Three homemade achaars/ pickles to boost your immunity

Fresh haldi/ turmeric pickle

You will need
Fresh yellow haldi
Fresh orange haldi
Fresh ginger
Lemon
Black peppercorns
How to make
Chop all ingredients into tiny pieces including lemon. Put this mixture in a jar along with the whole peppercorn. Leave this in the sunlight for five to 10 days to ferment.
Curcumin in haldi has anti-inflammatory, antioxidants, anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties. It works excellent to boost immunity, aids digestion, relieves arthritis pain, improves blood circulation and helps you detox.
The active ingredient in black pepper called piperine also has anti-inflammatory properties and helps boost the body's ability to absorb curcumin.
But do not go overboard and have it only twice a day.

Amla achar

Amla
Water
Salt
Oil
Fennel seeds
Mustard seeds
Fenugreek seeds
Onion seed
How to make
Wash the amla under running water and prick the amlas with a fork. Soak these amlas in water and salt for an hour.
Take a pan and heat some oil on high flame. Once the oil is heated, turn off the gas and add fennel seeds, mustard seeds, onion seeds and fenugreek seeds. After a minute, add turmeric and amlas. Turn on the gas and stir fry the ingredients in medium flame. Add some salt, red chilli powder. Turn off the gas and let the achar get cool down. Now keep the achar in an airtight container in the sun for 5-6 days. readmore

Lemon ginger achar

You will need
Green chilies
Lemon
Ginger
Salt
Carom seeds
Turmeric powder
How to make
Chop the green chilies and dice lemon and ginger. Now add some lemon juice, salt, carom seeds, turmeric powder and red chili powder.
Keep this mixture in a clean jar and keep it in the sun for 8-10 days, until the lemon becomes tender.

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Weight loss: Here is why you should add mustard to your diet

When trying to lose weight, you should cut down on your calorie intake. You have to make healthy tweaks in your diet to shed kilos and tone your body. Most people believe that healthy means bland and boiled food. But that is not true. Even healthy food can be tasty, you just have to add the right ingredients. 

Mustard seeds are one such ingredient that you can add to your food if you aim to lose weight. The tiny seeds have bold flavours, which keep your taste buds happy and the nutrient content in it help you stay on track. Here is how mustard seeds can help you get in shape. 

Mustard seeds and weight loss
As per some research, fibers of mustard seeds are harder to digest, thus requiring more energy and burning more calories in the process. The fiber will also keep you fuller for a longer period of time and will prevent you from over-eating. 

Mustard seeds are low in calories, they are packed with antioxidants and are powerful cancer and Alzheimer-fighting agent.

As per another study carried out by the scientists at England's Oxford Polytechnic Institute, eating 1 tablespoon of mustard seeds can boost your metabolism by up to 25 percent for the next 3-4 hours.

Mustard seeds have also been used for medicinal purposes for as long as 6,000 years. The seeds were grounded and applied like ointment to get relief from pain and congestion. Eating some amount of mustard seeds daily also improves your digestion, which is beneficial when trying to lose weight.

Ways to add mustard seeds in your food
Eating mustard alone is not going to make you reach your weight loss goals. You have to add it to a healthy diet to maximize its benefits and lose extra fat from the body. You can add mustard seeds in your curries, salad dressing, and eggs. You can also use small amounts of mustard oil to cook your food.

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Cold Feet, try Black Pepper !

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 Put black pepper grains, a few pieces of garlic, and mustard seeds in a cloth bag and hang around your neck. ( don't blame, this is grandma's remedy !)

Mustard to battle muscle pain

Soaking in a hot bath with mustard seeds is a traditional English remedy for muscle pain. The unique build of the mustard causes the body to secrete toxins through the skin pores, improve blood flow, relax tense muscles and help heal damaged tissue.

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SPICES FOR WEIGHT LOSS !

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Health benefits of spices

Common spices from our everyday lives are full of benefits. Here is a list for you. You will be surprised what a storehouse of nutrition they all are.

Cardamom (elaichi)

• Acts as an excellent detoxification agent thereby improving digestion and reducing gas and stimulating appetite.
• Powdered cardamom can be used in desserts like kulfi or even added to food.

Asafoetida (hing)

• Consumption of asafoetida helps women during cramps during the menstrual cycle
• It is also prescribed after childbirth because its anti-flatulent properties helps in digestion
• A paste of asafoetida and water when rubbed on a infant’s stomach, cures them of colic pains

Carom seeds (ajwain)

• It helps in digestion and cures flatulent. Its effect is best when crushed.
• One can add it to the dough to make paranthas or even to flavour meat dishes.
• It has antiseptic properties and thus has been used as a cough remedy. It can be added to the chicken broth for best results or even added to hot water and its vapours inhaled during colds.

Cinnamon (dalchini)

• Has anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties
• Regulates metabolic rate and betters cardiovascular health
• Reduces bacterial growth in food

Chili powder (mirchi)

• It helps to improve circulation and also cures inflammation
• Helps to improve the body's immunity and also reduces the cholesterol level
• By increasing the body's metabolism rate it aids in weight loss
• It lowers the risk of diabetes

Cloves (laung)

• The essential oil eugenol in has antiseptic properties. This makes cloves important in dental care. For this either a clove can be chewed on or even its oil applied in the area where it hurts.
• It improves digestion and relieves the body from constipation by increasing the secretion of intestinal enzymes.
• Cloves contain potassium which helps to control the blood pressure.

Fenugreek seeds (methi)

• It is an excellent source of soluble dietary fibre which helps to lower cholesterol levels. The seeds can be soaked in water overnight and the water drunk next morning for best results.
• It helps in smooth bowel movement and prevent constipation.
• When had with cereals, it is said to increase the milk secretion in nursing mothers.

Cumin (jeera)

• It helps to reduce the blood glucose level.
• It reduces pancreatic inflammation and also prevents excess weight loss.
• Regular consumption improves the body's immunity against infections.
• It protects the liver from toxic substances.

Fennel seeds (saunf)

• It is rich in dietary fibre and chewing a pinch of it regularly keeps the bowel movement easy.
• It helps to relieve coughs and also reduce muscle pains. Boiling a spoonful of it in water and sipping on the warm water is the home remedy to cure muscle pains.

Peppercorn (kali mirch)

• The essential oil piperine is an alkaloid which not only imparts the pungent character to the corns but also helps to improve the digestive power by increasing the intestinal. For best results grind it to a powder and add it to the food in the end as else most of its essential oils evaporate.
• Peppercorns contain a number of minerals of which potassium controls the heart rate and manganese acts an antioxidant.
• It has antiseptic properties which helps to fight tooth decay and swollen gums.
• Boil it in water with holy basil and drink sips of the warm water for cure to sore throats and flatulent.

Ginger

• Chewing on sweetened ginger controls motion sickness and nausea, cures gastrointestinal infection.
• Regular consumption relieves arthritis pain and swelling. Have it in the form of ginger tea.
• Excess of ginger, can however, not only cause stomach irritation but also adversely affect blood clotting and should be avoided during surgeries.

Mustard Seeds (sarson/rai)

• Mustard seeds are rich in B complex vitamins which is needed by the body for replenishment, enzyme synthesis and the proper functioning of the nervous system.
• Vitamin B3 present within the seeds helps to reduce the triglyceride levels thus fighting cholesterol.
• It is an excellent source of vitamin E which protects cell membranes from harmful radicals.
• The oil from the seeds is said to cure muscle and arthritic pain and also stimulates hair growth when massaged on the scalp.
• Massing the warm oil on a baby's chest also relieves him of cold and coughs.
• The seeds when ground and consumed act as a laxative.

Turmeric (haldi)

• A powerful anti-inflammatory and antiseptic spice and hence a paste of it when applied to wounds or even stings, helps it to heal.
• Improves the functioning of the liver.
• It is often used with warm milk to treat common cold.
• It reduces the inflammation in arthritis patients.
• Add black pepper to the dish when adding turmeric as the former is said to help the body in absorbing the turmeric to the maximum.

Turmeric (haldi), Mustard seeds, Ginger, Black pepper, anti-oxidants, flatulence, Cholesterol, cumin, methi seeds( fenugreek), Cloves, Red chilli powder (lal mirch), Cinnamon, carom seeds ( ajwain), Asafoetida, Cardamom (elaichi), 

GOODNESS OF MUSTARD

MUSTARD, THE SMALL BLACK SEEDS, WHICH IS SUCH A COMMON INGREDIENT IN ALL THE HOUSEHOLDS IS PACKED WITH MANY GOODNESS. IT IS RICH IN ANTI-OXIDANTS & SELENIUM, WHICH IS KNOWN TO HAVE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES. ONE TEASPOON OF MUSTARD SEED IS PACKED WITH OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6 FATTY ACIDS, POTASSIUM, PHOSPHOROUS, MAGNESIUM & CALCIUM. THESE SPEED UP METABOLISM, LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE & PREVENT ATHEROSCLEROSIS, WHICH MEANS YOUR ARTERIES GETTING CLOGGED.

MUSTARD SEEDS HAVE ANTI-SEPTIC AS WELL AS ANTI-FUNGAL PROPERTIES. THIS MAKES THEN VERY USEFUL FOR PURGING THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM & STRENGTHENING THE BODY'S NATURAL DEFENCE SYSTEM. 

MUSTARD SEEDS CONSUMED ON A REGULAR BASIS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR REDUCING THE FREQUENCY OF MIGRAINES.

Mustard seeds, weight loss

Mustard Seed
Like the other hot ingredients on this list, spicy mustard helps boost metabolism and allows you to burn fat more quickly, thanks in part to its thermogenic properties. Scientists  recently found that eating just one teaspoon of hot mustard can “boost metabolism 20 to 25% for several hours after eating, resulting in an additional burn of about 45 calories if a 700-calorie meal is consumed.”