What's for Breakfast ??? -- Dosas Galore !!

Well, well you have a choice of 20 delicious dosas - pick your choice.....to make.... eat 

A GOURMET'S DELIGHT!!! - Mouth watering!!!
Dosa is a fermented crepe or pancake made from rice batter and black lentils. It is a staple dish in the South Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. It is also popular in other parts of India, as well as other countries like Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore.

1. Sweet Banana Wheat Dosa

A tasty sweet treat, especially for children. Serve it with sliced bananas wachocolate syrup.
2. Mysore Masala Dosa

Commonly known as Masala Dosa, it is Karnataka's speciality. The filling is prepared with soft mashed potatoes and curry leaves. It's the first choice when you want to enjoy South Indian food.
3. Paper Dosa

Who doesn't remember munching on this paper thin crispy dosa dipped in hot sambar and coconut chutney. As kids, it was our all-time favourite. 
4. Ali Pota Dosa

Soft and spongy, the name of the dosa literally means 'scooping into', when translated from Tamil. It is prepared like Soft dosa, but with different proportions. Serve it with tamarind or puli chutney to bring out the acidic flavours. 
5. Oats Masala Dosa

Here comes a tasty South Indian treat for the health conscious people. It is not only fiber rich, but also diabetic friendly. Top it with some chaat masala to give your taste buds a kick. 
6. Neer Dosa

Neer dosa, literally means 'water dosa', comes from the unique region of Dakshin Kannada. It is prepared with watery rice batter and tastes best with jaggery and coconut chutney. 
7. Kovil Prasadam Dosa

It is made in a unique way and served in South Indian temples as prasadam to the Gods. The recipe for the dosa calls for ginger and sonti and it tastes best with ginger chutney.
8. Davangere Benne Dosa

The dosa traces its origins from the city of Davangere in Karnataka. Benne means butter and so, this mouthwatering dish is made with fresh homemade butter. 
9. Godhambu Dosa

Craving for a dosa but don't have much time? Try this instant wheat dosa recipe. It doesn't need much fermentation and can be cooked in a few minutes. This simple and nutritional dosa is a perfect choice for yourevening snack.
10. Rava Masala

Prepared with suji, you can make it plain or spice it up with mashed potatoes, chopped onions, curry leaves and red chillies. The thin texture of the batter gives it a netted and crispy appearance. 
11. Ragi Dosa

A health-friendly dosa, it is slightly brown in colour and has a netted texture just like Rava dosa. Ragi, being very rich in calcium, is a perfect choice for vegans and vegetarians. You can enjoy it plain or with potato fillings and coconut chutney.
12. Kaal Dosa

Unlike other dosas, Kaal dosa is a bit thick and very soft. One of the famous South Indian breakfast dishes, it is served with Kara chutney. 
13. Uppu Huli Dosa

A very popular dish in Mangalore and Udupi, the batter is prepared with tamarind and red chillies, giving it a reddish texture. This dosa is a combination of sweet, sour and spicy flavours. 
14. Navratan Dosa

Just like it's name, the dosa takes a royal place in the family of dosas. The dish is prepared with vegetables, fruits and nuts. It is an appetizing yet healthy treat when served hot with coriander chutney and sambar. 
15. Egg Dosa

An innovative dosa, it is a doppelganger of our favourite half-fried egg. The thin and crispy layer of a plain dosa makes it taste even more heavenly and luscious. 
16. Open Masala Dosa

As the name suggests, the masala is arranged on top of the dosa. It is slightly thicker than plain dosa and can be enjoyed with Sambar and tomato chutney. 
17. Steamed Dosa

Also known as Set dosa, it is a very healthy dish prepared without oil. Very easy to make, Steamed dosa has a very soft texture and can be enjoyed plain with coriander and tamarind chutney or with mashed potatoes prepared with chillies, curry leaves and onions. 
18. Pesarattu Dosa

Prepared with Moong Dal, it is a popular breakfast dish in Andhra Pradesh and it is also known as MLA Pesarattu dosa. The moong daal makes it wholesome and filling. This crispy dosa tastes delightful with some Upama and coconut chutney.
19. Brown Rice Dosa

Full of nutrition, this dosa is the best for every weight watcher. When served with tomato and coconut chutney, this cholesterol-free dosa will not disappoint you. 
20. Avocado Dosa

The filling of this dosa is made of avocado and onions. Avacados are called Benne Hannu in Kannada and the dosa is a famous dish in Bangalore hotels. You can enjoy this piping hot dosa with Sambar and chutney.

"To fight the darkness do not draw your sword, light a candle" 
"You can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets

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Ankush D Shilimkar

The Game of Life

By seeing life as a game, your lightness of spirit will make problems seem easier.

Playing the Game
Sometimes, we take life far too seriously. We forget that life is a game, a play, in which we receive an opportunity to be creative and playful. And each scene invites us to 'play' a different role.

Understanding that we have the capacity to authentically play all the roles, in the right way, at the right moment - allows us to approach life's scenes creatively and effectively.

Discover your Spirit
The theatre of life has it's own script. This can be understood as a fixed destiny. Yet each instant is unique because we have the option tolive each moment as if it were the most important of all. With this awareness you can enjoy every moment and feel peaceful within. You will discover your spirit and the treasure within. Your spirit is full of peace. Your spirit IS peace.

Stress Management
Worry is triggered by any negative memory of the past. It means, you are suffering, and you are probably under the illusion (false belief) that you are enjoying your suffering. It also means you are not living now. You are missing your own life by living in your worries, which are always in the past and in the future. Your worry habit has trapped you in the past where you get the raw material for your worries, and a non-existent future, where you focus that material, and the result is you miss your life now. All this won't change until you choose to change the worry habits that you have recorded in your consciousness (mind). That will require the removal of the illusion (false belief) that you hold inside that it's good and necessary to worry. It's a waste of time and energy. It means replacing the desire to create images of negative futures with positive responses to what is happening in your life right now. Otherwise your 'worry karma' will keep you in permanent pain (sorrow).

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Ankush D Shilimkar

SIMPLE & BEST ONE

 

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Ankush D Shilimkar

♥…….Amazing Truth……..♥

Everyone shows more Love and Care
in the beginning of any Relationship… 
BUTThere Are Very Few Who Maintains It Till..
The END..!

You Never Get A Person OF Your Type In This World.
You Will Either Have To Adjust
OrYou Will Have To Compromise
You Adjust When Someone Wants To Be With You…
And
You Compromise When You Want To Be With Someone ♥

Sometimes the greatest Pain..
the most intense hurt, comes from those 
we Loved and Trusted the most.

When you say I Love you ,you are making a promise with Someoneelses Heart. You should Honor it with actions to prove it. Love is not only an emotion . Love is a verb .

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Ankush D Shilimkar

The smile....

Some people, no matter how old they get,
Never lose their beauty,
They merely move it from their
Faces into their hearts.

Desire destroys devotion, anger destroys wisdom, greed destroys work
– hence sacrifice these 
bad qualities.

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Ankush D Shilimkar

Sense of Humour

Steer easily through life by keeping a light touch on the controls, and a strong sense of humour.

Trust

If there is the thought that we can do things ourselves without other

people's help, it means that we have arrogance of our own potential

or we are not able to have trust for others. This lack of trust

doesn't allow us to use others' potential for the benefit of the

task. So we are deprived of a very useful resource and we will not be

able to be happy. We need to understand the fact that there is greater

success in cooperation. It is much more useful to invest our time and

resources in training and developing others' potential. This brings

about the best from people and so there is a greater contribution and

hence greater success in every task that we take up.

Regards

Ankush D Shilimkar

Simple Exercises to Prevent Osteoporosis

Starting at age 30 and onwards, our bones become more porous and less dense, which makes them vulnerable to fracture, bad posture and even a shrinkage of our stature. That said, there are good ways of preventing loss of bone density through exercise. Below I will explain a bit about bone density, why we lose it with age and what exercises you can perform to maintain it.

Osteoporosis

Why does osteoporosis occur? 
During our lifetime, the bones in our body are dismantled and rebuilt, but after age 30, the bone gets to a state where the deconstructed material is more prevalent than the built. This situation causes osteoporosis and damages the overall strength of our frame. The osteoporosis makes our bones vulnerable and causes possible fractures. The most common places for a fracture are in the wrist, the vertebra and the hips. 

 

Who suffers from osteoporosis?

Because of the function estrogen plays in this process, women after menopause are the biggest sufferers of osteoporosis. That said, men also suffer from this problem. Osteoporosis gets faster with women around age 50, while with men it appears around age 70.

There are various types of medication for osteoporosis, usually given when the situation is especially bad. Still, the best known way of treating osteoporosis is prevention by exercise. Once the process of osteoporosis has already begun, exercise slowly loses effect, and so the medical recommendation is to begin regular exercise as early as possible.

8 Exercises for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis

  

The exercises laid out here are not overly complicated, but can be performed on rising levels of difficulty. The idea is to challenge your body in order to strengthen it and remain at a rising level of difficulty. But one must understand and know what the limitations of the body are, so as to not cause damage during training. Regular, persistent exercises, rising in difficulty, will help you improve your bone density and slow down its breakage. The training should combine exercises that work on your balance, coordination, strength and flexibility. 

Each exercises explained here will have a basic and advanced versions. If you already suffer from osteoporosis - stick to the basic version. If you feel these exercises are too easy, slowly move to the advanced version.

During the activity, avoid stretching your spine and wrists, keep your neck and shoulders relaxed, and don't forget to breath during the exercise. After a light warmup of walking or going up the stairs for 5-10 minutes, perform 2 sets of each exercise and rest for about 45 seconds between each set. Complete the sets of each exercise before moving on to the next. For optimal results, perform this activity 3-4 times a week, do aerobics for 30 minutes at least 3 times a week and built a diet menu rich in calcium.

Retracting Arms

Works on: Posture, bone strength, back and shoulder muscles.

  1. Sit with your back straight on a well-balanced, strong chair, with your feet flat on the floor.

2. Lift your arms to the sides of your shoulders and hold your forearms at a 90-degree angle.

3. Make sure your wrists are just above your elbows.

4. Squeeze the shoulders muscles one against the other by retracting your arms back and downwards.

5. Hold for 2 seconds, release and repeat.

6. Don't let your head pull you forward.

Advanced version:

Lay on your stomach and make the same action with your arms and shoulders. Lift your arms as high as possible. Hold for 2 seconds, lower back down and repeat.
 

Bridge

Works on: Bone strength, buttocks, thigh muscles, quadriceps and hamstring. 

    1. Lay on your back with your arms at your sides and lay your feet flat on the floor with your knees bent.

2. Exhale, clench your buttocks and your stomach muscles, and lift your hips as high as possible.3. Remain in this form for 1 second, return to the lying down position and repeat the action.

4. Make sure that when you are raising your hips your thighs and body form a straight line.

Advanced version:
Make things harder on yourselves by crossing one leg over the knee of the other. Complete the action and change legs.

Squat

  Works on: Balance, strengthening your hips, quadriceps and buttocks.

1. Stand in front of a sturdy chair with your back to it.

2. Slowly distance your legs from one another until they are hip wide.

3. Slowly sit by bending your knees.

4. Keep your knees at a line with your toes.

5. Stand up and repeat the movement.

6. If the movement is too hard for you, put down a pillow to make the seat taller.

7. Repeat 5-10 times (according to your ability) over 3 sets.
Advanced version:Stand to the side of the chair and hold it for support. Perform a sitting movement while one leg is on the floor and the other in the air for balance. Get down to the height of the chair and slowly rise. Then change legs and repeat.

Plank

 Works on: Balance, strengthening the wrists, bone strength and shoulder muscles.

1. Stand about 30 inches (80 cm) away from the wall, facing it.

2. Put your hands on the wall at shoulder height and lean on the wall.

3. Transfer the weight of your body to your hands.

4. Keep your stomach muscles clenched and your neck aligned with your spine.

5. Hold this position for 10 seconds, and then return to your first posture.

6. Try to raise the amount of time you can hold the position, until you reach 45 seconds. You can also take a little more distance from the wall to make things harder on yourselves.

Advanced version:
Lie down on the floor and push yourselves with your hands, with your toes anchored to the floor. The palms of your hands should be just under the shoulders. If this is too hard, start with your knees on the floor and try to work your way up to the full form.

 

If you're interested in a more formal frame for your workout, there are other types of exercises you can integrate into your daily routine:

Tai Chi: Tai Chi builds on your coordination and muscles. It is highly recommended for women. A 45 minute exercise a day, 5 times a week, can really do wonders.


Yoga: Raises the density of minerals in the spine, hip and wrist bones. It also works on your balance, coordination, concentration and bodily awareness.

Dancing: This can be an exercise that combines dancing such as the zoomba, but also tango or salsa dancing will do the trick and strengthen your bones.

Tennis: Mainly improves bone density in the area of the shoulders and arms, but also works on the legs and feet.

Strength training: Using free weights to exercise can contribute to bone growth. Twice a week will lead you to good results.

Exercises to Help Prevent OsteoporosisOsteoporosis is a silent disease that develops over many years and affects 10 million people. Join Robyn Stuhr, ACEs Executive Vice President, in this Pro News video feature to learn about some key types of exercises that can increase bone strength and prevent the disease.

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Ankush D Shilimkar