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After delivery Recipes
There are seven soup recipes that one can drink for seven days a week. Keep
repeating this for a minimum of 6 weeks. The soups can be taken during lunch
time or dinner time.
Similarly there are seven medicinal drinks , one per day and repeated for 6
weeks. This drink can be used in the morning or evening day or even for
dinner according to convenience.
Soup Recipes after delivery
All the spices mentioned here are available in Indian stores or health food
stores.
You can modify these recipes according to your taste. What we have given is
just a format for you to follow. Spice should be some how be eaten.
Why are these spices important?. The chemicals in these spices have many
medicinal properties. Some of them function as anti-oxidants and some of
them as anti-biotics. These chemicals protect both the mother and the baby.
More important is that these spices cannot be given to the infant. But when
the mother eats these spices, the chemical essence of these spices are
carried through the breast milk to the child. The new born infant is thus
protected from many diseases. This is the secret of the ancient recipes for
the mother after delivery.
It is always good to add one teaspoon of Ghee to these soup before serving.
Ghee is clarified butter and is considered healthy according to ayurveda.
1. Rasam (Tomato soup with Lentils and
pumpkin leaves)
Ingredients:
One medium size tomato (chopped)
1/4 onion, chopped
1-2 cloves garlic, crushed
1-green chilli , chopped (Avoid this if you do not want to be spicy hot)
1 tbsp jaggery (brown sugar)
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
one handful pumpkin leaves
1/4 tsp coriander seeds powder
1 /4 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsps peppercorns or powder (use according to the hotness you need)
salt as required.
1/4 cup lentils boiled to mushy consistency (Pigeon peas lentils also called
toor dal is preferable)
Recipe
1. Boil the tomatoes, pumpkin leaves , chillies and garlic with lentils in 1
cup of water.
2. Heat the oil in a pan.
3. Splutter the mustard seeds.
4. Add the asafoetida powder and onion and fry for a minute.
5. Pour the boiled tomatoes, lentil mix. Add salt to taste.
6. Stir and serve hot.
Preparation Time: 15 to 30 minutes.
2. Medicinal soup (one)
Ingredients:
One teaspoon of all the following spices
Asafoetida,
Ani seeds,
Black pepper
Turmeric powder
Garlic-one big clove
Ginger - same amount as ginger
Tomato - medium size
salt as needed.
Recipe
Grind the above in a blender and boil it in a pan.
Stir and serve hot.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes.
3.Medicinal soup - two
Ingredients:
Decoction of dry gingers, black pepper, peepali, nutmeg, bay leaf, jaggery.
Ingredients:
One teaspoon of all the following spices
Nutmeg powder
Peepali
Black pepper
Ginger - same amount as ginger
Bay leaf (one or two)
Jaggery (brown sugar) one teaspoon
Tomato - medium size
salt as needed.
Recipe
Grind the above in a blender and boil it in a pan.
Stir and serve hot.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes.
4. Rasam (Neem leaves with Tomato and
Lentils )
Ingredients:
One medium size tomato (chopped)
1/4 onion, chopped
1-2 cloves garlic, crushed
1-green chilli , chopped (Avoid this if you do not want to be spicy hot)
1 tbsp jaggery (brown sugar)
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
few neem leaves (based on how much bitterness one can handle, if you do not
have fresh use a quarter teaspoon to one teaspoon of the powder )
1/4 tsp coriander seeds powder
1 /4 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsps peppercorns or powder (use according to the hotness you need)
1/4 cup lentils boiled to mushy consistency (Pigeon peas lentils also called
toor dal is preferable)
Recipe
1. Boil the tomatoes, neem leaves , chillies and garlic with lentils in 1
cup of water.
2. Heat the oil in a pan.
5. Splutter the mustard seeds.
6. Add the asafoetida powder and onion and fry for a minute.
7. Pour the boiled tomatoes, lentil mix.
8. Stir and serve hot.
Preparation Time: 15 to 30 minutes.
5. Medicinal soup (three)
Ingredients:
One teaspoon of all the following spices
Asafoetida,
Bishop weed seed (Omum)
Black pepper
Turmeric powder
Garlic-one big clove
Ginger - same amount as ginger
Tomato - medium size
salt as needed.
Recipe
Grind the above in a blender and boil it in a pan.
Stir and serve hot.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes.
6. Rasam (Moringa leaves with Tomato
and Lentils )
Ingredients:
One medium size tomato (chopped)
1/4 onion, chopped
1-2 cloves garlic, crushed
1-green chilli , chopped (Avoid this if you do not want to be spicy hot)
1 tbsp jaggery (brown sugar)
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
A few moringa leaves (If leaves not available, use dried powder or one
could use its vegetable called the drum stick)
1/4 tsp coriander seeds powder
1 /4 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsps peppercorns or powder (use according to the hotness you need)
1/4 cup lentils boiled to mushy consistency (Pigeon peas lentils also called
toor dal is preferable)
Recipe
1. Boil the tomatoes, moringa leaves or the vegetable drum stick , chillies
and garlic with lentils in 1 cup of water.
2. Heat the oil in a pan.
5. Splutter the mustard seeds.
6. Add the asafoetida powder and onion and fry for a minute.
7. Pour the boiled tomatoes, lentil mix.
8. Stir and serve hot.
Preparation Time: 15 to 30 minutes.
7. Medicinal soup (four)
Ingredients:
One teaspoon of all the following spices
Asafoetida,
Ajowan seeds,
Fenugreek (methi) seeds
Turmeric powder
Garlic-one big clove
Ginger - same amount as ginger
Tomato - medium size
Jaggery (Brown sugar) one teaspoon
salt as needed.
Recipe
Grind the above in a blender and boil it in a pan.
Stir and serve hot.
Preparation Time: 15 minutes.
Herbal Drinks after delivery
Holy basil tea
Ingredients:
Holy basil leaves (Fresh or dried)
Sugar or honey or jaggery (Brown sugar)
Preparation:
Add all the ingredients to water and boil well. Sieve and drink the tea hot.
Preparation time: 5 minutes.
2. Hemidesmus indicus tea (In Tamil –Nannaari)
Ingredients:
Hemidesmus indicus dried - one piece
Sugar or honey or jaggery (Brown sugar)
Preparation:
Add all the ingredients to water and boil well. Sieve and drink the tea hot.
Preparation time: 5 minutes.
3. Bishop-weed tea
Ingredients:
Bishop-weed -one teaspoon
Sugar or honey or jaggery (Brown sugar)
Preparation:
Add all the ingredients to water and boil well. Sieve and drink the tea hot.
Preparation time: 5 minutes.
4. Corriander seeds and ginger tea
Ingredients:
Corrainder seeds -one teaspoon
Dried or fresh ginger a piece
Sugar or honey or jaggery (Brown sugar)
Preparation:
Add all the ingredients to water and boil well. Sieve and drink the tea hot.
Preparation time: 5 minutes.
5. orange peel tea
Ingredients:
A peice of orange peel fresh or dried
Sugar or honey or jaggery (Brown sugar)
Preparation:
Add all the ingredients to water and boil well. Sieve and drink the tea hot.
Preparation time: 5 minutes.
6. Mint tea
Ingredients:
Mint leaves fresh or dried
Sugar or honey or jaggery (Brown sugar)
Preparation:
Add all the ingredients to water and boil well. Sieve and drink the tea hot.
Preparation time: 5 minutes.
7. Ginger tea
Ingredients:
Ginger fresh or dried
Sugar or honey or jaggery (Brown sugar)
Preparation:
Add all the ingredients to water and boil well. Sieve and drink the tea hot.
Preparation time: 5 minutes.
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