Diwali Special - Sesame Oil Bath / Ennai Kuliyal / Saturday Oil Bath

In south Indian People had a traditional healthy habit of taking oil bath to keep their good health... The traditional oil bath is also called as various named in india... Sesame oil bath, Ennai kuliyal, Ayurvedic oil bath, Gingelly oil head bath, Saturday oil bath, etc... It is nothing but massaging the head and body upto toe with heated sesame oil along with spices... Later they will be remove by the applications of herbal powder ( shikakai) and warm water...  

It has many major health benefits, Relaxing, Musular ache, Breaks down scar tissue, Reduces skin infections, Repairing damaged skin cells, Moistuizer skin, Reduce pimples, Slows down the aging of the skin, Act as a natural sunscreen, Clear body heat, etc.. In a week wednes day and saturday is ideal for mens and tuesday and friday is ideal for womens...Within 3 hours from the sunrises is most suitable to take oil bath.. Apply small quantity of oil to the head and massage it for 15 mins and again take small oil and massage over the body and let it rest for 1 hour (kids 20 mins) and bath in warm water with shikakai powder for head and gram flour / kadalai mavu for body... 

Here I heat the oil and add in cumin seeds / Jeerakam, Fenugreek seeds / Vendayam, Shallots / Ulli, Garlic / Poodu, Red chilli / Vathal... fry them in low flame, cool the completely and apply it...

Cumin seeds - Maintaining the proper blood content levels in the body, immunity..

Fenugreek seeds - Prevents hair loss, Fight dandruff, Premature graying, Lighten your skin tone, cool your body...

Shallots - Prevents or treat allergies, Skin became soft..

Garlic - Acne, pimples and spot, Blackhead & white head removal, Stretch mark removal and Vitamins E,C,B1,B6..

Red chilli - Vitamin A, C, B6.. Regenerates damage cells, Tolerance the outer exposure, activates hair growth, reducing bladness, Potassium soothes, hydrates skin, blood vessels stronger...

Weekly once oil bath is followed by the peoples to have a good health.. So I hope that you must try this healthy traditional and get's heatly benefits throughout the year... 

Preparation Time : 10 mins

Cooking Time : 10 mins

Makes - 1 cup of oil

Recipe Cuisine - South Indian

Recipe Category - Maruthuvam

INGREDIENTS :

Sesame oil / Gingelly oil / Nallennai - 1 cup

Cumin seeds / Jeera - 1 tbspn

Fenugreek seeds / Vendayam - 1 tbspn

Garlic - 10 to 12 cloves

Shallots / Ulli / Small onions - 10 to 12

Dry red chilli - 2 nos

METHOD :

• Heat a sesame oil in a small pan..
• Once oil is hot add in cumin seeds and fenugreek seeds..
• Allow to splutter and add in garlic and shallots and fry till light golden..
• Then immediately switch off the flame and the oil reaches up to bubbles.
• Suddenly add in dry chilli and mix well.
• Don't let the spices burns..
• Cool down to room temperature..
• Remove the fried garlic from the oil and serve to the your kids..
• (My kids really enjoyed it)
• Now massage it on your scalp and over the body..
• Enjoy your oil bath....

PICTORIAL :

 Take all your ingredients ready

 Heat a pan with gingelly oil

Let it heat 

 Add in cumin seeds and fenugreek seeds

 Allow to splutter

 Add in garlic

 Add in shallots

 Fry till light golden

 Slow the flame

 Like this

 Switch off the flame

 It bubbles up

 Add in chilli

 Mix it well

  Now it's done

 Take out the fried garlic

Transfer them into  abowl

Serve to your kids

Enjoy

Apply it.. enjoy oil bath..

Healthy Ginger Drink For Adults And Toddlers

For thousand of years, ginger has been prized for its medicinal effects, and sipping a ginger juice can provide relief from some uncomfortable conditions.. Drinking this juice may help settle your stomach when you feel ill.. Multiple studies helps suggest that the ginger helps relief motion, stomach soothing, sore muscle relief, relief pain medicine for women during menstruation.. 

Here iam giving two version juice one preparation for adults (which is a diract ginger juice) and another one for toddlers (ginger juice is dilute in jaggery to avoid spicyness).. So you must have it twice in a month, it will helps to relif all your problems.. So i hope that you must try this recipe (nattu maruthu) and let me know how its turns out from you.. 

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Making Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 5 mins
Recipe Source : For my gramdma..

INGREDIENTS :

Ginger - 250 grams
Jaggery - 1 tbspn (according to your taste)
Water - 500ml

METHOD :

• Take ginger pieces and wash well..
• Then cut them into small pieces..
• Now add them to a blender and make it a paste..
• Now add some water and drain in a bowl..
• Then keep them in a bowl for a min..
• Then pour slowly in a sauce pan and heat it for few seconds..
• Now pour it to a serving glass..
• Healthy ginger juice is ready for adults..

• Now for toddlers.. heat a sauce pan with a spoon of jaggery and ginger juice..
• Allow to heat for few mins till the jaggery melts..
• Now remove it form the heat and allow to cool completely..
• Pour it to a seving glass..
• Let's have it twice a month...

PICTORIAL :

Take some ginger pieces

Broken it and add them to the bowl

Pour some water

Rub it witn your hands

Now it is perfectly cleaned

Chopped them into small pieces

Add them to the blender

Make it a smooth paste

Pour some water

Strain them

Press it, with the back of the spoon

Now it's done

Now the ginger juice is ready

Now slowly pour the juice into a sauce pan 

You have see the impuries of ginger

Now it's done

Heat a sauce pan in low flame for a min 

Remove it from the flame and keep it for 1 min

Pour it to the glass.. Now ordinary juice is ready

In a sauce pan add some palm jaggery

Pour some ginger juice

Heat till the jeggery melts

Now it's done

Let it be cool for some mins

Pour it to the glass.. (it for kids)

Let's have it...