Poached Figs with Rose Syrup - Dessert

Serves 4

200g Sugar
1 orange, grated zest & juice
6 cardamom pods, just crushed
8 ripe figs
1Tbsp rose syrup ( you can find the same in Indian store - try Haldirams, Roohafaza....)

1Tsp Gulkand - dried rose petals
Plain thick yogurt

Put the sugar, orange zest and juice and cardamom pods into a pan with 250ml cold water

Heat gently until the sugar have dissolved and then bring up to the boil for a few minutes.
Reduce the heat to a simmer, add the figs

Cook for 6-8 minutes until the figs begin to soften, remove the parchment and then remove the figs form the syrup to a serving plate

Drizzle in the rose syrup while warm

Mix Yogurt with Gulkand and serve it along with the figs

Note:

If you want it more sweeter carry on simmering the syrup for another 7-8 minutes to reduce t, add the rose syrup and drizzle it over the figs

You can also eliminate the curd and serve it with a dollop of cream for a complete dessert

Food Signatures

FOOD SIGNATURES !!!

This is interesting info... 

You are what you eat, so eat well. A stupendous insight of civilizations past has now been confirmed by today's investigative, nutritional sciences. They have shown that what was once called 'The Doctrine of Signatures' was astoundingly correct. It now contends that every whole food has a pattern that resembles a body organ or physiological function and that this pattern acts as a signal or sign as to the benefit the food provides the eater. Here is just a short list of examples of Whole Food Signatures. 

A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye...and science shows that carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes. 

A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart is red and has four chambers. All of the research shows tomatoes are indeed pure heart and blood food. 

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows that grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food. 

A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds are on the nut just like the neo-cortex. We now know that walnuts help develop over 3 dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function. 

Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys. 

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet the body pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body. 

Eggplant, Avocadoes and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats 1 avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? .... It takes exactly 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them). 

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the motility of male sperm and increase the numbersof sperm as well to overcome male sterility. 

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics. 

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries.

Grapefruits, Oranges, and other citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts. 

Onions look like body cells. Today's research shows that onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes.



'The news isn't that fruits and vegetables are good for you, it's that they are so good for you, they can save your life .' 

Home Bar III: Fig and Rose Shake

Here is one of my hubby's fav milkshake ......Try it and let me know how does it works for you .....

Fig and Rose Shake
Serves 2

5-6 Dried Figs            
2Tbsp  Gulqand  ( sweet rose petal preserve) You can use the Kohinoor brand available in Indian stores

  2 -3 Tbsp Water                
  2 cups Chilled Milk      
Ice Cubes- As required           

In a blender pour in water along with figs and gulqand and blend well
Once done, pour in milk and ice cubes and churn it again until done
Serve it chilled in frozen glasses

Note:
You can vary the quantity of Gulqand according to your taste, also you can add sugar if desired
You can also use frozen milk....it taste great, but eliminate the ice cubes while using frozen milk