Monday, 30 January 2012

How to Make Natural Facepack for Acne and Pimples

From Beauty Mantra: How to Make Natural Facepack for Acne and Pimples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOp8hzCYif4

Beauty Tips: Home Treatment Of Pimples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIfRaypt59s&feature=relmfu

Beauty Tips: How To Get Glowing Skin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozgHIkfDo84&feature=relmfu

How to Use a Facial Mask

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwvtg6W6ewQ&feature=related

What are Facial Masks?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBUVGO8juPg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwvtg6W6ewQ&feature=related

Beauty Tips: Managing Oily Skin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZe-8LGhbYk&feature=relmfu

Oats Mast (For glowing skin)

Oats have always been prized for their energy giving properties, but they are also great for the skin. When added to a bath can provide relief for eczema, mild burns, and generally maintain your skin. For a lovely natural facial scrub, you can use them alone, or create individual face masks. Try this recipe for a luxurious mask.

1/2 cup of oats.
5 or 6 drops of rose or lavender oil.
To make it into a paste, you can add either water, yoghurt, or milk
Crush the oats and mix the ingredients together to form the paste. It is ready to use! Save a little of the paste, and after using it as a scub to exfoliate your skin, you can use the rest as a relaxing mask.

yoghurt face pack

Yoghurt has mild cleansing properties for your skin. You can smooth it on your skin plain or add other natural ingredients to make a mask.
1 cup plain yoghurt.
1 table spoon of honey.
A dash of lemon juice.
1 egg white (whipped).
Mix together the yoghurt, honey and lemon juice. Whisk your egg white then add to the yoghurt mix. Apply to your face and neck, lie back and relax for 15 minutes.

Avocado Moisture Mask

Avocados are full of moisturising qualities. Again you can use them plain and mashed, as a basic moisture boost, add them to the yogurt mask.

1 ripe avocado.

1 tablespoon of honey.

Mix the ingredients together into a paste, and apply to face and neck for 15-20 minutes.

Honey and Oat Soothing Mask

5 oz plain yoghurt

¼ or ½ cup oatmeal

3 tsp honey .

Combine all ingredients. Apply a thin layer to face. The honey will help the mask stay on the face long enough for the oatmeal to do its magic. For optimum results keep the mask on for at least 20 minutes

Cucumber

Cucumbers are wonderful for refreshing and hydrating the skin, and is often used in beauty products, particularly cleansers. Great around your eyes, for reducing puffiness, and revitalising tired skin.

Cucumber and Yoghurt Refreshing Mask

3 tablespoons of Yoghurt

1/2 Cucumber

Blend together and smother all over face and neck, lie back and put your feet up. For optimum results keep the mask on for 20 minutes

Sunday, 29 January 2012

BREAKFAST MENU

SOUTH INDIAN MENU ( IDLI, DOSA, PITHA, UPMA)

Rawa Dosa:

Rava upma

Chitau Pitha (coconut dosa)

Rice flour Manda with moong dal stuffing

Pesarattu with Upma and Ginger Chutney

Rava idli

Idli Chutney & samber:

JACKFRUIT IDLI..

Besan Pitha (Besan dosa)

Sweet Cucumber idli

Sweet Rawa Dosa

Budha chakuli (sweet thick dosa orissa style)

Atta chakuli (instant wheat flour dosa)

Appam:

Mitha Atta chakuli (Instant sweet Wheat Flour Dosa)

Instant Cucumber dosa:

Cabbage pitha...

Khusuli Pitha

Piyaja pitha (Onion Dosa)

PARATHAS

Raddish paratha (Mulla paratha)

Paneer paratha

Palak Paneer paratha

Cheese Paratha with capcicum& cabbage stuffing:

trikon parathas with allu bhaja

Puran Poli:

Chicken keema Paratha

Cauliflower paratha (phulgobi ka paratha)

Flanky (Layer) Paratha

Paneer Paratha (without Onion Garlic)

Allu Paratha (Without onion garlic)

Mutton keema paratha

Palak Paratha

Mooli ka paratha

Sugar Paratha (chini Parata)

FRIED ITEMS

vada (bara guguni orissa style)

Methi Puri Recipe

Kakara Pitha କାକରା ପିଠା

Onion Kachori:

Fish Cutlets:

Curd puri

Allu puri

Puri bhaji

Gulgula:ଗୁଲୁଗୁଲା

Tiny Black eye peas vadas..:)

PANCAKE

Sprouts Pan cake

Lemon Poppy Seed Pancakes

OTHER BREAKFAST MENUS

Dahi Vada:ଦହି ବରା

Poha without piyaj lasun

Pav bhaji

Paneer wrap

Chapati wraps (chicken & egg filling)

Cheese sandwitch

Paneer bhurji on toast:

Yummy Chocolate sandwitch

Healthy Sprouts sukha:

cheesy garlic bread ..:)

Healthy Lemon Oats:

Cheesy French bread with veg toppings:

Raj Kachodi chat:

Suji Dhokla

Sabudana khichdi

Dhokla

Poha (chuda santula)

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Healthy vegetables soup

Ingredients:

2 tbsp. olive oil

2onion thinly sliced

100gm French beans, cut into half

1 large carrot, thinly sliced

1 stalk of celery, thinly sliced

½ cup olives sliced

½ cups cooked dried navy beans

½ cup boiled chickpeas & green peas

1 cup of spinach, coarsely chopped

100gm lima beans cut in to half

1 small zucchini, chopped (you can add or replace any vegetables)
1/2 cup leftover cooked white rice ( optional)

100 g tomatoes

2-3 garlic cloves, crushed

2 tbsp. tomato puree

1 green chilli chopped

Vegetable stock 4 cups

1 cup pasta uncooked ( I have used penne pasta)

1 tbsp. coriander leaves, chopped

1 tsp. dried oregano

1 tbsp. dried Basil leaves

salt as per the taste

black pepper

butter cubes (optional)

Method:

Cook the pasta & drain.

In a large pan, heat the olive oil. Add garlic cloves & sauté for 1 min. Then Add onion, carrot, beans, lima beans, olives, celery and sauté until until the vegetables are just tender.

In the mean time heat water in a pot. Add the tomatoes in boiling water for 1 min, cool & then peel the skins and chop them in to big size pieces.

Now add the vegetable stock , tomato puree, green chilies, salt and peeled tomatoes. Simmer for 10 minutes.

Add the cooked cheak peas, navy beans, green peas, spinach, zucchini, basil and oregano and continue to cook for another 10 minutes.

Add paste & leftover rice to the soup. Cook for another few minutes.

Season with pepper. Sprinkle each bowl with 1 cube butter & garnish with coriander to serve.

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Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Spaghetti

Spaghetti is a long, thin, cylindrical pasta of Italian origin. Spaghetti is made of semolina or flour and water. Italian dried spaghetti is made from durum wheat semolina, but outside of Italy it may be made with other kinds of flour.. spaghetti is cooked in a large pot of salted, boiling water then drained in a colander ..In Italy, spaghetti is generally cooked al dente (Italian for to the tooth), just fully cooked and still firm. Outside Italy, spaghetti is sometimes cooked to a much softer consistency. Spaghettoni is a thicker spaghetti which takes more time to cook. Spaghettini and vermicelli are very thin spaghetti (both of which may be called angel hair spaghetti in English) which take less time to cook.

OMG i just loved it.. I put this recipe in my Once a Month Cooking file. I made this for 1st time in new year & This turned out very good.I might try adding mushrooms next batch...

It Tastes very good & very easy to make also..so friends without much ado let’s start the recipe...

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 small green bell pepper, sliced

1/2 yellow carrots, finely sliced

1/2 yellow onion, finely chopped

1 tablespoon garlic salt

1 pound chicken, cooked and chopped into bite-size pieces (Optional I didnt add chicken in to my recipe)

1 lb spaghetti

1 cup tomato paste

1/2 cup tomato sauce

1/2 cup apple cider vinegar

1 tablespoons brown sugar

1/2 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper

1/2 tablespoon onion powder

parmesan cheese

red chilly flakes , Oregano & dry basil leaves ( 1tsp each ) or u can sprinkle as per your taste

1 tsp black pepper power

Directions

fill a large pot with water and bring to boil. Add salt and add spaghetti. Cook until done about 10 minutes, and drain.

In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Saute the pepper , carrots and onion until softened, 1 to 2 minutes.

Stir in the garlic salt. Add the tomato puree & all ingredients except spaghetti and bring to a boil.

Reduce the heat to a low simmer , add the chopped chicken (optional). Mix well. Then add the spaghetti & Toss with sauce & sprinkle parmesan cheese.

Serve with machurian , sausage or meat balls.

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Dahi Papdi Chaat Recipe

Man who can resist this???.A plateful of this chat would be perfect for this chilled weather..The name itself is "chat" , means it will make u lick your plates cleannnnn...mmmmmm....Just by thinking ab8 them makes my mouth water..crispy wafers, to which is added a delicious combination of potatoes, seasoned yogurt, onions, chilies and chutneys.