Fenugreek / Venthayam (Tamil) / Halba (Malay)

Good for……

• Fenugreek is used as a digestive aid.
• It also used as a galactagogue (milk producing agent) by nursing mothers to increase inadequate breast milk
• It help to reduce body heat
• Reducing the sugar level of the blood
• It also lowers blood pressure

How to use?

1. Use in curries
2. Daily morning take 1 tsp fenugreek, put inside mouth and drink water (daily)

Source from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenugreek

http://www.theepicentre.com/Spices/fenugree.html

Upside Down Pineapple Cake

Ingredients:
200gm Castor sugar
180gm butter
4 Eggs
300gm Self Rising flour
1 cup pineapple juice
1 tsp vanilla essence
6 Drained, tinned pineapple slices
1/2 cup brown sugar
6 Cherry

Method:
1) Brush a loaf tin with melted butter. Sprinkle with 1 tbsp brown sugar.
2) Arrange pineapple slices on bottom of tin. Place a Cherry in the centre and circles on the sides.
3) Sprinkle another 1 tbsp brown sugar.
4) Cream butter, sugar and essence until light and fluffy.
5) Add egg one at a time, beating well after each addition.
6) Fold in sifted flour gradually.
7) Add in the pineapple juice and mix well.
8) Pour batter into prepared tin and bake for 45-55 minutes or until cake is cooked.
9) Cool cake in the tin for 15 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.

Source by : Mazna

Stroke

This information I got it from a forwarded email. I would like to share with you all.......

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke..totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed,
and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR.

Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by
asking three simple questions:

S *Ask the individual to SMILE.
T *Ask the person to TALK, to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE

(Coherently: It is sunny out today.)
R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

{NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue... if the

tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke}

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call for an ambulance immediately and

describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

Kidney Cookies

Ingredients:
250gm butter
¾ cup custard sugar
1 cup cake flour
½ cup wheat flour
1 cup merry biscuit, crushed lightly
½ cup cornflakes, crushed lightly
½ cup cornflakes (for decoration - crushed lightly)
1 egg

Method:
1) Cream butter and sugar until the mixture turns light and fluffy.

2) Beat in egg.

3) Add in the crushed merry biscuit and cornflakes.

4) Fold in the sifted flours and mix well.

5) Roll out dough in between two plastic sheets and stamp out kidney shapes with a kidney

cookie cutter.

6) Decorate with crushed cornflakes.

7) Place on lightly-greased baking trays and bake in preheated oven at 170°C for 20—25

minutes or until lightly golden in colour.

8) Cool on wire racks before storing in airtight containers

Source by : Ana