The chirpy woman's diary

Weight loss Weight loss is something that everyone is talking about these days. Everyone wants to look in perfect shape and figure but most of the things people do for it are in wrong fashion. From heavy workouts to strict dieting everything at the end just lands up in no loss but some extra weight gain. So here are few tips for weight loss which effectively works in shredding that extra pound: Less oil  Try using less oil as much and wherever possible. Don't apply excess oil on chapatis and rotis. Avoid deep fried foods, rather fried food to maximum extend.  Workout   Try doing cardio exercise at least 1 hour everyday and weight training at least 5 times in a week to maintain the weight loss. It is important to note that though cardio can make you lose weight faster the weight loss may be temporary if not maintained with weight training exercises. Include everything which makes you sweat and heart pump more blood like treadmill, brisk walk...

(DISCLAIMER: All the tips and remedies mentioned in the blog are herbal yet it is advisable to try it on your risks) How to recover faster from fever? Fever is not a disease always,in fact in most cases it is just one of the indication that our body is fighting over some foreign body invasion such as viruses, bacteria etc. But at times continuous fever can make you feel weak and sick. So here are few herbal remedies to drop the effect of fever and temperature rise of body. Drinking decoction of ginger-mint reduces the fever intensity. For flu fever,  Add 4gm dried ginger, 1 gm clove powdered in water and boil for 10-12 min and have it along with honey. For malarial fever, have 1tsp of peepal tree root powder along with honey and milk. Having black pepper powder, turmeric along with milk reduces fever intensity. For pneumonia fever, taking fresh mint leaves with honey. For typhoid fever, take 10gm tulsi leaves juices along with black pepper powdered, 1/4 sp...

Chicken chilly Time: 45 min Servings: 6 Ingredients: Salt (as per taste). chilli powder 1 tbsp. Maida( all purpose flour) 100 gm. Chopped coriander 1 tbsp. Onion (diced) 2. Chicken(boneless) 250gm. Capsicum (sliced) 3. Eggs 2. Chopped green chillies. Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp. Method: Mix Maida, beaten eggs, ginger garlic paste, salt and chilli powder to make a paste. Add the chicken to the paste. Heat oil, deep fry the chicken and put aside. In a separate pan, heat a little oil and fry the onions, add ginger garlic paste, capsicum , green chillies, turmeric and chilli powder. Fry till the capsicum is little tender then add fried chicken into this and fry for about 2-3 min. Add little tomato sauce and mix it well, garnish with coriander and serve hot. Tip: You can also use schezwan sauce along with tomato sauce for an extra zing.

Cucumber wrap for pigmented skin It will make the heat seep out of your sun burnt body. Things required: 1kg cucumber whizzed in blender with skin. 2 drops lavender oil. 2 drops tea tree oil. 2 drops of chamomile oil. Cotton sheet. Moisturiser. How to do it: Cover your body with the cucumber mixed essential oils. Wrap your body in cotton sheet and relax for 30 minutes. Take a shower and wipe off the water.

Today, 20th march, is world sparrow day . These days common house sparrows are rare to see because of the concrete jungle around us.On this day lets pledge to bring them back by planting more trees around us, making provisions such as bird houses for them, making availability of food and water to them so that we could hear that chirpiness again in our lives. Here are few clicks of mine on world sparrow day: Wish you all happy sparrow day.

Ugadi pachadi(prasad) Ingredients: one peeled and diced raw mango, 1tbsp tamarind paste, 1tsp black pepper, 1-2 tbsp powdered jaggery, 5-10 neem leaves, neem flowers, salt  and 1 1/2 cup  water. Procedure: Mix the diced raw mango in water. Then mix the powered jaggery in it until the jaggery melts completely in the water. Add rest all ingredients and garnish with neem flowers at the end. Tip: It is advisable to use neem leaves decoction instead of just leaves in the prasad but since its too bitter you can just use its leaves directly.