8 Best Parenting Tips to new born baby

1. Preventing Falls:

• Use window guards on windows
• Never leave your baby alone on beds, sofas, in the chair, on the table, or in any other spot from which she / he can fall
• Install safety gates to block stairways at bottom and top.
• Don't use walkers for infants. It can cause major injuries.

How to Prepare Tomato Sambar

Neat explanation for the preparation of Tomato Sambar in the attached video below:

Tamil Spice Names in English

English	Tamil
Mustard seeds	(Kaduku)கடுகு
Cumin Seeds	(Jeeragam) சீரகம்
FenuGreek Seeds	(Vendhayam) வெந்தயம்
Pepper	(Milagu) மிளகு
Cinnamon	(Pattai) பட்டை
Cloves	(Krambu) க்ராம்பு
Cardamom	(elakkai )ஏலக்காய்
Sesame seeds	(ellu) எள்
Bay leaves	(Biryani elai or Bringi elai) பிரியாணி இலை
Coriander seeds	(kothamalli) மல்லி
Fennel Seeds	(Sombu) சோம்பு
Poppy seeds	(Kasa kasa)கசகசா

How to prepare simple white sauce for pasta (Indian Style)

Ingredients (For 1 cup of pasta)
1.2 Cup of Milk
2.2 spoons of Maida powder (WholeMeal flour)
3. 1 Table spoon  Chilli flakes(Hot chillies are preferable)
4. 1 tea spoon Pepper powder crushed
5.1 table spoon cooking oil
6.Salt

Method:

1. Add oil in hot pan.
2. Add Chilli flakes once the oil get heated.
3. Add Maida powder until the raw smell goes away.
4. Add Milk
5. Add the milk and boil until it gets thicken.(Need to stir continously.Consistency should be  neither too thick enough nor too thin.)
6. Finally add pepper and salt.

Note:

Add cooked Pasta with the above sauce.Add boiled brocolli or spinach along with that.

Which Soap is good for cleaning hands?

There are numerous products in the market which serves this purpose.It is not the Soap which helps to kill the germs.It is the way we are cleaning the hands.How good we are rubbing the all parts of the hand inside out and cleaning with Soap/Gel it is as best in killing germs.Nothing to do with any kind of soap or gel.

How to prepare soft Idly

Fermentation of the Idly batter is the Key thing for the soft idly's

Ingredients:

1. Rice 3 cups(Soak for 4 hours)
2. Urad dhal 1 cup and Methi/Fenu greek seeds 1 table spoon(Soak for 4 hours)
3. Salt.
4. Water

Steps

1. Grind Rice until it is smooth
2. Grind Urad dhal and Methi seeds
3. Mix both the above using Hand.(Mixing through Hand is very important since it helps in fermenting)
4. Keep aside for 8 hours or Until it ferments(You can add yeast for this)
5. Fermenting is very important in this process otherwise idly wont come soft rather it becomes very hard
6. Add salt before preparing.Dont add salt before it ferments since it slow down the fermenting process

Things to get before going onsite or abroad

1. Universal Adapter
2. Camera
3. Camera Accessories
4. Pressure Cooker
5. Idly Cooker/Idly preparing vessel
6. Stainless steel mortar and pestle
7. Coconut scraper
8. Pickles
9. Puffed Rice
10. Amrutanjan
11. Moov
12. Vicks steam vapourising tube
13. Specific Medicines
14. Spare Spex
15. Socks
16. Pad(For girls)
17. Special dhal like kaaraamani. Horse gram
18. Sambar Powder,Rasam Powder,Biryani Masala,Idly Powder and other Masala varities
19. Coconut oil(Very difficult to find in UK and too much expensive)
20. Dry curry leaves
21. Hair bands ,clips and safety pin mainly for girls
22. Nail Cutter
23. Papadam(Very Expensive outside India)
24. Serving spoons(Very difficult to find Indian types outside)

1. Dosa Spatula