Dhall

Dhall is the first food given to babies from 6 months & up. Indian moms usually try this trick handy when the babies start teething, crankiness or sick. While dhall is a naturally high protein food it also contains fiber, calcium, potassium, iron and low in fats giving a reasonable value of carbohydrates.

One simple dhall recipe is to cook until well mashed add salt, combine with boiled rice and a spoonful of ghee.
This will do the trick for 6-9 months babies. But once they learn to taste, their taste buds grows rapidly.. here are some ways to add dhall for all other food.

What to add:

Cumin powder = 1/4 tsp
black pepper powder = 1/4 tsp (less)
seasoning fry mustard, urad dhall, curry leaf = 1 tsp

With all these spices to expand the taste of dhall is sure to hit the babies liking. Also can be served with idly, dosa, chappathi, rice etc.

For toddlers:

Fry the finely chopped shallots, garlic, ginger, tomatoes, veges like peas, carrots, beans, cabbage etc. boil along with dhall to serve with all foods.

dhall kootu:

almost all vegetables can be combined in this form for any one & simple to cook dish that goes well with any food.

vegetables:

brinjal, chowchow (chayote squash), yellow squash, zuchini, pumpkins, drumstick, korean melon, long squash  (chorakai), thadiyangai (white pumpkin), cabbage, cucumber, etc.

dhall: finely boiled or cooked till mashed.

Any of the vegetables can be boiled add with dhall, salt, coconut milk or plain milk , green or red chilly 1, seasoning bring to a boil or simmer for 7-10 mins.

Traditional tamilnadu method :

Chop the vegetables in to 1/2 - 1 inch cubes. add with dhall and water cook till well combined. Then add finely ground paste of coconut, green chilly, cumin seeds, 1 small shallot. bring to boil add salt to taste, seasoning simmer for 5mins.

Quantity: for 1 cup chopped vegetables, 1/2 cup dhall, 1/4 to less coconut paste.
1/4 cup coconut (less) 2 green chilly according to spice level, 1-2 spn cumin seeds, 1 small onion.

gem stones by month

Birthstone is a gemstone attributed by the month in which a person is born.

January = Garnet

Febraury = Amethyst

March = Aquamarine

April = Diamond

May = Emerald

June = Pearls, moonstone

July = Ruby

August = Peridot, Sardonyx

September = Sapphire

October = Opal, Tourmaline

November = Citrine, Yellow topaz

December = Blue topaz, Tanzanite, Turquoise.

White gold : White gold is created by combining pure gold with a copper, zinc and nickel (or palladium) alloy.

Pink Gold
The result of combining pure gold with large amounts of copper.  Also called "Rose" or "Red" Gold.

Yellow Gold:

By combining with copper and silver, yellow gold retains a rich yellow color while increasing its durability.

Sterling Silver
A durable jewelry metal consisting of at least 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% alloy.

Karat
The standard measurement of gold.  Pure gold is 24 Karats.

http://www.gemselect.com/group/gemselect.php?x_ByType=on

This webpage carries details about the list of gemstones available on earth for goodness.
http://www.gemselect.com/other-info/gemstone-meanings.php

fruity chocolate milkshake

What u need : are any variety fruit cubes like apples, pears, cantaloupe, banana.
nestle carnation drink mix 1 pkt chocolate flavor, 1 cup boiled cold milk, 1 spn sugar.

How u blend it: In a mixer add milk, sugar, 2 tblspn of drink mix, any of the fruits blend them to a
smoothie. serve chilled or to kids liking.

tip: carnation drink mix is available in vanilla flavor.

Positive attitude

Being positive is a whole lot fun while practising to be positive in everyday life is not that easy though. First knowing what is positive attitude & why a person should follow such an attitude will help simplify the job.

Attitude: It is a cognitive behavior of judgements. In a simpler terms man tries to act or react in a specific manner over again. Kids talking back to elders, teachers, parents is an attitude. Feeling inferior or superior is an attitude. Such attitudes can be positive or negative. Usually a positive attitude is said to enhance ones life occasionally a negative attitude also can influence a positive result primarily based on situations & the individual's talent of counteracting the situation.

Positive attitude: cultivating positive attitude from a young age will yield good results through out the lifetime while following positive at a later stage in life is also beneficial. Its just like "better late than never" policy. Positive attitude comprises of positive speaking, positive thinking, positive actions, positive subconsciousness.

Positive thinking: Always the mind should be filled with positive thoughts even while undergoing stressful situations, pain, problems etc. Having positive thoughts in mind when we lead a happy life is not that difficult but during the times of struggle & problems is the best of time to acquire positive thoughts to overcome in life.

Positive speaking: Such acquired positive thoughts should be spoken positive for which the words must be positive. Speaking negatively even though with positive thoughts might not yield good results.

Positive actions: Acting or reacting positively to a situation also induces greatly to get rid of the pain or the mistake committed. While actions are also called deeds where an individual always tries to accomplish good work. The good deeds should help someone to overcome their grief or encourage to achieve something is called positive actions.

Positive subconsciousness: Mind or the subconsciousness is the source for all happiness or illness.So keeping the subconscious free from stress is one way of spending life in harmony. To gain such harmony every individual has to work towards the goal of self-positive subconscious. Clearing the memory of all unwanted things by way of storing only happy & cherishing moments of life. For eg always registering in mind the nature, baby etc & recalling them when sad or pulled down is the way of positive subconsciousness.

So on the whole being positive or positive attitude is full of energy to think, speak and act righteously with an awareness. Let positive be the way of life where grief cannot suppress a mind, failures cannot discourage, while satisfaction & contentment fulfill the purpose of life.

baby growth stages inside ur tummy

6 weeks baby in womb         7 weeks baby                                      
     

    8 weeks baby                                  11 weeks baby feet              

  

7 weeks baby hands                            

14 week baby                                       fully developed baby before delivery  

                                                                      
          egg & sperm first stage

fertilized egg

                                         baby @ 20 weeks