Coverage
5 Elements in Food
During my adolescent days one of my philosophical relative gave me a discourse on the importance of five elements. Since then my mind asks several questions regarding our human body taking a close look at the scientific skeptic view along with energy point of view regarded by ancient scriptures. Vedic scriptures talk about our body [...]
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Food
Asparagus Gratin wrapped with Parma Ham»
Serves: 4 Pax
Preparation Time: 30 Minutes
Ingredients
• 16 pcs Asparagus (rinsed and peeled)
• 16 pcs Parma Ham (or use bacon)
• 6 tbsp Clarified Butter
• 3 tbsp Flour
• 1 1/2 cups Milk
• 1 cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese (or use Mozzarella)
• 2 slice [...]
Miso Soup»
Serves: 4 Pax
Preparation Time: 15
Ingredients
• 2 tsp Dashi Granules
• 4 cups Water
• 3 tblsp Miso Paste
• 1 packet Silk Tofu (diced)
• 2 Green Onions (chop into 1 cm size)
Method
1. Take a sauce pan and add water. When it is about to boil, add dashi [...]
Pineapple Chicken Rice»
Serves: 4 Pax
Preparation Time: 20 Minutes
Ingredients
• 1 tbsp Corn Oil (any vegetable oil is good)
• 500 gram Boneless Chicken (cut into 2 inch strips)
• 1 Onion (cut into large squares)
• 1 can Pineapple Chunks
• ½ Cucumber ( cut into 2 inch strips [...]
Beverage
Wine FAQs with Sommelier Sandeep Kumar K.C.»
• Is there any drawback of Organic wines?
Everything has its positive and negative factor when compared to social, cultural and health issues. Organic wines also don’t have any escapade. The biggest problem for wine experts is to preserve this wine. There are no supportive chemical preservatives or added sulphites. So the short life of wine [...]
Sweet tooth for Nepal, Sommelier Sandeep Kumar K.C.»
“When you are in Rome, be like Romans”. It is completely true and interesting as it reveals the pattern of habits that is inevitable to change. This is the point where the hard core critics fail with their criticism. In my initial phase of come back to Nepal my lecture used to indulge people about [...]
Elixir from Wild Berries called “HINWA”»
When the nature indulges you in her beauty there is no escape out and you wander for many hours prasing the Lord for such a creation. On such a note imagine yourself reaching a destination with ride on the hills looking down at the rivers and every hill you pass by has [...]
Health
Nutrition for Elderly People»
Ageing brings significant physiological changes in the body and these changes influence appreciably in the nutritional requirements. Therefore geriatric nutrition deals with the nutritional requirements of the old people. Some physiological changes in ageing are discussed briefly.
Reduced cellular metabolism: Studies have shown that there is a noteworthy decrease in the metabolism tissues as a result [...]
“DIETS” Improvements in Practice»
House to house diet surveys has largely been contributing a lot to collect information about food consumption, the number of members with their age and sex, monthly income of the family etc. The gathered information can be helpful to derive the quantity of per capita foodstuff consumption in the family and calculate the [...]
Metabolism»
Metabolism is the sum total of all the chemical changes that nutrients undergo from the time they are absorbed until they become part of the body or are excreted from the body. The first phase of metabolism is Anabolism which involves the chemical reaction that nutrients undergo for the construction or building up of materials, [...]
