix thoroughly. When
done, add salt according to taste. |
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