IPL

Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL series.

Congrats shahrukh!

It was a great performance of Rafael Nadal in French open.
I'm very excited and looking forward for his future performances.
The the best Nadal.

Benefits of Oats

Oats are good source of magnesium, selenium, manganese and phosphorous.

Oats are also a good source of vitamin B1 and dietary fiber.
It is very good if you start your day with oats, it also helps to reduce cholesterol.

Green Tea

Green tea has many health benefits like fighting cancer, heart disease and ageing.

It is fully loaded with powerful antioxidants called as catechins.

Try to drink 2 to 3 cups of Green tea evry day.

Best tasty way to drink Green tea is by adding a tea spoon of honey and few drops of lime juice.

Thunder won Lakers

Oklahoma city Thunders are heading to the western conference finals by winning on LA Lakers.

Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden did great job.

Mango Salsa

Combine 1 ripe mango peedled and diced,1/2 red onion finely chopped,1 cucumber chopped, finely chopped cilantro leaves and 2 table spoons of lemon juice in a bowl.

Season with salt and pepper.

Power of Yoga

Hatha Yoga

  Hatha Yoga, sometimes referred to as the "psychophysical yoga",is a particular system of Yoga described by Yogi Swatmarama, compiler of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika in 15th century India.

 Hatha Yoga differs substantially from the Raja Yoga of Patanjali in that it focuses on "shatkarma," the purification of the physical body as leading to the purification of the mind, and "prana," or vital energy.

 Compared to the seated asana, or sitting meditation posture, of Patanjali's Raja yoga,it marks the development of asanas into the full body 'postures' now in popular usage and, along with its many modern variations, is the style that many people associate with the word "Yoga" today.

Healthy Breakfast

Fenugreek and wheat flour Panckaes.

This is one more healthy Indian breakfast.

Mix 1 cup of wheat flour,1 table spoon of rice flour,1 Egg white,
1/2 bunch of chopped fenugreek leaves, 1 tea spoon of chilli powder,1 tea spoon of salt,1 table spoon of cumin seeds, 3 table spoons of very finey chooped onions and water.

Mix well with water until it gets the consistency of pan cake batter.

Heat a pan and spary olive oil and pour the batter to make the pan cakes.

Power Of Yoga

Today I would like to share few more details about Yoga.

There are many compounds containing yoga in Sanskrit, many of them unrelated to the technical or spiritual sense the word has taken in Vedanta. Yoga in these words takes meanings such as "union, connection, contact", or "method, application, performance", etc.

 Many such compounds are also found in the wider field of religion. Thus, bhakti-yoga means "devoted attachment" in the monotheistic Bhakti movement. The term kriya-yoga has a grammatical sense, meaning "connection with a verb".

 But the same compound is also given a technical meaning in the Yoga Sutras, designating the "practical" aspects of the philosophy, i.e. the "union with the Supreme" due to performance of duties in everyday life.

Knicks and Heat

All the best Knicks
Go and win!

Couscous with Chicken

In a saucepan, bring 2 cups of the chicken broth to a boil. Stir 1 cup of couscous and 1 1/2 teaspoons of the olive oil. Turn off heat, cover, and let stand 10 minutes.

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet.Stir in 4 bonelessss and skinless chicken breast cubes, season with pepper and cook well.

Heat the remaining olive oil in the skillet, stir diced jalapeno peppers and carrot, and saute about 2 minutes.

Mix the diced zucchini, 3 thinly sliced green onions,1 1/2 tea spoons of grated ginger root, and 1/4 cup chicken broth. Continue to cook and stir until tender, about 5 minutes.

In a small bowl, blend the remaining 1 cup chicken broth with 1 1/2 tea spoons of curry powder, 1/2 tea spoon of coriander powder, and 1 tea spoon of cornstarch.

Pour over the vegetables, return chicken to the skillet. Continue cooking about 2 minutes until chicken is coated and the broth mixture begins to thicken. Serve over the couscous.

Corn snack

In a large bowl, combine the 1 1/2 cups of sweet corn (battered), 1/2 cup of finely chopped onion, 1/3 cup of breadcrumbs, 2 eggs, 1 tea spoon of baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.

Position a large cast-iron skillet over the grate. Add 1 1/2 tablespoons oil and heat until hot. Working in batches, drop 1/4 cupfuls of the batter onto the skillet, leaving an inch in between. Cover and cook, turning once and pressing gently to flatten, until browned and cooked through and serve hot wih your favorite sauces.

Healthy Evening Snack With Couscous

Bring 1 1/4 cups of chicken broth to a boil in a 2 quart or larger sauce pan and stir in the 1 cup of couscous. Cover the pot and cook for 6 to 7 mins, let stand for 5 minutes in low heat.

In a large bowl, whisk together 3 table spoons of olive oil, 2 tables spoons of lime juice, 1 tea spoon of vinegar and 1/2 tea spoon of cumin. Add some chooped green onions, 1 chooped red pepper, chopped cilantro, 1 cup of corn and 15 ounce of canned beans (drained) and toss to coat.

Fluff the couscous well, breaking up any chunks. Add to the bowl with the vegetables and mix well. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve

Garlic toast with Eggs and Meat Scramble.

Whisk 2 eggs with some cheese and chives and season with salt and pepper and a few drops of hot sauce.

Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat, add some butter and olive oil to the pan.Now add yout favaroite meats like grounded chicken  or smoked salmon in to the pan. Fry the meat  up to  to 5 mins and add egg mixture.

Scramble to desired consistency and serve with a sclied plum tomato,seasoned with salt and pepper.

For the bread toast, rub hot toast with cracked garlic and butter.

Power of Yoga

Another type of practice which relates to Yoga  is called as Tantra.

Tantra is a practice that is supposed to alter the relation of its practitioners to the ordinary social, religious, and logical reality in which they live. Through Tantra practice, an individual perceives reality as maya, illusion, and the individual achieves liberation from it.

Both Tantra & Yoga offer paths that relieve a person from depending on the world. Where Yoga relies on progressive restriction of inputs from outside; Tantra relies on transmutation of all external inputs so that one is no longer dependent on them, but can take them or leave them at will. They both make a person independent.


This particular path to salvation among the several offered by Hinduism, links Tantrism to those practices of Indian religion, such as yoga, meditation, and social renunciation, which are based on temporary or permanent withdrawal from social relationships and modes.

Breakfast with Eggs

      

       Heat butter in a nonstick  pan over medium heat. Add  chopped bell pepper, onion and garlic 

       saute until tender, about 3 minutes.

       Beat 2 eggs, 2 table spoons of milk and some chopped parsley in small bowl until blended.

       Pour into omelet pan, gently push cooked portions from edges toward the center with inverted

       turner so that uncooked eggs can reach the  hot pan surface.

       Continue cooking, tilting pan and gently moving cooked portions as needed.

       When top surface of eggs is thickened and no visible liquid egg remains,

       Sprinkle with cheese and some green olive slices and serve hot.