Kashmiri Spiced Saffron Rice

Kashmiri Spiced Saffron Rice
	Ingredients           • 500g basmati rice • 1 tablespoon ghee • 1 tablespoon olive oil • 1 onion, finely sliced • 2 cloves garlic chopped • 5 cardamom pods, bruised • 3 whole cloves • 1 small quill cinnamon • 1/4 teaspoon powdered Baby Brand Saffron • 1 liter very hot water • 2 teaspoons sea salt • 3 tablespoons sultanas           Garnish :           1/2 cup frozen peas~1/2 cup raw cashews~3 hard boiled eggs           Preparation           Wash the rice in two or three changes of water then drain for at least 30 minutes in a colander. In a heavy saucepan with a well-fitting lid, heat the ghee and olive oil. Fry onion, garlic and spices, stirring frequently, for about 8 minutes or until onions and garlic start to brown. Add rice & fry for 2 minutes, stirring until each grain is coated with ghee. Add hot water, salt, sultanas and Baby Brand Saffron. Boil, then turn heat as low as possible, cover tightly and allow cooking for 15 minutes. While rice is steaming, boil the eggs. Heat a little oil and fry the cashew nuts until golden, then drain them on kitchen paper. Cook the frozen peas in lightly salted boiling water. Uncover rice and allow steam to escape for a few minutes, then fork lightly to separate grains. Serve rice with a metal spoon…

Saffron Kulfi

Saffron Kulfi
		Serves :	8 Persons
	Ingredients           • 1 1/2qt Whole milk • 1/3cup Sugar • 63/1000tsp Powdered Baby Brand Saffron or • 1/8tsp Baby Brand Saffron threads • 1tbl Boiling water • 8x Paper cups or • Cooking parchment or • Waxed paper • 8 x Ice cream sticks (optional)           Preparation           In a 6-8 quart pan over high heat, stir milk and sugar until simmering. Over medium-high heat, boil until reduced to 2 cups, 25-35 minutes, stirring often; slide pan partially off heat if milk threaten to boil over. Let cool; to speed cooling, set pan in ice water. Place Baby Brand Saffron in a small bowl. Add boiling water, stir, and let stand for 5 minutes. Break up threads with a small spoon. Scrape mixture into warm reduced milk mixture. Set paper cups in a rimmed pan. Or, to make cones, cut 8 pieces of parchment or waxed paper into 7-1/2" squares. Fold each piece in half to make a triangle. With long edge toward you, bring 1 of the 45' angles to the top of the triangle, then roll toward other angle. To close hole at bottom, starting from the top, press 1 inside sheet to the opposite side. Tape the cone in a few places to hold it together. Support each cone, pointed end down, in a cup slightly taller than the cone; set cups in a rimmed pan. Divide milk mixture among cups or cones. Freeze until kulfi is thick but not hard, 1 to 1-1/2 hours; then, if desired, push an ice cream stick into each container. Freeze until firm, about 2 hours longer. To eat, peel off paper. To store, seal kulfi (still in cups or cones) in a large plastic bag; freeze for up to 2 weeks.

Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt

I don't use refined white table salt, either. Instead, I use Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt because it contains the full spectrum of 84 minerals and trace elements just like Mother Earth intended. It is an unrefined, unprocessed "raw" salt that's hand-mined from abundant salt caves that were formed 250 million years ago as ocean salt settled in certain geologic pockets around the earth.

Most of the western world thinks of salt as sodium chloride -- a highly refined, processed white substance that's devoid of nutrients. Salt is so devoid of nutrients, in fact, that in the early 20th century, doctors noticed that people who ate white table salt started to suffer chronic degenerative diseases such as goiter. This was caused by the lack of iodine in the salt.

Iodine deficiency, by the way, is the No. 1 most preventable cause of mental retardation. Eating processed salt that lacks iodine, in other words, can cause your offspring to be retarded.

Now what's really interesting about processed table salt is that it's missing over 80 minerals. But they only put ONE mineral back in -- iodine. That's because iodine is the one mineral that causes the most obvious disease (goiter is sort of hard to not notice).

Iodine is a naturally occurring mineral in the ocean. It's abundant in seafood and in real sea salt, but it's completely missing from refined white table salt.

So they started adding iodine to table salt, creating "iodized salt."

But why would you want to eat salt that's been artificially enriched with ONE mineral when you could be eating salt that naturally contains eighty-four minerals?

Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt contains 84 minerals and trace minerals, including iodine!

The way to tell if your salt is really full-spectrum salt is to look at the color. If it's pure white, it's not full-spectrum. White salt is just like white sugar: It's missing the key supporting minerals and nutrients your body needs.

Full-spectrum salt always has a non-white color. Celtic Sea Salt, for example (which is really good salt) has a brownish sandy color. Our Pink Himalayan salt is a sort of sandy rose color. All the truly natural full-spectrum salts are sandy or brownish in color.

Some other things you may not know about full-spectrum salt:

• This product stores for years. It's naturally shelf-stable as long as you keep it relatively dry and unopened. Store in a dark, cool place for longest shelf life.

• Full-spectrum salt is a crucial preparedness item. Your body cannot live without salt, and in a crisis situation, real salt may be very difficult to come by in many areas. Storing full-spectrum salt is not only good for your health today; it's a type of nutritional insurance against future food shortages.

• If you exercise a lot, juice a lot or live in a very hot climate, your body may actually need more salt than you're getting. But processed salt doesn't provide all the minerals your body needs to replenish. Only full-spectrum salt fulfills your body's true salt needs.

• A craving for junk foods is often just a craving for full-spectrum salt. When your body lacks minerals, it urges you to consume more. This is often mistranslated in your mind as a craving for salty snack foods. But consuming full-spectrum salt (in a reasonable amount) can often ease your junk food cravings.

Our Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt comes from the Himalayan Region of the Karakoram mountain range located 400 miles from the Hunza Valley in Pakistan. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakoram)

Our salt is always stone ground. No metal ever touches the salt during grinding. All the salt is extracted by hand from the salt caves (ancient sea bed deposits). No salt from other sources is mixed with this salt. This is 100% from the Karakoram mountain range salt caves.

These salt deposits are roughly 250 million years old, meaning they were deposited long before the earth became polluted with heavy metals, pesticides and PCBs. While there is really no such thing as "organic" salt, this is probably the most pristine salt you'll find anywhere on the planet. Eating this salt is a lot like going back in time and consuming minerals from pre-industrial Earth.

Are you aware of salt sole'? my wife is an ayurvedic practitioner, and we have been consuming a 1/4 tsp of dissolved himalayan pink salt in a glass of fresh water. (spring or well, untreated, as chlorine destroys the ability of water to transport information), this is a wonderful way to get the salt in that we need each day. i have lost all my extra weight, over 100 pounds by eating within my dosha and maintaining a daily intake of pink salt. thanks for the article, you can fing us at www.satyaatraa.com. peace, roy

Home remedies to zap zits- Charu Chhibber

Monsoon brings along a host of skin problems, acne being the most prominent. In such weather, youngsters and the ones with oily skin suffer from pimples. If one is prone to acute acne problem, it’s best to visit a dermatologist, but for stray zits there are some simple home remedies. Just make sure there is no history of allergies.

Acne usually starts with blackheads, which are formed when oil and dead cells get stuck in pores and turn black. The inflammation, when it turns red, is the unsightly pimple. While a regular clean-up reduces blackheads, here’s what you can do to prevent them.

• Take a few pieces of jaiphal (nutmeg), mix it with unboiled milk and apply the paste on acne. Wash it after about two hours
• Make a mixture of cinnamon powder and honey and apply on pimples before going to bed at night. Wash it with warm water in the morning. Do this for a fortnight
• Grind orange peels and mix them with a few drops of water and apply it on the face
• Mix a tablespoon each of fresh lime juice and groundnut oil and apply it on the face to avoid blackheads
• Leave fresh mint juice on the face overnight
• Take methi (fenugreek) leaves and make a paste. Apply it every night for 15 minutes and wash off
• Make paste of turmeric powder and neem leaves and apply on pimples. Leave it for about half hour
• Take equal quantities of rose water and lime juice and apply it on the affected area. Leave it on for 20 minutes
• Make a facewash by adding fresh lime juice to a cup of unboiled milk and use it on the face
• Take some tomato pulp and apply it on the face. Leave it for 45 minutes
• Take a few drops of rose water and mix it with sandalwood. Apply the paste on your face and wash after 20 minutes
• Boil two-three tea bags with dried tulsi leaves for 10-20 minutes. Apply on acne with a cotton ball

RSS-developed cancer drug gets US patent :

source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/RSS-developed-cancer-drug-gets-US-patent/articleshow/6058657.cms

NAGPUR: An anti-cancer drug extracted from cow urine and developed by an affiliate of the RSS has got a US patent for the third time for its anti-genotoxicity properties, a senior official has said. 

The drug developed by RSS-backed Go Vigyan Anusandhan Kendra had earlier got the US patent as a bio-enhancer with antibiotics and anti-cancer drugs. 

The research for the drug brand named 'Kamdhenu Ark' was carried out jointly by the Anusandhan Kendra and National Environmental Engineer Research Institute (NEERI), Acting Director of NEERI Tapan Chakraborty said. 

The research found that Re-distilled Cow Urine Distillate (RCUD) was useful for protecting and repairing DNA from oxidative damage, Chakraborty and Sunil Mansinghka of Kendra told reporters yesterday. 

Oxidative DNA damage is a leading cause of ageing, cancer and other diseases. 

RCUD works against genotoxicity, a harmful action on a cell's genetic material, they said, adding research has strengthened the efficacy of 'Kamdhenu Ark' as an anti-cancer drug. 

The research was carried out on three patients, two of them having throat and uterus cancer, Mansinghka said.











Ten years back Senior RSS Pracharak Sri. Na Krishnappa was diagnosed with Cancer and had passed the first stage. He took the challenge to fight the cancer. He took Gomutra and stayed in a octogonal pyramid constructed only with wood, mud and mudtiles. Next 12-18 months the cancer was gone! He is still living healthy. In energy he shames any young guy and you can visit him in RSS karyalaya at Keshavakripa, Shankarapuram in Bangalore

FOR ALL CAR OWNERS/IN HIGH TEMPRATURE COUNTRIES: Please do NOT turn on A/C as soon as you enter the car

FOR ALL CAR OWNERS/IN  HIGH TEMPRATURE COUNTRIES 

TAKE MORE CARE + PLS PASS MESSAGE TO YOUR FREINDS,RELATIVES....................   

                                                           

My new car's booklet specifically states that one should open car windows for 5 minutes + to air the car before switching on the Air Condition I wondered why.                        

                                               

No wonder more folks are dying from cancer than  ever before. We wonder where this stuff comes  from but here is an example that explains a lot  of the cancer causing incidents.  Hmmm.  Many people are in their cars first  thing in the morning and the last thing at night, 7 days a  week. As I read this, it makes me feel guilty and ill.  Please pass this on to as many people as possible. Guess its not too late to make some  changes

                                                                                          

Car A/C (Air Conditioning) MUST READ!!! 

Please do NOT turn on A/C as soon as you enter the car. Open the  windows after you enter your car and turn ON the AC after a couple of minutes.                                                         

Here's why:                                      

                                                

According to a research, the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener emit  Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin (carcinogen -   take time to observe the smell of heated plastic  in your car).                                                                                   

In addition to causing cancer, Benzene poisons your bones, causes anemia and reduces white   blood cells.                                     

                                                

Prolonged exposure will cause Leukemia, increasing the risk of cancer.                   

                                                

Can also cause miscarriage.                      

                                                

Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50 mg per     sq. Ft. A car parked indoors with windows closed  will contain 400-800 mg of Benzene.              

                                                

If parked outdoors under the sun at a temperature above 60 degrees F, the Benzene  level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level.                                

                                                

People who get into the car, keeping windows   closed will inevitably inhale, i n quick   succession, excessive amounts of the toxin.      

                                                

Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidney and  liver.. What's worse, it is extremely difficult  for your body to expel this toxic stuff.         

                                                

So friends, please open the windows and door of   your car - give time for interior to air out  -dispel the 20deadly stuff - before you enter.   

                                                

                                                                       Thought:                                         

                                                

'When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it ,you have a moral  obligation to share it with others.'

Regards,

HARISH K DUBEY   

Manager - Quality & Compliance

(Vaccines) Corporate Office   

Breathing Therapy & lo! headaches are gone!

The nose has a left and a right side; we use both to inhale and exhale. 

Actually they are different; you would be able to feel the difference. 

The right side represents the sun, left side represents the moon. 

During a headache, try to close your right nose and use your left nose to breathe. 

In about 5 mins, your headache will go? 

  

If you feel tired, just reverse, close your left nose and breathe through your right nose. 

After a while, you will feel your mind is refreshed. 

Right side belongs to 'hot', so it gets heated up easily, left side belongs to 'cold'. 

Most females breathe with their left noses, so they get "cooled off" faster. 

Most of the guys breathe with their right noses, they get worked up. 

Do you notice the moment we wake up, which side breathes faster? Left or right? ? 

If left is faster, you will feel tired. 

So, close your left nose and use your right nose for breathing, you will get refreshed quickly. 

This can be taught to kids, but it is more effective when practiced by adults. 

My friend used to have bad headaches and was always visiting the doctor. 

There was this period when he suffered headache literally every night, unable to study. 

He took painkillers, did not work. 

He decided to try out the breathing therapy here: closed his right nose and breathed through his left nose. 

In less than a week, his headaches were gone! He continued the exercise for one month. 

This alternative natural therapy without medication is something that he has experienced. 

So, why not give it a try?