What is HEALTHY EATING?

Hmm... sounds like a question that you asked yourself sometime??... Often this question pops up in my mind, whenever I think of any whole grain, organic or any kind of food that usually everyone thinks it is. But how do we know exactly. Well I would like to help the people who also think like me. Healthy eating is eating well balanced food and not dieting or skipping food. The best phrase I can say is don't over eat. I know what you are thinking...but listen to you mind and heart when you see you favorite food and feel like jumping on to it. Nobody is going to stop you from eating, but after you eat enough, you mind will tell you to stop at some point of time, when it gets message from your stomach to your brain that "I am full", now ...if you stop, then it's healthy eating, else it means that you are over eating, and that leads to all the problems.

So here is a healthy eating pyramid that you should include in your foods. Non vegetarians can omit the meat and  include more fiber and proteins in your diet.

I hope this answers all your questions.

"Hear your heart.  Heart your health."

  ~Faith Seehill

Panakam

Celebrating Rama Navami with this delicious Panakam!

Ingredients:
Grated Jaggery - 1/2 cup
Water - 2 cups
Dry ginger powder or fresh grated ginger - 1/2 tsp
Cardamom - 1/4 tsp
Honey - 1 tbsp

Method:
Mix all the ingredients. Stir well until jaggery dissolves in water completely.
Filter and serve chilled.

Tomato Rasam

Rasam is my all time favorite simple comfort food. I always and still love my mom's rasam recipe and till today never achieved in making like what she makes. The easiest recipe is never easy for me. :-) So I took the help of the MTR Rasama Powder for the rescue. It turned out very good and colorful. You can serve this with your choice of sides/fry.

Ingredients:

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3 ripe Tomatoes chopped

3-4 Garlic pods crushed

1 tbsp Tamarind pulp

1/4 tsp Chili powder (optional)

3-4 tsp MTR Rasam Powder

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder

1/4  cup Cilantro chopped

1 tsp Oil

1/4 tsp Mustard seeds

1/4 tsp Cumin seeds

1/8 tsp Asafoetida

1 Sprig Curry leaves

2-3 dry Red Chilies

Salt to taste

Water as needed

Method:

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1. In a deep sauce pan add oil and when it's hot add mustard seeds and when they start to sputter add ddry red chilies, curry leaves, asafoetida and finally the garlic.

2. When the garlic turns slight brown reduce the flame to low and add chili powder and turmeric powder.

3. After few seconds, add the tomatoes and cover and cook in medium flame until the tomatoes are cooked for about 5 mins.

4. Now add rasama masala, tamarind pulp and enough water about 3 cups keeping the flame in medium and keep the lid half open.

5. Just about when it is to boil, you can see some foam coming up.

6. Off the flame and add cilantro sitr it once and cover it and let it sit for about 2-3 mins.

7. Serve this with Steamed rice with any sides/fry.

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