Beef Hot And Spicy

Ingredients
1 pound beef washed and cut into long strips
1 big red onion sliced 
2 green chillies sliced
5 capsicum coarsely cut
1 large tomato cut in small  chunks
4-5 cloves of garlic crushed 
1/2 inch ginger finely sliced
1-2 tablespoon curry powder
1/4 teaspoon safron
A  few curry leaves
2-3 tablespoon tomato paste
1/2 teaspoon cummin seed
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon oil
Salt to taste
1 tablespoon vinegar


Method

Heat oil in a pan.Roast the cummin seeds slightly.Cook the onions,green chillies,garlic and the ginger until it turns pale in colour. Add the curry  leaves ,safron and curry powder into the cooking ingredients.Stir it well.Now add the beef and salt.Let it cook in a slow fire.Halfway through the cooking,add the tomato paste,the lime juice,vinegar and then the  water.Cook for another 5-10 minutes .Allow to simmer.When the gravy has thickened, mix in  the  capsicum and the tomato.Keep the pan covered.Turn off heat.Serve with steaming rice and a crunchy salad . 


Tip : You can add some colourful Bell peppers in the last stages of cooking for an extra appeal at the table.


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Hiccups

Every now and then, one of my children experience hiccups that come about  without any warning.This has made me wonder why they occur without a reason.Recently I came across some facts about hiccups and what should be done to make it go away.Hiccups usually doesn't cause any problems.They stop on their own in a few minutes.Hiccuping gets flared ,when food is eaten too quickly.Food when taken too hot or too cold ,could bring out the hiccups in you.Also gulping cold air in the winter season could make you  get an attack of hiccups.
I have tried the old fashioned method of stopping  hiccups,by letting my child with hiccups ,drink water out of the wrong side of the glass.But it doesn't work sometime.Another common belief is holding the breathe for a few minutes.
I like to share a tip on how to stop hiccups using food.
Take a slice of lemon and dip it in hot water.Take the lemon out of the water and sprinkle on it sugar,salt and black pepper.The lemon should be sucked until the hiccups stop.

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