Cheap yet Chic

Don’t have a tub? Make yourself innovative bath bouquet garnies. These bundles of herbs, usually tied together with string and used to prepare soups, stocks and various stews, can actually be made for your tap faucet too. Take a small muslin cloth, surgical bandage or cheesecloth and put 1 tsp of starch, milk powder, rose petals, oatmeal or rice powder each and add a few drops of lavender oil in it. Tie the pouch with a rubber band. Make 15- 20 pouches, store them in a jar and let it sit on your bathroom shelf. The what? Take one out each time you have your bucket and tap routine! Tie it either to the tap faucet or rub it all over your body in gentle circular movements. The starch will work as a natural tightener as the rose petals tone and lend your body a natural fragrance. The oatmeal will gently exfoliate, even as milk does what it does best- moisturize.

Taken from the Delhi Times section of the Times of India.

Pancrea- Happy Spice

Turmeric adds not just taste but may lower your risk of pancreatic cancer too.

Wake up your taste buds and protect your pancreas while you are at it. Or try a Thai dish. Turmeric- the spice that gives curry and other popular fare its strong, distinct flavour- may lower your risk of pancreatic cancer. So find that takeout number.

It’s good to be yellow

Curcumin, the yellow stuff in turmeric, may destroy tumor cells, it is believed. When researchers added the substance to cancerous pancreatic cells, production practically shut down- thanks to a clampdown on cytokines, chemicals linked to tumor growth and cell survival. Our traditional fare after a workout may make you feel a whole lot better.

Pancreas- protective foods

Apart from turmeric, when you want healthy, happy pancreas, you’ve got plenty of foods to choose from. Try these, for instance: Onion and salad leaves. They’re very tasty in sandwiches and pack special cancer- clubbing flavonols into your body. Also, fish, eggs and poultry are better choices for your pancreas than processed meats, as are D- fortified cereals and dairy.

Taken from the Delhi Times section of the Times of India.

Kiwi Souffle

Ingredients

5 eggs (separate yolks from whites)
480 gm sugar
1 l milk
20 gm gelatine
2 fresh kiwi or kiwi crush
1 kg whipped cream

Method

Mix egg yolk, 300 gm sugar and milk together. Cook in a double boiler until it reaches the consistency of custard. Beat the egg white with the remaining sugar till it turns stiff. Soak gelatine in 50ml water and cook in a double boiler for 10 minutes on low flame.
Chop the kiwi into fine pieces. Mix custard, stiff egg whites, cream, chopped kiwi or kiwi crush and set into individual moulds. Allow it to set in the refrigerator for one hour. Garnish with a sesame basket filled with dark chocolate and slices of kiwi.

This has been taken from the Delhi Times section from the Times of India.

Fig Souffle

Ingredients

8 eggs (separate yolks from whites)
200 gm figs
500 gm whipped cream
80 gm flour
120 ml milk
80 gm melted butter
160 gm sugar

Method

Mix flour, milk and yolks together and cook in a double- boiler till it reaches custard- like consistency. Add melted butter when done and mix thoroughly. Beat egg white and sugar till stiff. Chop the figs. Mix egg yolk mixture, cream, stiff egg whites, figs and set in refrigerator for one hour. Garnish with white and dark chocolate and a few slices of fig.