Thiruvathirai kali

Thiruvathirai kali specially made on thiruvathirai day to 
give as a prasatham to lord Shiva


Ingredients needed

• Raw rice - 1 cup
• Jaggery - 1 1/2 cup
• Grated coconut -3/4 cup loosely packed
• Ghee - 1/4 cup
• Cardamom - 1/4 tsp
• Cashew nuts - few

Preparation
                     Dry roast rice in a pan till it turns light golden brown in color. Keep the flames low while frying.Dry grind the rice coarsely like rava. Keep it aside.

• Melt jaggery in little water and filter it to remove impurities.
• Roast cashew nuts in little ghee and keep it aside.
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• Method
• Take a pan/kadai , add jaggery water and bring it to boil.
• Add grated coconut and let it cook for a few minutes.
• Add rice rava, 2 tsp of ghee and water (2 1/2 cups) and pressure cook for 3 whistles.
• After the pressure subsides, remove it, add the rest of the ghee and cardamom powder.
• Mix well and cook for 3-4 minutes. Thiruvathirai kali is ready.

HAVE A GOOD DAY..................!!!!!!!

Please save the life...

                                    HORRENDOUS!!!........


Denmark is a big shame .

The sea is stained in red and in the meanwhile its not because of the climate effects of nature. 




It's because of the cruelty that human beings (civilised human) kill hundreds of the famous and intelligent Calderon dolphins. 


This happens every year in Feroe Iland in Denmark . In this slaughter the main participants are young teens. 

WHY? 

A celebration, to show that they are adults and mature! 



In this big celebration, nothing is missing for the fun. Everyone is participating in one way or the other, killing or looking at the cruelty supporting like a spectator 


It is necessary to mention that the dolphin calderon, like all the other species of dolphins, its near extinction and they get near men to play and interact in PURE friendship . 





They dont die instantly; they are cut 1, 2 or 3 times with thick hooks. And at that time the dolphins produce a grim cry like that of a new born child. 


But he suffers and theres no compassion while this magnificent creature slowly dies in its own blood 




Enough! 

We should forward this message until it arrives in the ears of all associations which protect and defend the animals, we wont only read. That would make us accomplices, viewers. 



Take care of the world, it is our home! 
So please send this message to more and more people to save these species....

Use of aspirin

A former EMT with CareFlight (same as Life Flight in Houston (but in  Dallas ) sent this information.  He said do not have the heart attack patient swallow the aspirin but place it under the tongue.  The reason is, there are 2 good size veins (which return blood to heart) that are only covered by a thin layer of membrane.  This allows for the aspirin to almost immediately enter the blood stream going to the heart.  If swallowed, the aspirin has to take a longer journey through the stomach before reaching the heart.  If you go to a mirror and stick out your tongue so that you can see the underside, you can see the 2 blue veins running parallel on either side of the center of the tongue.  This former EMT's Dad was lucky to already know this procedure when he had his heart attack and credits it to saving his life. 
IMPORTANT READ.....
Something that we can do to help ourselves.  Nice to know.  Bayer is making crystal aspirin to dissolve under the tongue. They work much faster than the tablets.
Why keep aspirin by your bedside? 
About Heart Attacks 
There are other symptoms of an heart attack besides the pain on the left arm. 
One must also be aware of an intense pain on the chin, as well as nausea and lots ofsweating , however these symptoms may also occur less frequently.
Note :   There may be NO pain in the chest during a heart attack.  The majority of people (about 60%) who  had a heart attack during their sleep, did not wake up.  However, if it occurs, the chest pain may wake you up from your deep sleep. 
If that happens, immediately dissolve two aspirins in your mouth and swallow them with a bit of water.

Afterwards :

-  phone a neighbour  or a family member who lives very close by
-  say  "heart attack!" -  say that you have taken 2 aspirins ..
-   take a seat on a chair or sofa near the front door, and wait for their arrival and ...
~  Do NOT Lie Down 

Now wash your hands - and your mobile

                      It is the sort of news story that will have left many feeling queasy over their breakfast cereal - a study which suggests one in six mobile phones is contaminated with faecal matter. Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Queen Mary, University of London took nearly 400 samples from mobile phones and hands in 12 British cities. They found 16% of phones and 16% of hands harboured E. coli (Escherichia coli), bacteria which inhabit the human intestines.  The largest proportion of contaminated phones was in Birmingham (41%) while Londoners were caught with the highest proportion of E. coli present on hands (28%).  But the sample size in each city was small, so the variations between them could be a statistical anomaly. 
                     However Dr Val Curtis, from the London School of Hygiene says the study showed clear differences between north and south. “Why do so many people clearly not wash their hands with soap after a visit to the toilet? Perhaps they do, but are simply doing it wrong.” "We found the further north we went the more hands and phones were likely to be contaminated. It could be the bugs survive better in colder and wetter conditions or it might be that people wash their hands less." I explained to Dr Curtis that such comments were unlikely to win her friends in Glasgow and Liverpool - two of the cities where samples were taken.  But she brushed this aside explaining that after a similar survey three years ago she was advised not to hang around Newcastle.
               Archers warning Most strains of E. coli found on the hands and phones are not likely to cause major ill-health, although listeners of "The Archers" will know that Clarrie Grundy became an unwitting carrier of the bacteria, leading to a number of children being  hospitalised in the fictional county of Borsetshire. Dr Curtis explained that they were using E. coli as a marker for the presence of faecal matter.  She said: "Campylobacter and Salmonella bacteria are much more likely to cause a gastric infection and could easily be passed on through faecal contamination." So we are talking about poo, excrement - on mobile phones and fingers.
                Hand washing technique Why do so many people clearly not wash their hands with soap after a visit to the toilet? Perhaps they do, but are simply doing it wrong. I remember having correct hand-washing technique described to me by the virologist Professor John Oxford. He thought people didn't wash thoroughly enough, or long enough - two verses of Happy Birthday to you were suggested. Perhaps there is also a confusion in some people's minds about dirt and germs. After all, there is plenty of research suggesting dirt can be good for you. Since the late 1980s the "hygiene hypothesis" has argued that the lack of early childhood exposure to some germs may be linked to the rise in allergic diseases, by suppressing the development of the immune system. It's a much-debated theory.  But while letting your children - or your husband - play in the dirt may well be ok, they still need to wash their hands after the toilet. Or after handling raw meat and poultry.                  Big killer 
            You simply have to look to the developing world to see the devastating effects of poor hygiene. Diarrhoeal disease remains one of the world's biggest killers. While hand-washing may help prevent a nasty stomach bug here, in poorer countries it can save lives. The survey from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is timed to publicise Global Handwashing Day on 15 October.  It is an annual event which promotes hand-hygiene, the cheapest and most effective way of preventing infection by bacteria and viruses.

pidi kollukattai

       Pidi kollukattai is a special recipe made on vinayakar sathurthi..It is the most favourite dish of lord ganesha.

Ingredients needed:

• Rice flour                  - 1 cup
• sesame seeds            -1 spoon
• ghee                         - 4 spoon
• coconut                    -1/4  cup
• jaggery                     - 3/4 cup
• cardamom powder   -1 pinch

             First, fry rice flour along with ghee in a non-stick pan until it gets heated..Then boil jaggery in water till it sinks and then filter it..Add cardamom powder, grated coconut and sesame seeds to it..

  Now mix it with flour and make shapes out of it with your hands..Then cook it in steam and your ganesh chadurthi special is ready..