Lunch Ideas - Creating Balanced Vegetarian Meals

Nandshyam · Oct 14, 2015

Shan, amazing !!! God bless.

Sorry guys, bit busy with moving and stuff, was off for a while Hope to come in more now.

Shanvy · Oct 15, 2015

@chandrikav mam i know you will think of us and have a word of prayer for all of us..but i miss the activity in this space..

@nandshyam nanduuuuuuuuuu...how are you. long time. how is your dd doing. how is life.so happy to see you here...

Shanvy · Oct 15, 2015

Today is the 3rd day of navarathri..and the 3rd day of maa as durga..today she is chandraghanta..she adorns the moon as a bell hence chandra ghanta.. she is peace personified. she has a third eye and is the guardian for justice and hence bestows you the courage and strength to fight challenges..

Today being a thursday, a pooja for sai too..

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May they shower their blessings on all of us.

Today's neivedyam sago halwa, karamani/cowpea sundal, carrot rice, and milk.

ChandrikaV · Oct 15, 2015

Dear Shans,

i know you fadt on Thursdays. Please take extra care as you are recovering from injuries. My prayers for all friends.

I really pray for peace as Ma Durga is peace personified.

satchitananda · Oct 15, 2015

Hi buddies, so good to see everyone here. Have come here after a long time. Missed all of you and so stayed away. Shall come regularly again now that everyone is back here.

Happy Navarathri to all of you. Been busy here. Have started taking classes more often now including Saturdays and Sundays. Composting and gardening also keeps me busy. So all in all have my hands quite full.

Diet? Well, leaves a lot to be desired. Have managed to keep at the same weight for more than 2-3 months, but am desperate that it is not going down. Can't cut down any more. So what will be will be. Shall eat healthy and be happy with whatever is. :-D So long as I am on my feet and managing to keep mentally and physically active, all izzz well! :-D

Shanvy · Oct 16, 2015

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@chillbreeze this post is for you..

This is the hair oil i made for my daughter 2 years back. it still is fresh and retains all the herbal nature of it. has vettivaer, curry leaves, ponnaganni leaves, neem leaves, henna leaves, avaram poo, methi and karisalanganni leaves. all crushed and boiled..it is used as a hair massage oil instead of regular use,because it smells of herbs and her classmates get headache. regular use is just coconut oil..
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and this is the hairwash that i make. contains most of the things that i can get in powder form. though i buy reetha and some others as whole. crush and pound in my old reliable mixer..sieve and make it fine...the only drawback is you need lot of water to wash your hair. but hair is real soft and clean inspite of the oil without the use of any shampoo.
thippili and kadukkai will ensure no infection is there on the scalp.

hibiscus flower- .red hibiscus is the best -available as powder
avaram poo - powder available.this flower is actually yellow and these days due to the popularity of a tv health show both in telugu and tamil is available easily..you get the dried flowers as a separate pack..and powder too.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senna_auriculata
roja poo - powder available rose flower
vempam poo - available as dry flowersneem flower
tulasi leaves - available as powder or you can make your own keeps lice away. optional too
shikakai - available as powder or you can dry, crush and run it in mixie or millthese are pods..that are red in color.
reetha - powder available but costly. i buy whole and deseed and run it in mixie after drying soap nut
poolan kizhangu - available as powderwhite turmeric, cures dandruff too..and also is an antiseptic used in herbal face washhttps://www.etsy.com/in-en/listing/220432392/100-genuine-natural-white-turmeric
vettivaer - available as roots..can crush in mixiehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopogon_zizanioides, also called khus great smell and soothing effect
kadukaai -..kadukaai,thippil,nellikai.
thippili can get individual or together
nellikaithe three together form thripala. and thripala is a great antiseptic, anti fungal and anti bacterial. to talk from my experience my fil had a rash that was treated for month with steroids and there was no relief..i remembered the discussion i had long back regarding this powder, just like that asked him to apply the same for his rash for a few days..suprise, the rash disappeared.. the humble thripala did what none of the harsh and strong creams could not do..
karivepillai - get powder or make your owncurry leaves
karisalanganni - get powderbringaraj, the most common and touted great for hair..coolant too..
vendayam - get powder.fenugreek.

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@1sandhya i used 100gms shikakai, 100gms reetha powder, and the rest just 2 tblsp each.. it is just that i did a few trial and combination to arrive at the best combination that would not dry or not leave her hair greasy.

i mix everything, sieve it well and store it. use a dry spoon. it remains great for months..

for my dd's hair i add 3 tbslp of the powder in 500ml of hot water.leave it soaked overnight and mix, and strain early morning...use it like shampoo.

so if you find that your hair is still greasy see if adding a little more reetha powder make it lighter..or you can just add a few spoons of rice powder to the whole combination..

Shanvy · Oct 16, 2015

@Chandrikav cvmam will definitely take care.

@satchitananda welcome back.. i need this space to keep us on track..keep company..not necessary we should talk about food that is not rice..

Shanvy · Oct 16, 2015

Today is the 4th day, maa is actually prayed to as maa lakshmi. today maa is kushmanda the creator. it is said that she created the universe from nothing..
she bestows health and wealth..

Let maa bestow upon everyone health and the wealth of happiness,contentment.

today's neivedhyam was moth/payaru sundal, thinai pongal made with palm jaggery, mahaneivedyam (rice) and milk as usual..

Shanvy · Oct 17, 2015

today is the 5th day of navrathri...maa is worshipped as skandamata, the mother of skanda or karthikeya..bestower of love and affection..

Today's neivedhyam was dal vadas, chocolate burfi (MW made), mahaneivdyam and milk..

May maa shower her love and fulfill all our desires..

Shanvy · Oct 18, 2015

Today is the 6th day of navarathri and maa is looked upon as lakshmi swaroopini down south..and she also worshipped as katyayani..daughter born to sage katya who underwent severe penance to be granted maa durga as his daughter..the penance were so austere that he irked the trimurthi..who created an amsa of durga and she was born to sage katya..

She is worshipped for a husband that you desire..let us say spouse. Let her grant the desires of people.