Health Food

Kashmiri Pulao

Ingredients

500gms Long Grain (Basmati) Rice
100gms Onion sliced vertically
5gms Cinnamon (dalchini)
5gms cardamom (Elaichi)
5gms cloves
1gm saffron (kesar)
10 ml Milk
20gms walnut
20gms cashew nut
1litre water
50gms oil
salt to taste
Fruits Like Apple,Pomegranate,Pineapple

• Wash and soak rice.
• Heat oil and fry onions till golden brown and remove. 
• add rice
• dd hot water and mix well.
• Cook a little. Finish with remaining saffron and cook till grains are separated and done.
• Garnish kashmiri pulao with fried onions, walnuts & cashew nuts and fruits

Amla

Amla is an extensively used herb in making ayurvedic medicines. Amla is supposed to rejuvenate all the organ systems of the body, provide strength and wellness. According to ayurvedic experts regular usage of amla will make our live more then 100 years like a youth.Amla keeps us away from all the diseases by boosting our immune system. It is known as Emblica officinalis in biological terms and amlaki in Sanskrit language. It is the richest natural source of vitamin C.

Health Benefits of Amla

- It is very helpful in skin diseases.
- It promotes glow on skin and delays wrinkles or loosening of skin.
- It stimulates hair follicles thus promoting hair growth and also improves texture of the hair.
- It prevents premature graying of hairs and dandruff.
- Amla act as natural hair conditioner and provides good nourishment and also helps in normalizing blood supply
- It acts as an effective natural cure for indigestion, acidity, constipation, gastric troubles, and flatulence.
- It is helpful in improving liver function.
- It helps in lowering cholesterol and blood sugar level.
- It has very good results in chronic cough, child hood and allergic asthma and tuberculosis.
- It provides nourishment to the nerves and is helpful in paralytic conditions.
- It also works as brain tonic and helps to alertness and memory.
- It helps in improving quality of sperms due to its madhur (sweet) vipaka property.
- It also acts as anti-inflammatory agent thereby suppresses pain and swelling.
- Amla finds great application in improving eyesight.
- It also improves general health weakness and makes our body’s immune system strong therefore help to fight diseases.

Honey and Amla

Ayurveda says that taking Amla with honey increases the medicinal effects of Amla multifold. This unique products is having Amla segments and shred preserved in honey. It is delicious, pure, nutritious and full of health.

Nature-O-Cafe

Here's the reciepe of natureopathy coffee.

Fenugreek  - 25 gm

Cumin seeds-100 gm

Coriander -100 gm

Wheat  -25 gm

Fry each item seperately  for 5-7 mins and finally together for 2 mins.

Powder the mixture and keep in a air tight container.This is the Nature-O-Mix

Take a piece of jagerry  and put in a glass of water and allow it to boil.Take 1 spoon of  nature-o-mix and put in the boiling water of jagerry.Filter it and consume,.This is a very good Drink that can be taken in daily.

Pomegranate benefits

Pomegranate is nowadays becoming the most popular fruit.It has plenty of anitoxidants,ofcourse all the fruits contain aniti oxidants to some extend..But for this case its more...more than consuming green tea...we can remove the outer covering and eat the seeds as such, or we can make juice out of it...(whooohh!!! which will be red in color),or we can include with salads,especially fruit salads.The juice extracts have antibacterial effects against dental plaque.

Health benefits :-

• Rich source of vitamin C&B
• Rich source of fibre
• Lowers Cholestrol(by increasing HDL value and decreasing LDL values)
• Increase your immunity level
• Rich source of pottassium
• Fights against almost all types of cancer.
• Prevents Alzheimers disease to a great extend.
• Keeps the blood pressure in normal values
• Fights against infant brain injury

Diet for Nursing mother

Mother should drink 10-15 glasses of water preferably boiled water.In addition to this mom should have 2-3 glasses of milk,butter milk. I think teat and coffee should be avoided at least for nursing period.But she can include juices like carrot juice,orange juice,pineapple,apple..lime juice etc.... Mom should eat salads of various types..including Kovakka ( Ivy Gourd ),cucumber,carrots,tomatoes.Green gram sprouts is a good item to include along with salads,as the combination is very nice.Rajma (Red kidney bean) receipes is a healthy and delicious food which can be consumed during this period.Also Dry fruits like Almonds,Cashew Nut,Dates,Dry Plum,Walnut etc should be included in your diet.Consumption of brahmi along with milk during nursing period benefits a lot.

Up to Six Months

Up to six months there's no question,.. Only mothers milk.And if the mother is working,its better to stay with your child,up to six months.Mother should eat good food,should have good,comfortable sleep,should be happy always,should drink a lot of water.Nursing mother's food should include leafy vegitables,Cereals,Milk.The paste of Satavari (2 tsp) boiled in milk (100ml) taken for enhancing breast milk production soon after delivery.Regular intake of Moringa leaves will help to increase milk production.Sample receipe of moriga is available here.http://arremedies.blogspot.com/2006/05/magic-of-moringa.html .

Intake of healthy food is necessary for mother as it reflects the kid.Kid is getting milk from the food that mother eats.You should also ensure that you are drinking lot of water.Atleast 10-12 glasses of water is a must,and can drink buttermilk,fruit juices,milk apart from this.I think you can avoid tea/Coffee during lactation period.