Aroma From My Kitchen (Indian Cuisine): Oats Upma

Serving for: 2 – People.

Ingredients:

Oats --- 1 cup
Water --- 1 ¼ Cup
Green Chilies --- 5 - 6
Salt --- as per taste

For Seasoning:

Oil --- 4 tblsn
Channa dal --- 1 tblsn
Urad dal --- 1 ½ tsp
Mustard seeds --- 1 tsp
Curry Leaves --- a few

Process:

Chop green chilies. Keep them aside.
Heat oil in a pan.
Add and toast seasoning one by one like channa dal, urad dal, mustard seeds.
When the mustard seeds starts spluttering add curry leaves and green chilies to the pan. Stir fry till the green chilies get white spots.
Add water to the pan.
Add enough salt to the water.
When the water boils … add oats to the water.
Stir occasionally till the oats come together.

Turn off the heat. Wait for 5 minutes.
Serve Hot with coconut chutney or coriander, pudhina chutney. It tastes yummy.

Tomato with garlic chutney

Ingredients:-
Riped Tomato - 300 gms
Garlic Cloves - 15
salt - as per taste
Red Chilli - 6 to 10 ( as per spicy of your requirement)
Gingelly Oil - 2 Table spoon
(No need of frying mustard and urad dal , and it can be stored in fridge for two days)

Preparation:-
Fry well red chilli in little oil.
Cut tomatoes into pieces, peel skin of garlic and put both into mixie.Add red chilli, salt along with it and grind nicely into a thick paste.No need to add water.
Then add rest of oil in kadai and heat it on flame.Then add the paste to it and stir in intervals at medium flame, till all water in paste is absorbed and it becomes thick and non sticky on the kadai. Then stop the flame and allow it to cool and serve with hot chappathi, dosai, idli, or with curd rice. If u want the sour taste little more, u can add a pinch of tamarind with it while grinding.(Add little more oil, to make the gravy non sticky and cook well, if required).

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Lemon and its uses

Lemon is one of those super foods with a healthy and cosmetic benefits. There are a few persons for whom it is an allergen, so make sure you are not allergic to this natural product, before you start enjoying the many benefits.

1. Lemon being a citrus fruit, fights against infection. It helps in production of WBC's and antibodies in blood which attacks the invading microorganism and prevents infection.

2. Lemon is an antioxidant which deactivates the free radicals preventing many dangerous diseases like stroke, cardiovascular diseases and cancers.

3. Lemon lowers blood pressure and increases the levels of HDL (good cholesterol).

4. Lemon is found to be anti-carcinogenic which lower the rates of colon, prostate, and breast cancer. They prevent faulty metabolism in the cell, which can predispose a cell to becoming carcinogenic. Also blocks the formation of nitrosamines in the gut.

5. Lemon juice is said to give a glow to the skin.

6. A few drops of lemon juice in hot water are believed to clear the digestive system and purify liver as well.

7. The skin of lemon dried under the sun and then ground to make powder can be applied to the hair for a few minutes before bath which relieves head ache and cools the body.

8. Applying lemon juice to acne dries the existing ones and prevents from getting more.

9. Lemon juice acts as a natural hair lightner and skin bleach which reduces the pigment melanin and prevents the risk of chemical allergic reactions which is common with hair dyes and bleaches.

10. Lemon juice is given to relieve gingivitis, stomatitis, and inflammation of the tongue.

11. Lemon juice is given to prevent common cold.

12. Lemon juice is given to prevent or treat urinary tract infection and gonorrhea.

13. Lemon juice is applied to the sites of bites and stings of certain insects to relieve its poison and pain.

14. Lemon juice relieves colic pain and gastric problems.

15. Lemon juice soothes the dry skin when applied with little glycerin.

16. Lemon juice used for marinating seafood or meat kills bacteria and other organisms present in them, thereby prevents many gastro-intestinal tract infections.

17. Lemon juice with a pinch of salt (warm) every morning lowers cholesterol levels and brings down your weight.

18. Lemon juice is the best drink to prevent dehydration and shock in case of diarrhea.

19. Lemon juice can also be used as a mouthwash. It removes plaque, whitens the teeth and strengthens the enamel.

20. A table spoon on thick lemon syrup everyday relieves asthma.

21. Lemon juice relieves chilblains and itchy skin.

22. Gargling lemon juice relieves throat infection and also used as a treatment for diphtheria.

23. Lemon juice is an excellent treatment for dandruff and greasy hair.

24. Lemon applied over the face removes wrinkles and keeps you young.

25. Lemon juice helps to prevent and cure osteoarthritis.