Shell pasta with mixed veg sauce

1 pack shell pasta

baby corn - 4 pieces chopped.

mushroom- finely chopped 1/2 cup

paneer / cottage cheese / tofu - cubed 1/2 cup

peas - 1/4 cup

onion - sliced 1/2 cup

tomatoes -1- finely diced 

carrot - 1- diced

beans - 1/2 cup chopped

cabbage - 1/4 cup shredded

capsicum/ bell pepper any color - 1/2 sliced

jalapeno 1 - sliced

olives - 3 tbsp chopped

white radish - 1 chopped

potato -1 chopped

green chilly 2 slivered

oil - 2 tbsp

salt to taste

pepper to taste

cream 2 tbsp

tomato puree/ soup powder 1 cup

cheese- cheddar / Romano any variety - 1cup - shredded

mint - few leaves.

You can use all the vegetables or few of choice.

Prepare pasta according to package direction , drain and reserve the water. Rinse pasta immediately in cold water keep aside.

For the sauce fry onion, mushroom , vegetables one by one add tomato last. Then add the tomato puree along with pasta water, pepper powder and salt. Now do a taste test & let it boil until the vegetables are cooked & crispy. Add cream & serve hot over pasta topped with cheese, fried/fresh cabbage, mint leaves. Enjoy this pasta which is rich in nutrition at least once a week.

Mango syrup

Syrup is simply sugar in water. Easy to make mango syrup is also easy to use in various recipes like eggless mango cake, mango milk soda, mango multi-layer sweet, mango juice etc. All you need is the 3 key ingredients sugar,water & fruit pulp to make any fruit syrup.

ingredients

1 cup mango pulp - dice and grind the mango in a mixer and filter through a strainer to seperate the fiber.
13/4th cup sugar
1 1/4 cup water

First boil water add sugar & let it melt. After simmer for 10 mins to make a syrup. Now add mango pulp to the sugar syrup give it a boil. Cool down the syrup save it a container for immediate use or later.
This syrup is w/o preservatives so can be stored for a month or so. If you have lots of pulp then make syrup in batches of 2 ltrs each with 1 pinch sodium bicarbonate & 1/2 tsp citric acid / 2 ltrs. This can be stored for up to 6 months. If the syrup is not in consistency give a whip in the mixer.

mango juice -  add 1/4 cup syrup to 3/4 cup cool water to get 1 cup mango juice serve immediately. This mixed juice will not stay for more than a day or two.

Alternatively you can also freeze the pulp directly and store it in a glass box in freezer.

Attn: Avoid using plastic bottles & containers for storage in freezer , fridge, microwave or oven.
Extreme hot or cold with plastic will react to give out dioxin in food which creates cancer mainly breast cancer in women.

Pearl

Pearl is a gemstone popularly called as muthu in tamil & moti in hindi, despite how its called pearl takes a special place in a women's heart through out the world. Pearl also finds an exquiste place in both traditional Indian jewellery & most modern western jewellery design. Such a pearl comes in variety of shapes, sizes and colors to appeal. Not only for appeal it has such mystical powers that enhances the energy level for the wearer. But that has to be experienced by self to understand. Also like every gemstone even pearl has to be cleansed from time to time to get its full energy. Pearl can be basically divided in to natural or wild pearl and cultured pearl. Unlike other gemstones occurrence of pearl is a fascinating story, since it is made by an animal.

Natural or wild pearl: Wild pearl means occurring naturally in the stomach of an oyster.

Cultured pearl: the pearls composition is kept in the oysters stomach for maturation by man is a cultured one.

on such a case both natural as well as cultured are true pearls to the meaning pure ones what are available in the market as jewellery.

Yet another variety available is called paasi which are the fake pearls used as artificial jewellery, dress making etc. They are made out of plastic and coated with a shiny paint. Most of the fake ones over a period will start losing its paint. Secondly they are weightless, unless otherwise made with weight to fake the original pearls.

Vitamin D

Vitamin D

What Does It Do?

• Helps the body absorb calcium and phosphorus
• Aids in bone strengthening by helping deposit these minerals into the bones
• Helps maintain blood levels of calcium and phosphorus
• Helps support a healthy immune system

How Much Do They Need?

0-6 months	5 mcg per day (200 IU*)
7-12 months	5 mcg per day (200 IU*)
1-3 yrs	5 mcg per day (200 IU*)

Where Can They Get It?

Vitamin D is known as “the sunshine vitamin,” since our bodies make it after being exposed to sunshine. But since we try to keep our little ones out of the sun, it's nice to know your child can also get vitamin D from fortified food sources:

Infants:

• Breast milk or fortified formula

Toddlers:

• Fortified dairy products
• Fortified cereals
• formula

Adults:

Ideally every human being is bestowed with this vitamin from the sun without any price but now in the age of cosmetics most women as well as men are deficient of vitamin D. Early morning sunshine for the body is very important and good. 

If not possible there are medically prescribed oral suspension available on doctors consult for pregnant women, menopause period and other category of illnesses.

all about gemstones

Gem stones are of two types precious and semi-precious. But what are gemstones? they are minerals which is naturally formed in the earth carefully cleansed of impurities, cut and polished to give shape, size and shine used for jewellery or as antique showpiece collection. but not only minerals some organic and rocks are also ussed as fine gems in jewellery and cosmic healing.

http://www.rocksandco.com
this is a link to online library about gemstones. valuable to read and know.

navarathnam in tamil

yellow sapphire - pushparagam
diamond - vairam
ruby - manickam
blue sapphire - neelam
emerald - maragatha pacchai
red coral - pavallam
pearl - muthu

nalmuthu: in south India nalmuthu is a name assigned for the purest of sea pearls which is naturally produced and extracted from an oyster. no form of human hindrance or help is given while the same is extremely rare and costly.

In Indian market language one can identitfy pure pearl to be of two kinds based on where you buy and the cost. In a reputed jewel shop pure pearls will be of 40 thousand rupees which means sea pearls. Same pure pearls from a gemstone jeweller will be fresh water pearls which is called cultured pearls.
But cultured pearls in Indian market means synthetic pearls or paasi, again based on the seller. As far as pearls are concerned it's always buyers beware know your seller since pure or fake cannot be identified by eyes, it should be lab tested or do some practical home tests which are practically impossible before buying.

naripavallam:

this is a link to know about navaratna gemstone collection.

http://jewelry-blog.internetstones.com/gemstone-and-jewellery-industry-news/navaratna-rings-gemstones-jewelry-news

http://www.astrologycom.com/navratna1.html

http://www.jyotishgem.com/

http://visual.merriam-webster.com/clothing-articles/personal-accessories/jewelry/cut-for-gemstones_2.php

this link is to know the various cutting methods of gemstones.

There are over 130 species of minerals that have been used as gemstones. These include:

• Agate
• Alexandrite and other varieties of chrysoberyl
• Andalusite
• Axinite
• Benitoite
• Aquamarine and other varieties of beryl
• Bixbite (Red beryl)
• Cassiterite
• Chrysocolla
• Chrysoprase
• Clinohumite
• Iolite
• Danburite
• Diamond
• Diopside
• Dioptase
• Dumortierite
• Emerald
• Feldspar (moonstone)
• Garnet
• Hambergite
• Hematite
• Jade – jadeite and nephrite
• Jasper
• Kornerupine
• Kunzite
• Lapis lazuli
• Malachite
• Natural moissanite
• Obsidian
• Olivine (Peridot)
• Opal (Girasol)
• Pyrite
• Quartz and its varieties
  • Agate
  • Amethyst (cardinal gem)
  • Citrine
  • Chalcedony (bloodstone)
  • Onyx
  • Tiger's-eye
• Ruby
• Sapphire dark blue
• Spinel
• Sugilite
• Tanzanite and other varieties of zoisite
• Topaz
• Turquoise
• Tourmaline
• Variscite
• Zeolite (Thomsonite)
• Zircon

[edit]Artificial and synthetic

Artificial or synthetic materials used as gems include:

• High-lead glass
• Synthetic corundum
• Synthetic cubic zirconia
• Synthetic spinel
• Synthetic moissanite
• Synthetic alexandrite
• Synthetic opal
• Synthetic turquoise
• Synthetic diamond
• Synthetic quartz
• Synthetic beryl
• cristinite
• YAG yttrium aluminum garnet

[edit]Organic

There are a number of organic materials used as gems, including:

• Amber
• Ammolite – from fossils formed from the shells of extinct ammonites.
• Bone
• Coral
• Ivory
• Jet (lignite)
• Nacre (Mother of pearl)
• Pearl

courtesey wikipedia. only for easy reference.