An Egg a Day ?

Most peoples are avoiding eggs in their diet.

Reason ?
Cholesterol.

Eggs contain cholesterol and high cholesterol levels in our blood increases our risk of heart didease.


However, the cholesterol we get from our food- and this includes eggs- has less effect on the amount of cholesterol in our blood than the amount of saturated fat we eat.


So if you are eating a balanced diet you only need to cut down on eggs if you have been told to do so by your general practitioner (GP) or dietation. If your GP has told you to watch your cholesterol levels, your priority should be cutting down on saturated fats.

There is no recommended limit on how many eggs people should eat. Eggs are a good choice as part of a healthy balanced diet.

Eggs are a good source of protein, Vitamin A, B2 and D .

Now start eating eggs if your are avoiding without any reason.

Pre Workout Diet (Diet Before Exercise)

Diet play an important role in exercise. Never start a workout with an empty stomach.
Take adequate and balanced diet at least half hour before an exercise.

The diet consist of all the basic nutrients.

• Carbohydrates, Protein , Fat and Water.

If you are starting your work in the morning , your breakfast should contain plenty of wholegrain breads and cereals, fruits and vegetables and moderate amount of milk, yoghurt and cheese, lean meat, fish, poultry, eggs, nuts and pulses.

• Eat enough food for your level of activity, If you eat too little then you won't be able to keep up your exercise levels.
• Drink plenty of fluids
• Eat enough carbohydrate to keep going during exercise.

Fig, Olives, Olive oil, Dates, Pomegranate, Oat are rich source of Carbohydrates, healthy fats as mentioned in Quran and Hadees.

• Before starting your exercise void your bladder to avoid urinary track infections.

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Food Additives With E Numbers Halal or Haram

I am a Food Technologist by profession. Most of my friend and family member and other peoples are asking me verbally, by e mail or through friends that we have purchased a product with E number mentioned on label. Is it Haram or Halal.  Even I noticed in some newspapers in past that the products with E numbers mentioned on label are Haram. I wants to explains some points here.

What are Food Additives.

• Chemicals are  often added to foods as preservatives, to add colour, to help different food substances combine in processed food (e.g. cakes and biscuits). and to enhance the taste and texture of food. These chemicals are known as additives.Most additives included in a product must be listed on the packaging label.

• Additives which have been approved usually have numbers. Those with E numbers have been approved by European Union .
• Therefore all the food additives with E numbers are not Haram, however some food additives with E numbers are Haram. Mainly those  food additives derived from animal source which are Haram themself. No mineral sourced  colour or food additives is Haram. Only animal sourced animal derived from Haram Animals are Haram.

• For detailed list of Haram items ( food and  non food) kindly visit the following website
• www.muslimconsumergroup.com

As E numbers are approved from European Union, American products are normally approved by FDA, and mentioned as FD&C numbers.  If Muslims countries jointly decided to have food additives safe for Muslim consumers they can use  M or I or H before an approved Muslim or Islamic or Halal Food Additives and Non Food additives (used in drugs/cosmetics/and household items)

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Herbal Remedy For Prostatitis

Most of the men after, even before, the age of 45-50, suffer an illness involving prostate. Prostate enlargement a common problem. Urination with pain and burning is a common symptom.

Urologist suggest MRI . When MRI results show enlargement of prostate gland. The following herbal formula is very useful. Pain and burning during urination will go within 3-4 hours after taking qahwah (Tea)  of this herbal medicine.






Formula

• Melia azadidirachta   (Tukhm e Bakain, Burg e Bakain)             2 gram
• Ocimum basilicum   (Tulsi, Barg e farang mushk, niazbo)         4 gram
• Sphaeranthus indicus ( Gorak Mundi, Gul e Mundi)                    4 gram
• Tephrosia puperea      (Sarphooka)                                             4gram
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•                                                                                           12-14 gram / dose/day

                                                                                             
How To Use
Take one cup of water, add 6-7 gm of herbs and boil on low flame for 15-20 minutes.
Cool and take before breakfast and before going to bed at night.

Duration of Treatment 
15-45 days

Further information
This is a useful herbal formula to help maintain normal function  of prostate gland and its allied activities.
Gul e Mundi is the principal ingredient of this formulation fortified with selected herbs known for their resolvent anti-inflammatory and immunostimulant properties and in most cases of prostate problems  this formulation  helps keep the system in proper health.

Where to Buy these ingredient and how to identify them
You can buy  these ingredients from any herbal medicine store and you can check wikimedia commons website and search herbal for photographs which I have uploaded there.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Herbal
and
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=miansari66&fulltext=1

In India and Pakistan  Hamdard Laboratories are marketing this formulation under the name of GULMUNDENE. Packing size 120 g for 20 doses. Cost Pak Rs 80.

Gulmundene

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Ras Malai رس ملائی

Ras Malai

Ras Malai is a delicious sweetmeat liked by all ages. Purely milk based sweetmeat.




Ingredients for Malai (Milk doughnut):

• Milk  full cream   2 litre
• Baking powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Lemon juice  1-2 teaspoon or tatri 1-2 pinch
• Corn starch 1-2 teaspoon
• Sugar 2 kg

Ingredients for Ras ( Sweetened and flavoured Milk)

• Milk  1 litre
• Pistachio  chopped   20
• Almonds slices and chopped 20
• Cardamom seeds 1/8 teaspoon
• Sugar 1/2 - 1 cup
• Rose essences few drops

Procedure:

• Boil milk in a pan, after few boils add lemon juice 1 teaspoon at once and stirr, the milk will start coagulating if does not start add more lemon juice.
• Instead of using lemon juice the tatri (any food acid like Citric acid, Tartaric acid or Malic acid is a better choice if available, it will not impart flavour to milk)
• When milk fully coagulated add one glass cold water and sieve through muslin cloth (malmal cloth).
• You will get 200-250 gram of Shaninna (cottage cheese).
• Now add  baking powder and corn starch to it and dough well to a smooth texture. Then made small balls or patty shaped dumbles from it and keep aside.
• In a separate pan take  one glass water add sugar  and cook on medium flame to make sugar syrup (chashni or sheera) when boiling started add prepared balls to it and cook till balls doubles in size.
• Remove from sugar syrup in a pan fill 3/4th  with tap water. After 5 minutes squeeze carefully to remove excess water.
• Add these to sweetened and flavoured  milk with pistachio, almonds , cardamom seeds and few drops of rose essences.
• Delicious Ras malai is ready, cool in refrigerator and serve.

Preparation of Sweetened and Flavoured Milk

• Heat Milk then add Pistachio, almond, sugar, cardamom seeds and rose essence, then cool.

Ras Malai From Karachi

Okra Achar Masala اچاری بھنڈی

Okra Achar Masala

Okra Achar Masala is a purely vegetarian dish with achar taste. Very delicious and tangy .

 


Ingredients:

• Okra (Lady finger/Bhindi)  1/2 kg
• Oil 1 and 1/2 cup
• Onion Chopped 1
• Ginger crushed 1 teaspoon
• Garlic crushed 1 teaspoon
• Tomatoes chopped 2 teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Haldi 1/2 teaspoon
• Red Chilli cutter 1 teaspoon
• Red Chilli powder 1 teaspoon
• Coriander powder 1 teaspoon
• Cumin seed whole 1/2 teaspoon
• Fennel whole 1/4 teaspoon
• Kalaunji whole 1/4 teaspoon
• Ajwain whole1/4 teaspoon
• Methidana 1/4 teaspoon
• Mustard whole 1/4 teaspoon
• Tamarind pulp 2 tablespoon

Procedure:

• Fry Okra in 1 cup oil and keep aside.
• Now saute onion in 1/2 cup oil, add ginger, garlic, tomatoes,  spices and Tamarind (Imli) pulp and fry for 5 minutes .
• Then add fried okra and cook for another 5 minutes, then simmer for 10 minutes.
• Delicious Okra Achari Masala is ready.
• Serve with Roti/Rice

• Mood: cheerful

Okra Achar Masala

Anal Fissure

Anal fissure is a crack or tear in the skin of anal canal.

When a person trying to pass stool ,he feels pain.  The swelling and pain are unbearable.

Causes 
Constipation
Hard stools

What to do
To see a general surgeon, he will examine , and recommend medications.

Medications
Medication are generally pain relieving ( Like Voltran, Kaflm , Nise) , Swelling relieving ( Like Chymoral Forte)   and Flegyl  and GTN paste 0.25%.

Duration of Treatment
Painkiller, Swelling reliefer and antibiotic are used for 2-3 days but GTN paste must be used for atlest 45 days to avoid relapse.

Surgery
Surgery is also an option to correct anal fissure but if patient use GTN paste 2-3 times daily for atleast 45 days and make his/her stool soft this can be avoided.

Where to Buy and How to apply GTN Paste
Best quality GTN paste is available at Agha Khan Univesity Hospital Karachi pharmacy, however one can buy it from any pharmacy, In UK it is available under the brand name of Rectogesic.
It can be applied with the help of cotton bud in small amount, by yourself or with the help of some one other.
It is very usefull medicine , and complete cure occurred in many patients.

How To Make Your Stool Soft
Stool should be soft enough to pass easily, no watery stools are necessary only soft stool. Use any stool softener, but do not use purgative.

In Pakistan Qars e Mullian of Hamdard  (Tablets) are available, one tablet with luke warm water before going to bed is enough for soft stool at the morning. In some person 1-1/2 to 2 tablets are required.

Lahori Murgh Cholay لاہوری مرغ چھولے

Lahori Murgh Cholay

Lahori Murgh Cholay is one of the most popular dish of Punjab, Road Side vendors are selling this stuff in all seasons in parks, in bazaars in Industrial areas. Cholay means Kabuli Channa in Punjabi and Murgh Means Chicken.

Ingredients:

• Chicken  1 kg
• Kabuli Channa (Garbanzo beans/Chickpea)   250 gram
• Oil 1 cup
• Onion chopped 3
• Tomatoes chopped 3
• Ginger crushed 2 teaspoon
• Garlic crushed 2 teaspoon
• Fresh Coriander leaves for Garnish
• Mint chutney in yoghurt (Mint Raita) for serving.
• Salt to taste
• Red Chilli powder 1 teaspoon
• Red Chilli cutter 1 teaspoon
• Haldi 1/2 teaspoon
• Cumin powder 1 teaspoon
• Coriander powder 1 teaspoon
• Baking soda 3 teaspoon
• Black pepper whole 15
• Cloves whole 8
• Garam Masala  1/2 teaspoon

Procedure:

• Wash then soak Kabuli channa in water with 2 teaspoon of baking soda for 5-6 hours.
• Then boil in enough water and  keep aside.
• Now heat oil in a pan fry onion till golden brown. Add tomatoes, ginger, garlic and all spices and 1 teaspoon baking soda and fry for 2 minutes then add chicken and fry for another 5 minutes.
• Add 2 cup water and cook on medium flame till chicken is tender.
• At this stage add boiled Kabuli channa and cook for 10 minutes. Garnish with Fresh Coriander leaves and simmer.
• Delicious Murgh Cholay are ready serve with Naan and Mint raita.
• Mint raita is usually poured over Murgh Cholay gravy in serving plate.

Lahori Murgh Cholay