6 Natural Ways to Remain Fit Without Exercise

Caution: These tips are not substitutes of exercise. These are complementary and necessary but not sufficient. Like businesses are having good practice guide and they follow it to the extent possible, we human being can also learn from good practices of other healthy people. Some of the proven, simple and backed by science practices, which usually we ignore, can amazingly help us remain fit. 1) … Continue reading 6 Natural Ways to Remain Fit Without Exercise

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Fitness, Food & Nutrition, Main Dish

Healthy Dinner – Bottle Gourd Dumpling (Dudhi/Lauki – Muthia)

Here is a healthy and tasty dinner dish for you. Cooking Time: 25 Minutes, Serves: 2 Ingredients: ½ Kg Dudhi (Bottle Gourd/Lauki) 1 cup Majestic Multigrain Flour 2 teaspoon Curd (Sour) 1 ½ teaspoon Red Chili Powder 1 teaspoon Sugar ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder ¼ teaspoon Cumin seeds 3 – teaspoon Oil Pinch of Asafoetida (Hing) Salt to taste Process: Shred the Dudhi Mix the … Continue reading Healthy Dinner – Bottle Gourd Dumpling (Dudhi/Lauki – Muthia)

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Food & Nutrition, Main Dish

Thepla & Kacha Kela (Raw Banana) Vegetable for Dinner

Open the Tiffin box any Gujarati tourist and you will invariably find Thepla. Thepla is so universal that we can eat it Ghee, Tea, Curd, Vegetable or alone. This is the power of popular Thepla. Here we present a recipe of Thepla and Raw Banana Vegetable. Number of Thepla: 10-12 Preparation time: 75 minutes (Incl 60 minutes of waiting) Making Time: 15 minutes Ingredients: 1 … Continue reading Thepla & Kacha Kela (Raw Banana) Vegetable for Dinner

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Cardio, Fitness

6 things you MUST know about Walking

“Walking is an intrinsic part of my fitness regime. I strongly believe that walking is a great way to stay fit and encourage everyone to start walking since it is one of the easiest and most effective ways to get healthier.” Akshay Kumar, Bollywood Actor. We religiously follow our Heroes so we have started to walk. But we do not know anything about the frequency, duration, … Continue reading 6 things you MUST know about Walking

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Fitness, Know your Disease

Anushka Sharma, Deepika Padukone, and Mental Health

Do you know before creating the Harry Potter series, JK Rowling was clinically depressed? Leading Indian actress Deepika Padukone was once a depression patient. Anuksha Sharma another leading actress was treated for her depression. She once tweeted. I have anxiety. And I’m treating my anxiety. I’m on medication for my anxiety. Why am I saying this? Because it’s a completely normal thing. It’s a biological … Continue reading Anushka Sharma, Deepika Padukone, and Mental Health

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Fitness, Food & Nutrition, Main Dish

Recipe of Tasty Cucumber Puda (Pudla) – Pancake

This healthy recipe is made from Majestic Multigrain Flour (Desai Vada Lot). This special flour has its origin in south Gujarat, India. This is used especially by Desai community. Known as Anavil Brahmins this community dominant in Surat and Valsad districts of south Gujarat, India, where they have been significant land-owners. The famous known Anavil is Indian former Prime Minister Shri Morarji Desai. Mr. Klass W VanDer Veen – a … Continue reading Recipe of Tasty Cucumber Puda (Pudla) – Pancake

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Dessert, Fitness, Food & Nutrition

Rasmalai – Mouth Watering Bengali Sweet

You are about to make one of the most popular Indian desserts Rasmalai. Ingredients: 10 pieces – Rasgulla 1 liter – Full fat milk 6 tablespoon – Sugar 10-12 leaves – Saffron 8 pieces – Almond 8 pieces – Pistachio 1/4th teaspoon – Cardamom Process: Make Rasgulla as per the process explained here. Add sugar and saffron in the milk and boil it for 20 … Continue reading Rasmalai – Mouth Watering Bengali Sweet

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Fitness, Weight & Gym Training

Are You Suffering From Fitness Misconceptions?

I am fit and fine. I am slim. I go for a walk and do jogging to remain fit. I don’t have any health-related problems. Misconceptions: Slim means fit. No need for exercise. No disease NOW means no disease in FUTURE also. Walking keeps me fit, so I only do walking. Jogging is what I do regularly. I do Yoga and that is enough to … Continue reading Are You Suffering From Fitness Misconceptions?

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Wellness, Yoga

When do Yoga Practices Fail and How to Avoid?

The title is an awakening call for us, isn’t it? We all believe we did our Yoga Asana and Pranayama for the day in the morning and that’s it. We did our bit of remaining fit. Now it is the body’s responsibility to remain fit irrespective of whatever I do. The following sutra from the ancient Yoga text Hathapradapika (15) says it all. It says Yoga … Continue reading When do Yoga Practices Fail and How to Avoid?

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Fitness, Food & Nutrition, Main Dish

Mexican Herb Rice & Stir fry Vegetable with baked beans

Mexican cuisine is created mostly with ingredients native to Mexico, as well as those brought over by the Spanish cancerous, with some new influences since then. Vegetables play an important role in Mexican cuisine. Common vegetables include zucchini, cauliflower, corn, potatoes, spinach, Swiss chard, mushrooms, red tomato, green tomato, etc. Let’s now learn to make an Indian version of Mexican herb rice. Ingredients quantity in the recipe are for 4 servings. Mexican Herb … Continue reading Mexican Herb Rice & Stir fry Vegetable with baked beans

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Food & Nutrition, Snacks

How to Make Tasty Snack – Chakri

This is a crispy spiral shaped fried Indian snack. It has several names in India, known as Chakari in Gujarat, Murukku in southern India and Chakali in Maharashtra. Here is a recipe of this very popular Indian snack – Chakri. Ingredients: ½ kg rice flour 1/4th cup fresh cream 1/4th teaspoon turmeric powder 1/4th teaspoon sesame (Tal) seeds ½ teaspoon green chilly powder Salt to … Continue reading How to Make Tasty Snack – Chakri

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Fitness, Food & Nutrition, Sweet

How to Make Golpapdi – Sukhadi?

Golpapadi is one of the most revered sweets made by Gujarati families. This is a basic sweet yet very popular sweet. Gujaratis make Sukhadi also known as Golpapadi on auspicious occasions. This small square size sweet will find its way in the food baggage of most Gujarat travellers. Sukhadi is offered as Prasad (Offering to the God) in one of the famous Temples in Mahudi … Continue reading How to Make Golpapdi – Sukhadi?

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Fitness, Food & Nutrition, Salad

Stir fry Salad with Paneer & Olive

“I make a big salad bowl just for myself, double or triple the size of a normal salad.” Joel Fuhrman Yes, this is a kind of salad Joel Fuhrman is referring above, double or triple size won’t hurt. This salad is a 5 minutes diet watchers’ dinner dish. Ingredients: 2 teaspoon Olive Oil ½ cup Cabbage ½ cup Capsicum ½ cup Tomatoes ½ cup Cucumber 1/4th … Continue reading Stir fry Salad with Paneer & Olive

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Fitness, Food & Nutrition, Sweet

Recipe of the Most Famous Bengali Sweet – Rasgulla

Unbeatable, irresistible and one of the most popular Bengali sweets is Rasgulla. According to historians of Odisha, the Rasgulla originated in Puri as Khira Mohana which later evolved into the Pahala Rasgulla. It has been traditionally offered as bhog to goddess Lakshmi at Jagannath Temple, Puri The Jagannath Temple scholars such as Laxmidhar Pujapanda and researchers like Jagabandhu Padhi state that the tradition has existed … Continue reading Recipe of the Most Famous Bengali Sweet – Rasgulla

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