Miraculous Health Benefits of Spices : Part 1

Healthy cooking is the best preventive medicine. All those spices and herbs on your spice rack can do more than providing calorie. Furthermore, they provide natural flavor and enrich food. They are also great source of nutrition, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals that improve metabolism and health.

1) Cardamom / Veldoda

• It is known as the Queen of Spices and is one of the most expensive spices, ranking third.
• It helps in controlling gastrointestinal disorders such as acidity, flatulence, and stomach cramps. Also helps to cure nausea and vomiting. Useful home remedy for car sickness or motion sickness.
• Respiratory system : It is useful for sore throat, cough, hiccough, cold. Cardamom can also be used as a remedy for asthma and other respiratory issues.
• Heart : It helps to lower heart beats, control hypertension and cholesterol.
• It has anti carcinogenic, anti depressant, antimicrobial and antispasmodic properties.
• Mouth : Halitosis or bad breath, it is used as mouth freshener. Apart from helping with bad breath, cardamom is used for mouth ulcers and infections of the mouth and throat.
• Detoxification : Cardamom is known to act as a detoxifying agent. It helps the body eliminate waste through the kidneys.
• It has antispasmodic properties that provides Relief from intestinal and stomach cramps.

Calories in Cardamom

	Calories	Carbohydrates	Fats	Proteins	Vitamins	Minerals
Cardamom powder 1 tsp (2g)	6	1.4 g	0.1 g	0.2 g	-	Iron - 1% Magnesium - 1%

For Hiccoughs 

Ingredients -

1. Cardamom powder 1 tsp
2. Cup of water
3. 1 tbsp sugar

Preparation -

   Take a cup of water and add cardamom powder and sugar. Stir it well. Drink this mixture this will help you to get rid from hiccoughs.

For Halitosis (bad breath) and mouth ulcers -

   For that you need 1 cardamom only. Remove skin of cardamom and take seeds and chew it 2 to 3 times a day. This will help you to get rid from bad breath and mouth ulcers too.👍

2) Cinnamon / Dalchini

• Cinnamon is known as powerful spice, with high antioxidant properties, which helps to reduce free radical damage and slow the aging process.
• Brain : It has antioxidant properties is that they can help defend the brain against developing neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.
• Cinnamon is a natural anti-microbial, anti-biotic, anti-fungal, and anti-viral agent. It helps to fight harmful infections and viruses and has ability to boost immunity.
• Dental : It protects dental health & freshens breath naturally, also helps to control bad breath, tooth decay, cavities, or mouth infections.
• Skin : It protect skin from irritations, rashes, allergic reactions, and infections. Beneficial for acne, rosacea, and signs of skin allergies. Helps to fight allergies.
• Heart : It helps to reduces risk of high cholesterol levels, high triglyceride levels and high blood pressure.

Calories in Cinnamon -

	Calories	Carbohydrates	Fats	Proteins	Vitamins	Minerals
Cinnamon powder 1 tsp (2. g)	6	2.1 g DF - 1.4 g Sugar-0.1g	-	0.1 g	-	Calcium - 1% Iron - 1%

Weight loss ( Detox ) recipe :

This recipe is way to use cinnamon’s antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Combined with these other powerhouse cleansing ingredients you can bring down any inflammation and get your body on track fast and by detoxifying body will help you to weight loss.
Recipe Time : 5 minutes
Ingredients :
- 1 cup of water
- 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice
- 1 tsp. Cinnamon grounded.
Procedure :

  Take 1 cup of warm water and add 1 tbsp ACV, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tsp Cinnamon. Stir it well and drink it early in the morning or empty stomach. 👍

3) Coriander Seeds / Dhane

• For skin health - Coriander seeds are having antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties that helps to cure skin diseases like, eczema and rashes, acne or pimples, blackheads, dryness of skin and fungal infections.
• It contains linoleic acid that has analgesic properties that helps to reduce inflammation like rheumatism and arthritis.
• Coriander Seeds have good source of dietary fiber and that promotes healthy digestion, by producing digestive enzymes and juices.
• Daily consumption of coriander seeds in your foot, keep away from food poisoning, because it has a anti bacterial properties.
• It contains some stimulants that naturally stimulates endocrine glands and which helps to maintain hormonal balance and also helps to prevent menstrual irregularities too.
• For Heart - Coriander seeds helps to raise the levels of healthy cholesterol (HDL), and lowers the levels of bad cholesterol (LDL), so that it helps to reduce heart attack, strokes, controls blood pressure, etc.
• For Bones - Coriander seeds are richest source of calcium, that helps to keep your bones healthy and strong for years to come.

Calories in Coriander seeds -

	Calories	Carbohydrates	Fats	Proteins	Vitamins	Minerals
Coriander seeds 1 tsp (1.8 g)	5	1 g	0.3 g	0.2g	-	Calcium - 1% Iron - 1% Magnesium - 1%

For pimples :

Ingredients -

1. Coriander seeds powder 1 tsp
2. Honey 1 tsp
3. Turmeric 1 tsp
4. Multani mitti (optional)

Procedure -
        Take a small bowl and add all the ingredients. Prepare a face mask with coriander seeds powder, honey, and turmeric. Apply the mask all over the face and let it dry for 4 to 5 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water.

*  If you have Oily skin, then add multani mitti. 👍

Kadhi Pakora/Pakoda

Kadhi Pakora/Pakoda

Kadhi Pakora/Pakoda is one of the famous Indian recipes, it is sour, little spicy to taste as well as easy recipe too and made with yogurt and gram flour.

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes, Cooking Time: 10 Minutes

Ingredients :

1. Yogurt / curd 1 cup
2. Gram flour 1 tbsp
3. Green chilies 10 strips
4. Garlic 6 cloves
5. Curry leaves
6. Coriander leaves
7. Salt 1 tsp
8. Turmeric 1 tsp
9. Mustard seeds 1 tsp
10. Cumin seeds 1 tsp
11. Asafoetida 1 pinch
12. Water 1 glass
13. Butter/ghee 1 tbsp

Instructions:

1) Preparation for kadhi - Place 1 cup yogurt, 1 tbsp gram flour/besan, and 1 glass of water into the grinder. Grind this till mix all these three ingredients. Keep aside. Take a mortar and pestle, place chopped green chilies and garlic into it and mash well to make a coarse paste. Make onion pakora and keep aside.

2) Tempering the kadhi - Turn on the heat and add 1 tbsp ghee in a small pan. Now add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds along with the curry leave first. let the mustard seeds and cumin seeds start popping & crackling. Stir it well and add green chilies, garlic paste, and asafoetida. Saute for a few seconds till the green chilies and garlic darken a bit and add turmeric powder stir it well. Now slow down the heat and add the ground mixture, salt, and chopped coriander leaves. Keep stirring for 2 to 3 minutes. Take care that it should not overflow. After cool down place onion pakora into it. It's ready to serve. Serve with chapatis or with rice.

Dietary Comments :

Based on a 2000 calorie diet.

It makes 2 servings.

Per serving contains 293 calories, along with carbohydrates - 10.89 g, fats - 6.85 g, proteins - 11.95 g.

Best Time To Eat :

         It's good to eat kadhi pakora for lunch or dinner, as it high in carbohydrates and proteins and low fats.

Eat Healthy, Stay Healthy.

Kesar - Badam Milk

Kesar - Badam Milk 

        

Preparation And Cooking Time: 5 Minutes.

Ingredients :

1. Almonds (Badam) 20, soaked overnight in water.  
   
2. Saffron (Kesar) 1 Tsp
3. Whole Milk 2 cups.
4. Honey (Madh) 2 tbsp.

Recipe :

1. Soak 20 almonds in water overnight.
2. The next morning, peel the skin and grind the almonds.
3. Take two cups of milk in boiling pan and add saffron into it.
4. Boil these almonds paste with a mixture of milk and saffron. Stir it well. Add 2 tbsp honey for taste.
5. If you want more sweet you can add 1 tbsp sugar.
6. Boil it till milk get warm. Turn off the flame and sieve it in a cups.
7. Garnish with dry fruits. And it's ready to serve.

Dietary Comments :

• Calorie count based on a 2,000 calorie.

• It makes 2 servings.
• Per serving contains  284 calories, along with carbohydrates - 32.5 g, fats - 14 g, proteins - 11.2 g.

Health Benefits of Almond Saffron Milk :

• Memory - Kesar Badam Milk is an excellent remedy to help improve memory, sharpen memory and boost brainpower. They are rich in antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids that boost memory.
• Due to their rich antioxidant content, almonds are good for your eyes, too.
• Almonds are rich source of protein, so protein gives us boost of energy as well as helps to repair brain cells, and its improve memory function.
• Almonds are loaded with Vit.E,Vit.B6, Zinc, Omega-3 and 6 fatty acids that helps to slows down the ageing of brain cells, promotes brain health, fights the free radicals in our brainstream and helps to keep mind sharp and improve intellectual levels, respectively.
•  It is a good source of antioxidants,which protect our cells from oxidative
• Heart - They are high in magnesium,which helps to assist blood sugar and blood pressure control. Almonds can lower cholesterol levels,by reducing LDL levels.
• It is helpful for weight loss,by reducing hunger and decreasing calorie intake.
• Saffron is useful in the treatment of age related mental impairment, parkinson's disease, memory loss.
• Saffron also used to treat hair fall, cold and fever, protects against cancer by improving immunity.
• Milk is good for bone health and muscle building, as it is richest source of calcium and vitamin D.
• Milk also helps to prevent osteoporosis,reduces blood pressure due to its potassium content.

Best Time To Drink :

     It's best to drink Kesar - badam milk early in the morning or for breakfast.

Eat Healthy, Stay Healthy.