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Sakthi Lunch -5
3.Salad
The third component of lunch is salads which is the un-cooked vegetables. It could be green leaves or raw vegetables and germinated beans or grains.
Baby spinach, lettuce, dill leaves, coriander leaves can be used.
Raw vegetables like baby carrots, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, radish, cabbage, cauliflower etc can be used.
Germinated grains like wheat grass or amaranth and germinated beans like green mung, chick peas, alfalfa could be used.
Banana stem salad
Banana stem is rich in fiber and so good for diabetes and to lower cholesterol and triglycerides. It cleans the intestines. |It can be cooked and eaten, but the best is to eat as salad. Cut into small pieces and mix with yogurt and eat. Also grated coconut can be used.
While taking medication to improve sperm count do not use banana stem.
flax oil wheat germ oil
Green gram salad
Ingredients:
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Germinated green gram 1 cup
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Coriander leaves chopped 2 teaspoon
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Green chilies 2
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Yogurt 1 cup
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Coconut grated 5 teaspoon
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Salt ½ teaspoon
Preparation:
Germinate the green gram by soaking in water for 2 days. Mix all the ingredients and serve. Serve during lunch or dinner.
Preparation time: 10 minutes.
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Sakthi's Chutney Recipes-2
"Fennel" Chutney
Ingredients:
| Fennel | 1/4 Cup | Ginger grated | 2 Teaspoon |
| Coconut grated | 2 Teaspoon | Flavor mix | 1 Teaspoon |
| Salt | ½ Teaspoon | Water | 3 Tablespoon |
Preparation:
Grind all the ingredients into a fine paste.
Serve with bread, rice, tortillas.
Preparation time: 10 minutes.
Benefits: Fennel is good for digestion and more than that it is rich in anti-oxidants and so very powerful to cure and prevent cancer.
FLAX SEED chutney !
--Grind together 250 gms roasted flax seeds, a big palmful of dried red chillies, and 1-2 whole garlic (the whole thing). Add salt to taste. Enjoy on toast, curd rice, boiled veggies, dal-rice , what else....... (On second thoughts, this is like manna from heaven for cardiac types....flax, garlic, capsaicin......no frying, )
---For those who are anti-garlic, a ground mixture of dried kadhipatta leaves, flax seeds and dried red chillies is also very tasty.
--- Make a delcious mixture of juice of a few lemons, salt, red chilly powder, fenugreek powder(methi), haldi (turmeric), and add in ground flax seeds chutney, or just plain ground seeds. This makes a delicious sandwhich spread.
The above information is from Suranga's site about Flax and thyroid.
Flax is the best source of Omega-3 fats. It prevents cancer, reduces High Cholesterol, Triglycerides and relieves constipation.
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Sakthi's Chutney Recipes-2
"Kuda-Puli" Chutney
Kuda-puli is a small sour fruit and is highly praised in Ayurveda and folk medicine for its excellent anti-colic action. For any problems related to colon, the l
arge intestine, this is a great medicine. It is also a powerful anti-spasmodic, preventing spasms in intestines. This is also good for inflammatory bowel diseases. This is often used in the states of Kerala and Andhra Pradesh in India. Available in Indian stores. Use this daily for at least 41 days in the form of soup or chutney. It is extremely sour so use coconut or almonds to lessen the sourness. The picture below is the dried form of kuda-puli.
Ingredients:
| Kuda-puli | 1/4 Cup | Ginger grated | 2 Teaspoon |
| Coconut grated | 2 Teaspoon | Flavor mix | 1 Teaspoon |
| Salt | ½ Teaspoon | Water | 3 Tablespoon |
Preparation:
Grind all the ingredients into a fine paste.
Serve with bread, rice, tortillas.
Preparation time: 10 minutes.
Benefits: This fruit is good for digestive problems and cures any diseases in the colon. It is anti-spasmodic and also reduces fat and so good for obesity.
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Sakthi's Chutney Recipes-2
Ingredients:
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1 Cup |
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2 Tablespoon |
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1 |
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2 Teaspoon |
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1 Teaspoon |
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1 Tablespoon |
Preparation:
Heat oil in a pan and sauté urad dal for two minutes till light brown in color. Grind mint leaves, heated urad dal, green chilies along with salt and water in a blender to form a thick paste.
Variations:
Mint chutney can also be prepared by adding chopped onions - 2 teaspoon, grated ginger - ½ teaspoon, lime juice or tamarind juice - 1 teaspoon along with the above ingredients and grind all the ingredients together.
Serve with rice, bread, chapatti, pasta.
Preparation time: 10 minutes.
Benefits: Mint leaves are very good for reducing mucus in the system and also improves digestive system. Hence useful in asthma and mucus elevated conditions. It is also useful in poor digestion and heaviness of stomach.
Ingredients:
| Bell pepper | 1 | Ginger | 1 |
| Olive oil | 2 Teaspoon | Salt | 1 Teaspoon |
| Water | 1 Tablespoon |
Preparation:
Grind all with water in a blender to form a thick paste.
Variations: Use green, red and green peppers alternatively.
Benefits: Ginger is good for nauseating conditions. Bell pepper is good for anemia. This anti-oxidants rich chutney is also good in nhibiting the growth of cancer and so very good for curing and preventing cancer.
Ingredients:
| Garlic peeled | 5 | Fresh lemon juice | 2 Teaspoon |
| Water | 2 Teaspoon | Salt | ½ Teaspoon |
| Hot chili | 1 | Fenugreek seeds | 2 |
| Turmeric powder | ½ Teaspoon | Mustard seeds | ½ Teaspoon |
| Cumin seeds | ½ Teaspoon | Bell pepper | 1 |
Preparation:
Grind all the ingredients into a fine paste. If needed coconut can be added to reduce the spiciness of garlic
Serve with bread, rice, tortillas, pasta.
Preparation time: 10 minutes.
Benefits: Garlic promotes digestion and also is a strong natural antibiotic for various infectious diseases. With Bell pepper which is rich in vitamin C, the effect is enhanced. It is also very good for curing and preventing cancer.
Ingredients:
| Mango peeled | ½ Cup | Ginger grated | 2 Teaspoon |
| Coconut grated | 2 Teaspoon | Flavor mix | 1 Teaspoon |
| Salt | ½ Teaspoon | Water | 3 Tablespoon |
Preparation:
Grind all the ingredients into a fine paste.
Serve with bread, rice, tortillas.
Preparation time: 10 minutes. Instead of mango, coconut can also be used.
Benefits: Ginger is good for nauseating conditions and also for digestive problems. It is also very good for curing and preventing cancer.
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Sakthi's Chutney Recipes
These chutneys go with rice, tortilla, chapattis, and pastas or noodles
Ingredients:
| Orange peel | Half of an orange | Coconut | ½ |
| Flavor mix | 2 Spoon | Tamarind | 1 Piece |
| Ginger | 1 Piece | Mint leaves | 4 Leaves |
| Coriander leaves | Handful | Salt | ½ Tea Spoon |
Preparation:
Add the ingredients in a blender with half a cup water and grind to a paste .
This can be had as a side dish for rice or pancakes. This tastes good when spread over bread and eaten.
Preparation time: 7 minutes.
Benefits: Excellent for varicose veins and cancers. The peel is rich in rutin that is good for strengthening the blood capillaries. The anti-oxidants rich peels are found to inhibit the growth of cancer in experiments mice by a study conducted by National Institute of Health (NIH).
Orange, Tangerine Peels Could Be Better Than Drugs For Lowering Cholesterol. A compound found in the peels of citrus fruit has the potential to lower cholesterol more effectively than some prescription drugs, and without side effects, according to a study by U.S. and Canadian researchers.
A joint study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and KGK Synergize, a Canadian nutraceutical company, identified a class of compounds isolated from orange and tangerine peels that shows promise in animal studies as a potent, natural alternative for lowering LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol), without the possible side effects, such as liver disease and muscle weakness, of conventional cholesterol-lowering drugs. It also offers other health benefits, including protection against cancer, heart disease and inflammation. All benefits were increased when this was given with foods rich in vitamin E.
Oranges rich in vitamin C offer another important yet lesser-known nutritional bonus: citrus limonoids. In laboratory tests with animals and with human cells, citrus limonoids have been shown to help fight cancers of the mouth, skin, lung, breast, stomach and colon.
In other early work, Manners and colleagues found that limonin may lower cholesterol. The researchers showed that, when exposed to limonin, human liver cells in petri dishes produced less apo B, a compound associated with higher cholesterol levels.
Citrus Shows Promise For Certain Childhood Cancer. Research by Texas Agriculture Experiment Station scientists has shown that citrus compounds called limonoids targeted and stopped neuroblastoma cells in the lab.
"Limonoids are unique to citrus," Patil said. "They are not present in any other fruits or vegetables. My goal is to find the direct benefits of citrus on human health. "Neuroblastomas account for about 10 percent of all cancer in children, Harris said, and is usually a solid tumor in the neck, chest, spinal cord or adrenal gland. The finding in citrus is promising not only for its potential to arrest cancer, but because limonoids induce no side affects, December 1, 2004
Red-Bell-pepper-chutney
Ingredients:
| Celery leaves | 1 Cup | Urad dal | 2 Tablespoon |
| Green chili | 1 | Olive oil | 2 Teaspoon |
| Salt | 1 Teaspoon | Water | 1 Tablespoon |
| Onion chopped | ½ Cup | Grated ginger | ½ Teaspoon |
| Tamarind or lime juice | 1 Teaspoon |
Preparation:
Heat oil in a pan and sauté urad dal for two minutes till light brown in color. Blend this with green chili, chopped onions, grated ginger, tamarind or lime juice and salt in a blender to form a thick paste by adding required water.
Serve with rice, bread, chapatti, pasta.
Preparation time: 10 minutes.
Benefits: The anti-oxidants rich onions and celery inhibit the growth of cancer and so very good for curing and preventing cancer.
Ingredients:
| curry leaves | 1 Bunch | Coconut grated | ½ Cup |
| Lemon juice | 1 Tablespoon | Flavor mix | 1 Teaspoon |
| Ginger grated | 1 Teaspoon | Garlic minced | 1 Pod |
| Salt | ½ Teaspoon |
Preparation:
Fry lightly grated coconut scraping in oil, with grated ginger and garlic and flavor mix and salt to taste. Put in a blender with the leaves and lemon juice and grind into a paste using sufficient water and serve.
Serve with rice, bread, tortillas.
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Benefits: Curry leaves are very good for the bones. For any bone problems the medicinal value of this chutney enhances by adding one teaspoon of fenugreek powder and one teaspoon of turmeric powder.
Ingredients:
| Coriander leaves | 1 Cup | Urad dal | 2 Tablespoon |
| Green chili | 1 | Olive oil | 2 Teaspoon |
| Salt | 1 Teaspoon | Water | 1 Tablespoon |
Preparation:
Heat oil in a pan and sauté urad dal for two minutes till light brown in color. Grind corainder leaves, heated urad dal, green chilies along with salt and water in a blender to form a thick paste.
Variations:
Corainder chutney can also be prepared by adding chopped onions - 2 teaspoon, grated ginger - ½ teaspoon, lime juice or tamarind juice - 1 teaspoon along with the above ingredients and grind all the ingredients together.
Serve with rice, bread, chapatti, pasta.
Preparation time: 10 minutes.
Benefits: Coriander leaves are very good for heavy metals detoxification. Several studies shows that eating fresh coriander leaves increase the excretion of heavy metals in urine.
