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Bread crossiants

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Crossiants are usually from the puff pastry dough but today I have tried something new, made it with bread dough.  Here is the recipe.  Ingredients :- Maida 2.5 cups Salt 1tbsp Sugar 2tbsp  Instant yeast 1tbsp  Luke warm milk 1 cup Refined oil 2tbsp FOR FILLING Dessicated coconut 1/4cup Chopped cashews 8-10 Chopped almonds 8-10 Chopped pistachios 8-10 Milk 1/2cup Sugar 1tbsp  METHOD :- 1) Take the Maida in a bowl, add salt, sugar and yeast to it mix properly, add refined oil and mix again.  2)now knead it with Luke warm milk for about 12 minutes till soft dough is formed. Put few drops of oil and rub it all over the surface of dough and cover it and keep it on a warm place for about 2hrs till it gets fermented.  3)now prepare the filling for crossiants,  Take the milk +sugar in a pan and bring it to boil, add the dry fruits and keep stirring till all the milk gets absorbed and allow it to cool.  4)roll the dough and cut it into equal portions...

GARLIC_a Panacea

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Allium sativum: common name garlic belongs to family Alliaceae. Though it is difficult to trace the country of its origin, it is widely cultivated in all parts of Europe, Asia and North Africa.  Botany : the leaves are narrow and flat like grass. The bulb is of compound nature, consisting of numerous bulblets technically known as cloves, grouped together between the membranous scales and enclosed in whitish skin.  Medicinal uses : many great and healing powers have been ascribed to Garlic. It possess stimulant and stomachic properties in addition to its other virtues. As an antiseptic, it's use has long been recognised. It's raw juice mixed with water are applied to wounds.  Pounded with honey and taken 2 or 3 nights successively is good to treat rheumatism.  Aqueous extract of it taken for two months reduced lipid levels in serum and liver.  It's extract reduces arterial blood pressure in human beings.  It also lowers levels of total, free and ...