Health Benefits of Pomogrenate

I am an ardent fan of this wonderful fruit pomogrenate. This is the only fruit I love to have any time of the day. Though its a bit of a headache removing the skin and scooping out its seed. Its a bit of time of time consuming but worth all your efforts. I love to munch the seeds and also have it in juice form.I prefer it to be sweet and not sour. This is a very tasty as well as a healthy fruit which can be consumed by anybody irrespective of whatever they suffer from.It is a very safe fruit.
The important health benifits of pomogrenate consumption are
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1.Pomogrenate contains higher level of antioxidants which are effective in fighting diseases.

2.Pomogrenate helps to keep the skin clear and glowing.

3.Pomogrenate is an antiinflammatory agent to protect against painful arithritis.

4.Pomogrenate juice helps to reduce cholestrol.

5. The pomogrenate juice if taken regularly protects against all types of cancers.

6.Pomogrenate helps in the prevention of Alziemers disease.

7.pomogrenate juice helps to remove intestinal worms in children.

8.Eating pomogrenate often reduces blood vessel damage.

9. It has a high content of ascorbic acid to remedy respiratory problems.

10. Pomogrenate helps to increase appetite.

11. It helps in fighting osteoarithritis.

12. It helps to lower B.P among people with hypertension.

13. One pomogrenate has 40% of the vitamin c requirement for adults.

14. The fruit is a good source of vitamin c and pottasium.

Keep consuming a lot of pomogrenates off and on since it is good for the normal person or person with diabetes or cholestrol or any other disease. It is harmless and not a restricted fruit.
It is a very healthy fruit for everbody. Last but not the least:
A POMOGRENATE A DAY HELPS TO KEEP THE DISEASES AT BAY

Keerai (spinach) rice

Spinach is a very healthy leafy vegetable full of iron and it is my favourite vegetable.I make lot of items in spinach like vadas, kootu, I even put it in adai batter. Now I am going to take you to have a look at a rice dish I am making with keerai.I am sure everybody will like it.My daughter is not a good spinach eater, but if I make something like this for a change she likes to have it.

Ingredients:

Rice -1 cup

Big onions - 2

Finely cut keerai -3 cups

It could either be palak or any variety of spinach.

Green chillies - 2

Roasted peanuts -1 tblsp

Lemon -1 big (optional)

Oil - 3 Tblsps

For seasoning:

Mustard seeds -1/4 tsp.

Cumin seeds(jeera)1/2 tsp

Black gram dhal (urad dal)1 tsp

Bengal gram dhal (chana dal) 1 tsp

Cashew nuts (optional) 10

For masala powder:

Coriander seeds 1 1/2 tsp

Black gram dhal 1 tsp

Fenugreek (methi seeds) 1/4 tsp

Bengal gram dhal 1 tsp

Red chillies whole -5-6

Asafoetida powder (hing) - a pinch

(Fry the above spices in half a tsp of oil and powder them)

Method:

Cook rice till each grain is separate.Allow it to cool completely. Cut onions into small pieces.Clean the spinach and chop them finely.Heat oil.Fry seasonings and then the cut green chillies.

Add onions and fry for 2 minutes.Continue frying with the spinach till it shrinks litte and the raw flavour goes fro it. Add cooled rice salt, powdered spices, peanut powder and mix well in high fkame, till everything is mixed well.If you want you can add grated fresh coconut, squeeze lemon,mix well and serve with curd raitha.