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Lata Iskandar

 cameron highland waterfalls:
Lata Iskandar is a series of waterfalls that you'll encounter about 15 km after Tapah along the trunk road to Cameron Highlands. While not directly within the Cameron Highlands, this waterfall is the most well known in the area due to its sheer size and magnificent drop. This majestic waterfall cascades for 25-meters down into a series of rock pools. Over the years, the landscape has changed somewhat due to erosion and the force of the waters hitting the rocks.




 

Dont forget to take a visit of it.....its soo lovely

RICE BALLS WITH MILK (PAAL KALUKATTAI)

Ingredients:

raw rice flour (or) idyappam flour-1cup
fresh milk-1/2 littre
sugar-3tbs
water-2-3tbs(depending upon the flour's density)
saffron/cardomom-pinch
salt-little

Method:

1. mix water,salt and flour and make as idyappam flour...  
2. then make the flour as a small tiny balls and keep aside...
3. now boil the milk and sugar,then add the rice balls to it while boiling...
4. just wait for 5-10 mins till the balls float...
5. In a small bowl add 2tsp of rice flour and mix it with water as thick liquid..
6. now lower the flame and pour the liquid to the milk by stirring it...
7. after it thickens just sprinkle saffron..and its ready to serve.

Tips:Can also use eveporated milk,milk powder,creamer instead of fresh milk
        instead of sugar can also use jaggery

FRIED CHICKEN CURRY

Ingredients:

chicken-1/2 kg
coconut milk-2tbsp
turmeric powder-1/4tsp
gingelley oil-120ml
salt-to taste

For splitering:
curry leaves
fennel seeds-1/4tsp
mustard seeds-1/4tsp
cumin seeds -1/4tsp

To grind:
onion(small onion)-1cup
tomato-1cup
ginger-50g
garlic-50g
cinnamon,cloves-little bit
dried red chilli-10nos or to ur taste
whole pepper-2tsp
cumin seeds-2tsp
corriander seeds-1tsp
fennel seeds-1tsp

Method:

1. In a wok add 20ml of oil and fry all the ingredients that want to be grind.
2. then grind it after the onion becomes transparent.
3. in a pan then add  100ml of oil and add the ingredients under splitering....after it splits,jus add the chicken and leave for 3mins
4. after 3mins add the grind masala,turmeric powder,salt,little water and cover the lid for 5 mins
5. After 5mins add the coconut milk and wait till the oil seperates ..

Tip:can b severed with rice ,chappathi,paratha,naan etc....

Creamy potato soup

Ingredients

• 2  Tbs.butter
• 3  peeled potatoes, cut into chunks
• Salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 6  cups water
• 1/2  cup whipping cream, half-and-half, or milk
• 1 Tbs.grated cheese

Directions Place the butter in a large, deep pot over medium-high heat. When the butter is melted, add the potatoes, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cook until the veggie start to soften, 5-8 minutes.

Add the water and bring to a boil. Then, lower the heat so the soup bubbles gently and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened and vegetable become fully tender, about 20 minutes longer.
Using an immersion blender, puree the soup in the pan; or let the mixture cool slightly and use a blender to process until smooth. Return the soup to the pan and add the cream; taste and adjust the seasoning. Serve with cheese on top.

Creamy butternut soup

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• Amount Per Serving
• Calories 267
• Total Fat (g) 17
• Saturated Fat (g) 11
• Sodium (mg) 431
• Carbohydrate (g) 22
• Fiber (g) 3
• Protein (g) 9

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Ingredients

• 2  Tbs.butter
• 2  shallots or 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 1/2  lb.butternut squash, peeled and cut into 1- to 2-inch chunks
• Salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 6  cupswater
• 1/2  cupwhipping cream, half-and-half, or milk
• 1  Tbs.curry powder
• 2  Tbs.chopped fresh cilantro

Directions Place the butter in a large, deep pot over medium-high heat. When the butter is melted, add the shallots and squash, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cook until the veggies start to soften, 5-8 minutes.
Add the water and bring to a boil. Then, lower the heat so the soup bubbles gently and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened and squash become fully tender, about 10 to 15 minutes longer.
Using an immersion blender, puree the soup in the pan; or let the mixture cool slightly and use a blender to process until smooth. Return the soup to the pan and add the cream and curry powder; taste and adjust the seasoning. Serve garnished with cilantro.

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Makes: 4 servings

 

 note:instead of butter can also use boiled and mashed pumkins

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Macroni cheese soup

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amount Per Serving

• Calories 292
• Total Fat (g) 11
• Carbohydrate (g) 31
• Fiber (g) 3
• Protein (g) 17
• Calcium (DV%) 30

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Ingredients

• 1  package (32 ounces)reduced-sodium chicken broth
• 6  ouncessmall pasta shells
• 1  bag (16 ounces)frozen broccoli, cauliflower, and carrot blend
• 1-1/2  cupslow-fat milk
• 2  tablespoonsall-purpose flour
• 1-1/2  cupsshredded cheddar cheese

Directions 1. In a large saucepan, bring broth to a boil over high heat. Add pasta. Return to a boil. Reduce heat and let simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Add vegetables. Cook until pasta and vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes more.
2. Combine milk and flour in a resealable container; shake well to combine. Stir in to pasta mixture. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Gradually add the cheese, stirring until cheese melts.

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           Makes: 6 servings

History of henna

Taken from the book, Natural healing with the Medicine of the Prophet from the book of The Provisions of the Hereafter by Imam Ibn Qayim Al Jawziya (1292-1350 C.E.)


Henna is cold in the first degree and dry in the second. the medicinal properties and potency of the henna tree and its branches comprise:

1. a dissolving factor of the flaccidity of an organ, which characteristic comes from a balancing moisture it contains; and
2. it contains a costive characteristic of a cold earth substance. Some benefits of Henna include:
treatment of burns, congruity with nerves when used in poultices  (soft moist heated mass spread on cloth and applied to the sore), and is used for the treatment of ulcers of the mouth, stomach, burns, and hot swellings. Applying a decoction of henna to cuts has the same medicinal effects as those of the dragon's-blood tree. (Dracaena draco, a native of the Canary Islands; any of the genus Dracanea, of the Agave family. Arabic: dam al-akhawain)

Imam Trimidi and Imam al Baihaqi reported in their sahih that Umm Salma said: "Allah's Messenger Peace and Blessings of Allah Be Upon Him, never suffered from a wound or a thorn without applying henna to it." Applying a decoction made of henna and rose balm mixed with melted candlelight wax also helps in the treatment of pleurisy. 
                                 

Small Pox

Henna also helps in the treatment of small pox in its early stages. This is done by tingeing the bottom of the child's feet with henna, and this will prevent its progression to his eyes. This treatment is well known fact and a most common treatment in the case of small pox.                                                                                   

Henna Blossoms

When blossoms of henna are placed in a woolen garment, they perfume it and prevent moths. When Henna leaves are soaked in fresh water then squeezed and the infusion is drunk, 20 drachms mixed with 10 drachms of sugar, taken daily for forty days, or cooking a lambs meat with it and using it in ones diet for such a period, it helps in the treatment of leprosy in its early stages.

Henna Balm and Paste

Henna Balm also benefits in the treatment of the cracking of nails. This is done by drinking the water of soaked henna leaves for ten days. Henna paste also helps in the upkeep of healthy nails and beautifies them. Mixing henna powder with purified ghee (middle eastern butter) also helps hot swellings that produce yellow puss when used as poultice, and is a treatment for scabies, itch and manage.
Henna also helps hair growth, increases youthfulness, benefits one's vision, augments sexual drive, and is useful for the treatment of blisters, pimples, and skin pustules between the legs.                       

How to care pearls

Care Of Pearls

Pearls are Organic Substances

To keep pearls looking their very best you need just a little knowledge on how to care for them correctly.

Pearls, including freshwater pearls are delicate organic gems that are made of the natural product called calcium carbonate. This product is drawn from the lake or river by the mussel that the pearl lives in.

Your freshwater pearls were once living and growing so you will need to make sure that as with all living things they stay out of harm. The products that harm pearls most are the very things that the woman who loves pearls probably wears without a second thought. You've guessed it already - the most harmful product to a pearl is the application of perfume, hair spray and cosmetics and face creams when the owner is wearing the pearls.

These grooming products and other household chemicals if sprayed near pearls can build up on the pearl and damage the lustre.

These grooming products and other household chemicals, if sprayed near pearls, can build up on the pearl and damage the lustre. The nacre can become marked, dull, pitted and generally lose that marvellous luminous lustre that defines a pearl.
Rules of Pearl Care

The most important way to prevent damage to your pearls is by following the golden rule of putting your pearls on as the last thing you do when finishing your grooming. Put the pearls on after you have applied make up, perfume and hair sprays, never before. Don't spray your perfume on the neck area where the pearls will actually sit and avoid touching your pearls when you have just applied hand cream. If you need to reapply hair spray at some time, slip the pearls off for a moment and put them well out of the damage zone.

Likewise make pearls the first thing you remove after a night out, before you wipe your face and neck with cleansers or facial wipes, or night creams. As you remove your pearls wipe them with a soft damp cloth. Buff them occasionally with a silk cloth to enhance their shine and lustre. Try not to fling them in a jumble on the dressing table, but discipline yourself to put them back in their original container.

Storage

Many pearls such as those from Pearls Plus are sold with a Chinese silk jewellery pouch and this is the best way to store your pearls. Velvet lined boxes with separate compartments are also safe to use as are chamois leather pouches. Your pearls may arrive protected by bubble wrap, but you should never store the pearls in this plastic long term.

If you throw pearls into a jewel box full of other tangled jewellery your pearls will soon lose their lustrous sparkle, the surface will become scratched, wires will become bent and clasps scratched.

Never put your pearls on top of a fireplace, television set or a radiator as the heat will discolour them often turning them brown overnight. For the same reason avoid steam cleaning them.

Don't touch your pearls with your fingers if eating bar snack foods which sometimes have chilli style powders on them. Such spices can damage the surface of pearls. I once damaged my new Mabé pearl earrings when eating chilli style taco biscuits at a party. One earring still has a minute little speckle spot where the chilli powder rested. I was lucky the spot is so tiny, but the spice speck literally burnt into side of the pearl.

Store strung pearls flat as they won't stretch so quickly as when hung.

Don't store pearls in a very dry room, nor in a safe deposit box. Pearls appreciate a little moisture so wearing them regularly is important.

For the majority of women the best place to keep your pearls is on your neck! Wearing your pearls gives them the chance to breathe and the body produces natural oils that pearls love. Body warmth and the expression of this fine natural body oil through the skin keeps the pearls looking good.

Whilst some women can improve the look of pearls there are unfortunately a few other women who may have a more acid balanced skin type and such acid skins can sometimes cause pearls to lose their lustre. However by regularly wiping the pearls after use you can slow the process down enormously. This is very important as body perspiration is acidic and can eat away at the nacre, likewise the alcohol content of perfume can suck out the moisture from a pearl leaving it brittle.

Cleaning

Jewellers can clean pearls or you can buy a special pearl jewellery cleaning solution.

Don't clean pearls using any of the jewellery cleaners especially for gold or silver on the market. Such products usually contain an ammonia base. Also don't use the ultrasonic cleaning sets as the vibrations can make the pearls rub against each other and cause scuffing.

If the pearls are old and the lustre is dulling wipe them with a soft damp cloth that has been dipped in a very gentle natural soap solution, next wipe them with a detergent free damp cloth and then allow them to dry flat on kitchen paper. After the pearls have dried, a cloth with a fine smear of olive oil will help restore some lustre.
Stringing

Good pearls will last longer if they are restrung every year if you wear them every day or every two years for less frequent wear. They should only be restrung with pure silk thread or special nylon necklace cord. Other yarns like cotton break and rot more easily.

Every string is best knotted between each pearl. The knot not only helps keep control of your pearls should they break, but also helps stop the pearls rubbing too much against each other.

Some people do not like the look of a knotted string and newer alternatives are spaced pearls on wires held in place by gimps. Such necklaces have a fresh modern look, but must always be stored as flat as possible to prevent the polymer

Applying perfumes

Tips for Wearing Perfume


When you apply perfumes apply them to pulse points such as the folds in the crook of your elbow and back of knees, wrist, neck and cleavage. Make sure you do not rub wrists together as this crushes the smell. Spraying a little into the air is also good if you walk straight into the perfume. This helps to diffuse it over your body. Do not simply apply to the neck always work up the body as the scent rises. Also consider wearing in your bra a small ball of perfume impregnated cotton wool.

Consider layering perfumes. Use all the same perfume in various products. Begin with shower or bath gel and then rub in body lotion or spray with a matching after bath spray. Finally apply the scent preferably as perfume or EDP. I find that the use of body lotion makes you feel really scented and it is probably to do with starting at the feet and applying the scent all over allowing the scent to rise. It also makes you feel extra special and very pampered.



Keep bottles tightly stopped, away from direct heat and out of sunlight. You will certainly know when they have gone off as you'll notice that you do not get that lovely boost of heavenly scent when you spray or dab and the fragrance will look darker in the bottle. Some perfumes come in blue or opaque bottles and these store perfume well.

Try to choose perfumes that suit you, not your friends or family. Test a perfume in a store and then walk around for a minimum of ten minutes. Some perfumes take more like half an hour or an hour to truly develop. For example, Boudoir by Vivienne Westwood, Jicky by Guerlain and Must de Cartier are all ones I love after an hour, but am not convinced on first sniff.

Put a few drops of perfume onto an oil burner to scent your bedroom. At Christmas use musky oriental room fragrances in the form of perfumed incense sticks, candle or sprays to enhance the familiar associated yuletide seasonal smells of cinnamon, orange oil, pine, frankincense and myrrh.

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Aval idli(poha idli)

Aval (Poha) Idli

Ingredients:

Raw Rice – 2 cups
Urad Dhal – 2 tablespoon
Fenugreek seeds – 1 tablespoon
Coconut gratings – 1 cup
Aval (Poha) – ½ cup
Cooking Soda – a pinch
Asafotida Powder – ½ teaspoon
Green Chillies – 2
Fresh ginger – a small piece
Oil – 1 tablespoon
Mustard – ½ teaspoon
Urad Dhal – 1 teasoon
Bengal Gram Dhal – 1 teaspoon
Cashew Nuts - few
Curry Leaves – few
Salt – 2 teaspoon or as per taste

Method:

Soak rice, Urad dhal and fenugreek in water for about 4 hours.

Soak aval in water for half an hour.

Grind soaked rice, urad dhal, fenugreek and aval to a fine paste. Add salt and mix well. Keep it over night for fermentation.

Next day morning, grind coconut gratings, green chillies and ginger to a coarse paste and add it to the rice batter. Add cooking soda and mix well. In a kadai put the oil and when it is hot add mustard. When it pops up add bengal gram and urad dhal along with cashew nuts, asafotida powder and curry leaves. When the dhals turn light brown, remove and add it to the batter. Mix well.

Grease idli plates and pour this batter and steam it in a idli cooker for ten minutes.
Serve with tomato chutney.

Note: If you want to prepare it in the evening, you need not ferment it. Instead soak the aval in buttermilk and grind it as above and make the idli immediately

Oatmeal Dosai

Ingredients:
Oatmeal – 1 cup
Rice flour – 1/2 cup
Rawa - 1/2 cup
Maida - 1 cup
Salt – 1 teaspoon
Onion – 1 chopped finely
Green Chillies – 3 to 4 chopped finely
Curry leaves - few chopped

Method:

Mix Oatmeal, rawa, maida and rice flour along with salt and add enough water to make a thick batter. Add chopped onion, curry leaves and green chillies to the batter.

Heat tawa. Wipe it with oil. Pour one big ladle of batter in the tawa and spread it. Pour a teaspoon of oil around the corners of the dosa. After it cooked oneside, flip it over and cook other side also. Remove it.

Tips:You can make this dosa with left over ordinary dosa batter also. For one cup dosa batter, add one cup oatmeal along with a pinch of salt and mix well. Make dosa as above.

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7 days Cabbage soup diet to lose weight

Eat as much soup as you desire for seven days and you can lose 10 to 15 pounds. The recipe varies slightly, but includes a variety of low-calorie vegetables such as cabbage, onions, and tomatoes, flavored with bouillon, onion soup mix, and tomato juice. Each day of the seven-day program has specific foods that must be eaten, including potatoes, fruit juice, many vegetables, and on one day, beef.

Day One:

Eat only fruit, all the fruit you want except banana.

Drink unsweetened tea, black coffee, cranberry juice, and water.

Eat as much soup as you like.

Day Two:

All you want - fresh, raw, or cooked vegetables of your choice. Stay away from dry beans, peas, and sweet corn. Reward yourself with a big baked potato with butter for dinner. Eat as much soup as you like but no fruit for today.

Day Three:

Combine days one and two, eat as much fruit, vegetables, and soup, as you like but no baked potato.

Day Four:

Eat as many as eight bananas and drink as many glasses of skim milk as you would like on this day, along with your soup. This day is supposed to lessen your desire for sweets.

Day Five:

You may have 10-20 ounces of beef (300-500g) and a large tin or up to six fresh tomatoes. Drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of water this day to wash the uric acid from your body. Eat your soup at least once today. You may eat broiled or baked chicken (skinless) instead of beef. If you prefer, you can substitute broiled fish for the beef.

Day Six:

Eat beef and vegetables today. You can even have two or three steaks if you like, with fresh vegetables or salad. NO BAKED POTATO. Eat your soup at least once.

Day Seven:

Eat all you want of brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices, and vegetables. Be sure to eat your soup at least once to day. No bread, alcohol, or carbonated beverages, not even diet soda.

Malaysian hijab style

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In Islamic countries, the girls do not start wearing Hijab from the beginning, mean from childhood, so, when they are young, usually, they do not cover their heads. But, from Islamic cultures and rules, we start bringing up our children from the childhood in Islamic rules and culture, and we teach them the Islam, and what is good and what is bad.

The Islamic personality starts from the children, and they are very important in our society, and the women are more than important, it is why we focus on the bringing up well our girls. But when the woman gets older, mean the attainment of the girl child, the girl starts wearing Hijab for every time. Sad to say, in Malaysia, the hijab had become an integral part of revolutionary as depicted on the left of the picture.

Butter cake

An 'Icing Friendly' Cake Recipe...


There are thousands of cake recipes in the world but some types of cakes simply have the buoyancy, mass and support that is needed to support fillings and icing.
Here's a traditional and fail-proof recipe for an Icing Friendly Cake...

Butter Cake

 

This is the classic recipe that is used to create tiered confections for wedding cakes.
Butter cake has a firm, moist texture that makes it perfect for tiered designs.
The almond extract is optional but if you are making a wedding cake it is a very traditional additive.

You could also add extra vanilla, rum flavoring, cognac or brandy, orange blossom water or rosewater instead of the almond flavoring if you prefer.

 

1 1/2 cups butter, room temperature
2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
5 eggs
1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
3/4 teaspoon Almond Flavoring (optional)
3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk

 

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray pans with vegetable pan spray or grease pans.
2. In mixer bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
3. Mix in vanilla and almond (or other) flavorings. Mix in flour with baking powder and salt.
4. Add flour mixture alternately with milk, starting with the flour.
5. Pour into prepared pans. Bake until toothpick comes out clean. Cool ten minutes in pan. Loosen sides and remove.
6. Cool completely before decorating.
7. Makes 7 1/2 cups batter which will give you either two 8" round cakes or one 6" and one 9" round cake.