How to store Herbs (Mint,Coriander and other Green Leaves) freshly for long time

Step 1:
Take a Food bag which can be sealed air tight.

Step 2:
Put the herbs inside the food bag and close it air-tight

Step 3:
Put the  Small holes using Fork or any small needle on the food bag in 3-4 places.

Step 4:
Keep it in refrigerator

Step 5:
Below are the Mint leaves which I have stored for 1 month.Still it is fresh.

Tasty Chicken Biryani in 30 Minutes(Ingredients in English &Tamil)

Count for:2

Ingredients:

1. Chicken with Bones(Without Bones wont be that tasty as with bones)
2. 1 long Cinnamon sticks (Pattai in tamil)
3. 2 Cloves (Krambu in tamil)
4. 4 Cardamom (Elakkai in tamil)-Broken with skin
5. 2 Bay Leaves(Brinji elai in tamil)
6. Chopped Green Chilly (5 in number)
7. Ginger Garlic Paste-2 table spoon
8. Onion 2
9. Tomato 2
10. Curry leaves(karuveppilai in tamil)
11. 1 handful of chopped Coriander Leaves &Mint leaves (Mandatory) - Kothamalli & Podhinaa in tamil
12.  Basmathi Rice- 250 gms
13. Coriander Powder- 4 table spoon-Kothamalli thool in tamil
14. Garam Masala(Not Mandatory) 
15. Salt
16. Water-(For Baswathi Rice 1:1.5 and for Normal Rice(1:2)

Steps:
1.Clean and Cut the chicken pieces and add sufficient amount of water to boil the chicken in pressure cooker.Add salt,turmeric powder,Garam Masala and coriander powder  to chicken and let the cooker whistles for 3 or 4 times.

2.Add oil in the pan.Add chopped cloves,cinnamian sticks,chopped cardamon,curry leaves and Bay leaves.

3.Add green chillies,onion,tomato,ginger garlic paste.Leave until it turns brown

4.Now add boiled chicken,coriander powder,chopped mint and coriander leaves and salt

 5.Mix well and add rice to the mixture

6.Use the same boiling water  which we used to boil the chicken  along with the mixture and whistle 2 times and keep it simmer for 5 minutes

7.Now the tasty chiken Biryani is ready

How to Prepare Curd/Yoghurt?

1.       Boil the Milk
2.       Cool the Milk to room temperature it should be warm not hot.
3.       For ¼ liter of milk pour 1/4 tbsp  of curd.
4.       Leave it for at least for 6 hours.
5.       Ooohhhhhhhhh milk turns into curd

How To Prepare Avalakki Bath?

Count:1
Ingredients:
1.       Avalakki  1 Cup
2.       Refined Oil
3.       Mustard seeds
4.       Channa Dhal
5.       1 Green Chilly
6.       Curry Leaves
7.       1 chopped Onion
8.       Turmeric powder
9.       Shredded Coconut but not mandatory
10.    Water

Preparation:
1.       Add 1 tbsp of Oil to Tava
2.       Once the oil gets heated add little mustard seeds,channa dhal
3.       Add green chilly and leave it for few seconds until it gets fried
4.       Add Onion and curry leaves and fry it until it gets cooked.
5.       We can add Carrot, Peas or potato also to this.
5.       Add little turmeric powder
6.       Now just dip the Avalakki  in water for 10 seconds and squeeze the water completely
7.       Add the wet Avalakki in the Tava.
8.       Mix thoroughly until it gets cooked. Dont Overcook!
9.       Now sprinkle the Coconut
11.     Turn off the stove

How To Prepare Tomato Rice?

Count:3 people

Ingredients:

1.       6  Big size apple tomatoes

2.       1 Big size onion

3.       3 Green chillies

4.       Curry leaves

5.       1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste

6.       1 cinnamon

7.       2 cloves

8.       Rice Normal or Basmathi

9.       Mustard seeds

10.   4 tbsp-Refined oil

11.   Salt according to the taste

12.   Water

Preparation:

1.       Soak the Rice for 10 minutes

2.       Chop the onions, Tomatoes, Chillies

3.       Start the stove and keep the cooker on it.

4.       After 1/2 minute pour the oil

5.       Once the oil gets heated normally 30 secs in full flame

6.       Add few mustard seeds,1 cinnamon,2 cloves to the oil.Leave it for few seconds until you get the aroma.

7.       Add ginger garlic paste and curry leaves.Leave it for 20 sec .

8.       Now add green chillies and leave it for 15 sec until it gets fried.

9.       Add onions and fry until it turns brown.

10.   Then add Tomatoes and fry until it is cooked

11.   Add Water.For 1 glass of Rice add 2 Glass of water for Normal.or 1 :1 for Basmathi

12.   Then add Rice and Mix well

13.   Now add salt and taste it

14.   Then close the cooker lid and put the weight

15.   Leave it until it whistles 3 times.

16.   Turn off the stove

17.   Wait for 5-10 minutes until Cooker releases its steam

18.   Open the Cooker lid and mix it thoroughly

19.   Serve Hot

20.   Yummy Yummy Tomato Rice is ready!

How much water we need to drink everyday?

A Recent study shows that there is no specific measure and body takes water from food particles we have along with the water we are drinking.So it is enough to drink water whenever you feel thirsty

Having Sleeping problems?

I was having sleeping problems one year back.After lying down in the Bed it takes 1 hour or 2 hours to
feel sleepy.Now  i completely get rid of these issues.Follow any of  these  it can help you as well.

1. After lying down in the Bed if you are not feeling sleepy just don't think too much about anything by simply thinking over and over again.Get up wash your face and read any books or do anything which you are interested and try to divert yourself
2. When you plan to have dinner at 8 PM have warm milk around 7 PM.
3. Go for walking everyday.
4. Take dinner early.Eg when you want to sleep at 10 PM take dinner around 7:30 or 8.

Main reasons for not getting sound sleep is depression !