Brown lentil and Green Mung soup
About:
The often overlooked mung bean is a truly wonderful gift from nature. This tasty bean is small and green in color but packed with protein and nutrients, making any mung-based meal enormously nutritious. Green mung and brown lentils are cooked and for creamy texture I blend half of the cooked bean and lentil mixture.
Health Benefits:
Mung beans are rich in Vitamin C, high nutrient content and helps for digestion. Mung beans are rich in potassium beneficial for the cardiovascular and nervous systems and are also a good source of high quality protein for vegetarians and meat eaters alike. Mung beans contain lots of fiber, which is essential to keep healthy cholesterol levels. Mung beans are rich in iron, thiamin, magnesium and folate, which help many other bodily functions for optimum health.
Yields: 3-4 servings
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
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Spiced Honey Peach lemon cold tea
About:
The warm aromatic flavours of tea have their roots in ancient Ayuevedic tradition of India. This tea can be relished as a black tea or even add milk and relished. The cinnamon clove tea is a natural home remedy for cough and cold. Lime juice is added for the tanginess and if you like to relish the tea with milk lime juice and peach should be avoided.
Health Benefits:
Cinnamon has the ability to lower post-meal blood sugars. In addition, the use of cinnamon at meals decreases insulin resistance and enhances the effects of gastrointestinal hormones responsible for satiety and decreased gastric emptying rates.
Cloves are filled with the essential oil, Eugenol, which can help detoxify the body. Cloves can also soothe abdominal pain, increase circulation, alleviate throat and chest ailments, and most importantly during the holiday season – aid digestion.
Enjoy this aromatic tea.
Serves : 2
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
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