Search for Diabetic Recipes

For the past few days I have been on the search for easy to make Diabetic recipes (of course, I am not a diabetic) but for a friend who wanted it for her husband. He is very choosy in taking new dishes, so she wanted me to give her a few real good ones.

I am not here to discuss on what is diabetic and what are the remedies or medicines. But this diabetic seems to be the fastest growing disorder (yes disorder, you cannot call it a disease). Came to know that this disorder can be prevented by proper diet, proper exercise, changing the eating habit, doing regular exercise and having a constant and acceptable physical activity.

But when it have actually come what one need to do to control it:
1.Sweets should be avoided completely.
2. It will be better, if the intake of fried and fatty foods are minimized.
3. If the weight is reduced by proper exercise and diet, the body insulin will start to work properly.
4. Eating lots of fibre rich foods helps in reducing the glucose absorption into the blood. (Blood sugar will be reduced to a greater extent)
5. If a non-vegetarian, then egg yolk, mutton, beaf should be taken in lesser quantities (Better to take chicken and fish without the skin)
5. Intake of oil in the daily cooking should be reduced.
6. Fatty cheese like Margarine and Vanaspathi should be avoided completely.
7. Eat 7 meals a day, instead of one whole meal.
8. Never skip any meal, especially breakfast.
9. Donot forget to walk and do exercises daily.
10. Reduce Stress. (Learn how to destress here)

Check here for a few Diabetic Recipes

Every Day Early Morning - Karadarshanam

Every morning before steppng down from the bed after a god sleep, one should turn to the right side and get up slowly. Getting up suddenly from the bed might bring in stress and head aches the whole day.

To avoid stress due to the sudden waking up in the morning, our ancestors have given us a small suggestion.

Every morning before stepping down from bed, turn to your right, get up slowly and rub both your hands together and place them on your face. Now slowly move the hands away from your face and open your eyes to see the palms and recite the following sloka.

Karagre Vasate Lakshmi Karmadhye Saraswati
Karmoole Tu Govindaha Prabhaate Karadarshanam

Meaning:
Karagre-on the tip of your fingers; vasate- dwells; Lakshmi- the Goddess of Prosperity, Lakshmi; karamadhye- in the middle of your hands; Saraswathi- the Goddess of Knowledge Saraswathi; karamoole- in the base of your hands; Govindah-the Lord Govindah; prabhate-in the morning; karadarshanam-look at your palm.

This prayer also denotes that each and every part of our body is the dwelling place of a god and we have to keep it clean both physically and mentally. 

My Mysorepa making experience

My mom makes Mysore pa the yummy dish almost 3 or 4 times every year. I am 100% sure, even the Krishna Sweets  Mysorepa cannot match it (the reason behind is this is made with love). It will be the sweet for either my birthday or my brother's.

I have seen her making it before marriage. Have not tried doing it even once. But did note that recipe in my recipe note book. It was after we moved to Trichy, my cousins and their families visited us and they are tasting my cooking for the first time. I had invited them for lunch.

I have seen the method my mom follows and the utensils she used. Though I had a Calcutta kadai, I didnot want to use it but tried using non-stick(thinking that I could use less ghee). Followed the method step by step. But that being non-stick it became ready very fast. I took a small ball of the paste and tasted it only to find, that it didnot match my mom's preparation (my cousins know that I took my cooking training from my mom and she is one of the great cooks of our family). And I guessed that lack of ghee could be the reason and kept the flame in low and added the required quantity of ghee to it.

Wow!!!! Mysorepa tasted great, simply out of the world. And my other preparations also turned out quite well. I saved my mom's name.

Recipe to make Tomato Puree

Ingredients:
Tomatoes - Red and Ripe - 1 kg
Water - 2 ltrs
Vinegar - 1/2 cup

Method:
Boil water, add the washed tomatoes to it and close the lid(ensure that the fire is put off). Leave it for about 5 minutes. Remove from the hot water and put it in cold water. Peel the skin and in a juicer blender(better to use that blender, which separates the seeds and juice). If not use a juicer sieve to separate the juice and waste.
      
In a hard bottom shallow pan boil the puree with vinegar till it reaches the desired consitency.

Store the puree in different containers and some of them can also be stored in freezer for later use. Use it immediatly after defreezing.