In the winter time, we often feel cold and dry. Our skin gets dry and even the sinuses begin to dry out because of that mucous membranes in the body start to become irritated and produce more mucus and this mucus acts as a breeding ground for colds, flu, and bacteria.
But don’t worry, nature provide the antidote for all this dryness in the harvest of the foods we EAT.
In winter season, vata gets predominant and it starts from November to February, hence during that time, your body needs more nuts, seeds, grains, soup, stew, etc like foods. So let we check some nutritious recipes that can be adopted in winter season.
RECIPE NO : 1
IMUNITY BOOS TING LATTE FOR WINTER
Turmeric milk is termed to be as latte. Latte is rich in the goodness of turmeric and nuts thereby provide nourishment and immunity during winter.
Go-ghrit makes it a miraculous Rasayan. It does not only increase digestive capacity but also it has nourishing property.
INGREDIENTS:
• Goghrit – 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric- half teaspoon
• Almonds & cashew – 4 nuts each
• Milk – 1cup
PREPARATION :
Warm one glass of milk and add turmeric powder and crushed almonds and cashew to the milk and let it boil for 2 minutes Keep on stirring. Turn off the stove once the Aroma comes.
Mix one tablespoon of ghee along with Latte and take it in Luke warm.
Have this recipe in the morning to beat winter ailments it also acts as a natural sweetener helping you to curb your sweet craving.
TIPS:
Vegans and people with lactose intolerance can use coconut milk.
If you are someone prone to flu, cold, cough and sinusitis you can use goat milk.
People with nut allergies may avoid nuts and instead add a pinch of Cardamom powder.
Benefits of Haridra
It is katu (pungent) tikta (bitter) in taste. It has ushna & ruksha gunas. Acts against kapha & pitta dosha. It is useful for reducing worm infections, good for skin diseases, provides complexion and reduces the toxicity of body and is also good for diabetic patients.
It is more useful in skin disease, diabetes, oedema, anemia & wound healing.
Benefits of GO – DUGDH
It doesn’t cause any blockage in channels and also reduces the dryness of body and acts as a good rejuvenator. Milk is good for reducing vata and pitta doshas.
Calories Value of Milk per 100 g
COW’s MILK has
• Milk fat – 26gm,
• Protein – 26gms
• Lactose – 36gms
• Minerals – 7 gms
RECIPE NO : 2
GUNDER PAAK (EDI BLE GUM FUDGE)
baval gunder /gond (edible gum)
INGREDI ENTS:
• Baval gundar (edible gum) – 200gms
• Ghee ( go – ghrit) – 150gms
• Milk-500ml
• Kishmish – 2 tablespoon
• Khas-khas – 3 tablespoons ( white poppy seed)
• Cardamom and Nut meg – 1 tablespoon
• Almonds & cashew – 1 tablespoon
PREPARATION :
Firstly, grind the Gundar till a fine powder. Melt ghee in a pan and add all the Gundar powder, mix well and cover it with a lid and keep it aside for a minimum of 3 hours at room temperature.
After that fry the nuts and grind it into course powder. Take a pan and boil milk, add khand Sarkara into it mix it well till sarkara melts completely into the mixture.
Heat ghee in kadai and add leftover Gundar crystals. Then add boiled warm milk and stir well .keep the heat on low till the moisture gets evaporated. Once you see the bubbles appear add roasted nut powder along with other herbs and spices like white poppy seed, nutmeg, cardamom, kishmish, almond, and cashew.
At this stage, the mixture will get thick so quickly and there is a chance that the mixture will stick to the bottom of the pan or Kadai. So stir the mixture continuously and quickly.
Make it into lehya like consistency and keep it aside to cool down. After cooling, transfer the Gundar lehya into an airtight glass container. Gunder paak can be taken in morning. You can use this lehya along with golden milk.
Benefits of gunderpaak :
Gundar Pak has many nutritional and ayurvedic healthy benefits. It is great for boosting immunity, stamina and health. It is more useful in joint pain and bone related ailments.
One tablespoon of gunderpaak gives 142calories, it provides about 7% of total daily calories.
