Health & Food

Litchi Souffle (Serves approx. 20 persons) Ingredients: Litchi tin: 1 kg Cream tin: 1 kg Gelatin: 3 tbsp. Milk: ½ cup Sugar (Approx): ¼ cup or less Method: Step 1: Dissolve gelatin in half a cup of cold water. Keep it just for two minutes. Cook dissolve gelatin on double boiler for a minute. Keep aside till it becomes cool. Step 2: Separate litchis with the syrup & make pieces of desired size of...

Washington, Sep 4: Lack of a good night's sleep can not only give you puffy eyes but also make you look old by increasing the wrinkles and fine lines on your face, a new study has found. People also looked sadder when sleep-deprived than after normal sleep, and sadness was related to looking fatigued, scientists said. Sleep deprivation affects facial features such as the eyes, mouth and skin, and...

Ali Hussain Khan ages eight times faster every year from the condition, which has already killed his five brothers and sisters Tragic Ali Hussain Khan looks like a wizened old man – yet he is only 14.Heartbreakingly, he’s also the last surviving child of SIX siblings hit by a rare, crippling ¬and incurable disease.But despite suffering such a terrible loss, brave Ali refuses to give up hope a...

In a non- vegetarian hogging family, there would be just a handful of persons who would not love eating prawns. Here’s the recipe for Prawns Manchuri: Ingredients: Prawns - 500 gms Red chilli paste - 2 tbsp Onions - 2-3 medium sized Capsicum- 1 Garlic - 4 cloves Tomato sauce- 2 tbsp Soya sauce -1 tbsp Oil - 2 tbsp Salt to taste Coriander leaves Method: 1. Clean the prawns and cook them with red...

We value our hair and quietly weep at the sight of hair in the brush and on the floor. We may have tried products promising total hair repair solutions, but even these don't do much and hair fall continues to feature in our everyday nightmare list. Today, we're going back to the basics to bring you natural hair care solutions for healthy and strong hair. So how does one prevent hair loss? Here are...

Bangalore, Aug 8: Are you a gym rat aiming for a six-pack, and washing down spoonfuls of dietary supplements to tone up your body to impress your gal? It’s time you rethought all that. With no regulations governing the sale of muscle-enhancers, what with their easy availability over the counter, wary dietitians have cautioned users about their efficacity. “These supplements are rich in protein and...

Here are some exercises you can do to banish the extra flab under your chin Double chin is common among overweight men and women. And if you are sporting one too, you certainly know how unflattering it is. And alternate names like turkey neck, chin twin, second chin, etc. just proves the point. However, getting rid of a double chin is not that easy and one has to religiously do exercises for the...

For the marinade: Chicken - 1 kg Yogurt- 2 cups Ginger garlic paste - 3 tbsp Red chilli powder - 3 tbsp ( we love spicy food) :p Salt to taste Red food color- A pinch To Saute: Onions - 4 small Chopped Ginger - 1'' For the masala: Whole Coriander - 2 tsp Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp Fennel - 1 tsp Poppy paste -3 tsp Method: 1. To marinate chicken, wash and cut the chicken to the desired size. Add in...

Ingredients Peach: 1 tin (or take fresh peach slices) Strawberry jelly 2 packets Thickening cream: 3 packets (each pack contains 125g) Sweetened condensed milk: 400g Gelatin: 1 teaspoon Nuts for garnishing Method 1. Pour half packet of strawberry jelly in a wide glass dish used for making pudding, and keep it in fridge to set. 2. Mix peach slices, thickening cream and condensed milk in a separate...

Weight loss diets or weight loss foods do not require a 'special ingredient', they constitute foods that you see every day in your Indian kitchens. These weight loss foods can be eaten directly or consumed in combination meals that you eat daily. Some health enthusiasts avoid typical Indian dishes that are are creamy and submerged in ghee or butter, but you can opt for healthy cooking methods...