পোলাও

উপকরণ:

বাসমতি চাল— ৩ কেজি

জল— ১২ কাপ

কেশর— ৬-৭টি

দুধ— ২ টেবিল চামচ

ঘি— ২০০ গ্রাম

কাজু বাদাম— ১৫০ গ্রাম

কিশমিশ— ৫০ গ্রাম

গোটা গরমমশলা— ২ টেবিল চামচ

জায়ফল— এক চিমটে

জয়িত্রী— এক চিমটে

গরম মশলা গুঁড়ো— আধ চা চামচ

কেওড়া জল— কয়েক ফোঁটা

গোলাপ জল— কয়েক ফোঁটা

চিনি— ১০০ গ্রাম

নুন— স্বাদ মতো

গোলাপের পাপড়ি— সাজানোর জন্য

প্রণালী:

প্রথমে বাসমতি চাল জলে ভিজিয়ে রাখুন। কিছুক্ষণ পরে চাল ভাল করে ধুয়ে জল ঝরিয়ে নিন। উষ্ণ গরম দুধে কেশর ভিজিয়ে রাখুন। এ বার কড়াইয়ে ঘি গরম করে চাল ছে়ড়ে দিন। চাল সামান্য ভাজা ভাজা হয়ে এলে একে একে বড় এলাচ, লবঙ্গ, দারুচিনি, এক চিমটে নুন ও চিনি দিন। পরিমাণ মতো জল দিয়ে ভাল করে নাড়াচাড়া করে ঢাকা দিন। ভাত ফুটে জল শুকিয়ে এলে নামিয়ে নিন। একটি কড়াইয়ে ঘি গরম করে কাজুবাদাম হালকা নেড়ে নিন। একই সঙ্গে কিশমিশ, জায়ফল, জয়িত্রী দিয়ে দিন। এ বার মশলা মাখা কাজুবাদাম, কেওড়া জল, গোলাপ জল ও গরম মশলা গুঁড়ো পোলাওয়ের মধ্যে মিশিয়ে দিন। দুধে ভিজিয়ে রাখা কেশরও পোলাওয়ের পাত্রে মিশিয়ে ঢাকা দিয়ে এক বার ভাল করে ঝাঁকিয়ে নিন। উপরে গোলাপের পাপড়ি ছড়িয়ে গরম গরম পরিবেশন করুন পোলাও।

Chocolate Cake For Breakfast !

You may have heard the idea that chocolate actually helps one think. For me, it was always from my dad who would tell me to eat a chocolate bar before an exam in school. I never did it, but I might have to go back to those earlier years and shove chocolate in my face because according to a recent study from Syracuse University, chocolate may help brain activity and cognition.

Research Background and Results
The researchers had participants perform specific tests and in a long study showed this is a result, “Chocolate intake was significantly and positively associated with the Global Composite, Visual-Spatial Memory and Organization, Working Memory, Scanning and Tracking, the Similarities test (abstract reasoning), and the MMSE.”

Why for Breakfasts?
Know what that means? Let’s couple chocolate with the powerful first meal of the day that is known as breakfast and layer it into cake form! Breakfast is important for the human routine. Even the word “breakfast” can be translated into break fast or breaking the fast from sleep. The body shuts down during sleep so the first meal of the day is important to reawakening your physical vessel. A big and hearty breakfast will do just that, right? Couple the chocolate cake with other foods that trigger mental activity such as eggs and their yolk. Combining multiple brain foods would not only activate your mind for the day, but if done routinely the brain might even start functioning more actively in a positive fashion.

It calm your cravings for the rest of the day
Not only can that savory chocolate cake be beneficial in breakfast for it’s brain power, but it might act as a way to calm cravings and other bad eating habits throughout the remainder of the day as well. This is according to a study done at Tel Aviv University. The idea behind the study was to show that timing full meals correctly had more benefits to people trying to shed pounds than not. This is in relation to the idea that a high calorie breakfast with sweets involved will help curve the calories for the rest of the day.

How Chocolate Was Consumed During Ancient Tribal Times
The cocoa plants have been a harvested crop in South America since ancient tribal times. It has always had a link to romance because of the tradition of these tribes since they would create a drink from the plants to be used for marriages and other ceremonies similar. It was once a delicacy only known to a few parts of the world but since it was mainstreamed into the world chocolate has been sought after for various reasons. It has been used to treat sickness, as a proof of royalty, as a way to prepare for sexual dominance, as comfort and now it can be looped into helping brain functions and a staple breakfast food. It is also crazy to think that after thousands of years of being consumed, there are still studies being done on chocolate to see its benefits. Some of the three million or so cocoa beans consumed yearly can start being indulged during the early morning hours for the best meal of the day.

strawberry milk shake

One fruit that is liked by all children. Strawberry, though, a seasonal fruit makes up for great puddings and smoothies for kids

Ingredients:

1 cup strawberries (chopped)

2 tbsp sugar

1 cup milk

1 tbsp roohafza 

Sprig of mint for garnishing

Method:

Blitz away all the above ingredients into a fine concoction Strain through a strainer as strawberry tends to have a grainy texture.

Mango Drinks

The fruit's king mango, cannot be missed when we talk about summer drinks. The common mango shake gets a sweet twist with this yummy ice cream.  

Ingredients:

2 ripe mangoes(chopped)

2 tbsp sugar

1 cup Ice cream( mango/vanilla)

1/2 cup milk

Mixed nuts for garnishing

Method:

1. In a blender add mangoes, milk, sugar and ½ cup ice-cream. Blend until smooth and everything has come to a fine consistency.

2. Pour in a glass and in mid away add the remaining ice cream. Now again pour the mango shake over it. Garnish with nuts.