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sun dried goji berriesA Diwali Banquet

Apart from the sweets and savories which are eaten at Diwali, the main meals vary depending on the region of India.

Traditionally, different foods are eaten on the different days of the festival. On the first day, a sweet similar to fudge, made with semolina, cardamom, saffron, nuts and raisins, is eaten as well as a spicy bean curry. Some Hindus fast all day on the second day and at sunset eat a cracked wheat porridge sweetened with sugar. On the third day lentil fritters and Indian rice pudding might be eaten but on Diwali day itself and the following, New Years Day, huge banquets are prepared.

The women spend many days, prior to the festival itself, preparing food, usually in groups. Much of this time is spent making the snack and sweet foods of which the Indians are so fond but as the actual Diwali day approaches, attentions are turned to the major feast.

A Diwali feast would normally be vegetarian due to the vast number of non-meat eaters, both Hindu and non-Hindu throughout India. Typical dishes might be:

� Channa - chick peas and potatoes simmered in a sauce of saut�ed onions, bay leaves, cinnamon, cardamom, peppercorns, cloves, garlic, fresh ginger, ground coriander and cumin, garam masala, cayenne, mace, nutmeg, turmeric and chopped tomatoes.
� Navratan Korma - a rich mild vegetable curry of paneer, carrots, beans, peas, cauliflower, raisins, cashews and tomatoes, flavoured with bay leaves and coriander.
� Khasta Aloo - cubed par-boiled potatoes fried with cumin seeds, ground coriander, turmeric, fresh green chillies and fresh ginger paste, garnished with lime juice and chopped fresh coriander.
� Malaiwale Subzi Kofta Curry - diced cabbage and spinach flavoured with ground cumin, turmeric, garam masala and salt, bound together with gram flour and fried. This is served with a rich spicy gravy of onions, tomatoes, chillies and thick cream.
� Nariyal Aur Badam Wale Chawal - Basmati rice and coconut pulp cooked in coconut milk, with the additional flavourings of two different pastes. The first is sliced almonds, green chillies, garlic, cinnamon stick, cloves and cardamoms, fried in ghee and ground to a pulp with the coconut. The second is mustard seeds, curry leaves and onions, fried in oil.
� Dal Maharani which combines three different sorts of pulses with onions, tomatoes, green chillies, ginger and flavourings.
� Sag Dal - yellow split peas mixed with spinach, fried onion, garlic, cumin seeds, turmeric, garam masala and fresh ginger, garnished with chopped coriander.
� Pooris - wheat flour bread rounds, deep fried until they puff up into a ball.
� Raita - plain yoghurt whisked until smooth and mixed with raw onion, cucumber, cumin and coriander powder and cayenne pepper.
� Various pickles and chutneys
� Kheer - a type of rice pudding made with milk as well as condensed milk and decorated with chopped nuts or mixed with orange zest and chopped orange.

Of course, these examples are not exhaustive. Any dishes not eaten as a normal every day meal would be considered special enough for Diwali.

Liz Canham:
As well as a love of Asian cooking as you can see in her Asian Food and Cookery website, Liz seeks to help newcomers to the world of internet marketing with tools, tips and training from her Liz-e-Biz website.

Can Drinking Juice be as good as Eating the Whole Fruit?

It is recommended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that we consume between 5 and 9 servings of fruits and vegetables per day. It is typically very difficult for the average person to fulfill those recommendations, either because of an aversion to fruits and vegetables or poor food choices in general. By drinking fresh fruit juices, though, you can fill your daily requirements quicker, even all at once!

Drinking your fruits can help you to meet your daily requirements and get all of the beneficial nutrients out of the food. Squeezing your fruit is the efficient way to insure you are getting the vitamins and minerals from the fruit. Besides the health benefits, it is quick, and it is convenient!

While eating the whole fruit is generally considered the ideal way to consume it, squeezing it can have just as many benefits. For example, if you are not much of a fruit or vegetable eater, it might be easier to incorporate those foods into your diet by drinking them. You will still meet the recommended daily requirement of 5-9 fruits or vegetables per day, and you can meet that requirement faster.

You might think that you will lose a lot of nutrients by squeezing only the fruit juice and drinking it, as opposed to eating the whole fruit. The truth is, fruit juice contains nearly as much of the vital fiber as the whole fruit, and all of the vitamins come along in the juice!

When you freshly squeeze juice, you have a whole world of options open to you. In addition to the many fruits and vegetables out there that can be squeezed and sipped on their own, there are countless combinations that can be made to create delicious and nutritious cocktails and smoothies. It doesn�t have to be as tedious as simply peeling a banana and eating it anymore!

When it comes to fruit juices, freshly squeezed juices are definitely the best nutritionally. When fruit juices are bottled or packaged, they are often heated or pasteurized in order to kill germs. In this process, many of the vital enzymes of the fruits are lost as well, which eliminates the nutrients you need.

Making your own fruit juices and cocktails is easy. You can buy one of the many juicers available on the market, or you can just use a blender to create a multitude of healthy and delicious juice drinks for your and your family. They will taste great, and your picky kids won�t even know that they are getting something that�s good for them!

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