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- 1 cup whole wheat grain,
- 1 cup oats
- 1cup Channa dal ( split chick peas)
- 1\2 cup Masoor dal (split Egyptian lentils)
- 1\2 cup Moong dal (split moong beans)
- 1\2 cup Mash dal
- 1 1\2  kg. Boneless beef
-  6 cups water
- 1 cup oil
- 3 medium onions, skinned and finely chopped
- 2 garlic bulb, skinned and finely chopped
- 3 inch piece fresh ginger , peeled and finely chopped
- 1 level tsp. black cumin seeds
- 8 Cloves
- 2 tsp. Chilli powder
- 1\2 tsp. Ground turmeric
- 1\2 cup chopped fresh coriander leaves
- 1 tbsp. Chopped fresh mint leaves
- 2-3 tsp. Salt
- 1\2 cup natural yogurt
- 5 tbsp lemon juice

Washed and soaked all of the dals and grains overnight. Drain the wheat and place in a saucepan. Add 6 cups water and boil gently for about 45 minutes or more until very tender and mushy. Reserve the wheat. Drain the dals and place in a sauce pan with four cups of water. Boil for 30 minutes. Or until tender and mushy. Reserve the dals.
Heat the oil in a large heavy-based saucepan. Add the onion and stirring frequently, fry for about 10 minutes to a deep golden color. Lift out all the onions with a slotted spoon. Put three quarters of them in a blender or food
processor. Add the garlic and the ginger and blend to a smooth paste. Reheat the oil in the pan, add the ground onion mixture and continue frying for another few minutes. Then add the cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves, chilli powder, turmeric and the chopped coriander and mint. Stirring frequently, fry for 5 to 10 minutes to a rich golden color; the oil should start to separate. Add the beef and the salt. Stirring frequently, fry until the meat is well
browned and nearly tender, about 40 minutes. Add the yogurt and stirring continuously, fry the beef for another 15 minutes until it is tender and the yogurt is well blended. Add the remaining 300ml water, stir well and simmer for another 10 minutes. Remove the pieces of beef and chop into small pieces. "Ghota". In fact the right way of blending beef with lentils is that all are crushed and mixed together using round wooden spoon.
Add the boiled wheat and the strained lemon juice. Stir well "Ghota" to mix the ingredients. Reheat but do not allow to boil; serve at once, garnished with the reserved onion mixture

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 People infected with hepatitis C can be cured with existing treatments, researchers have discovered.
Around 99% of patients successfully treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin had no detectable virus for up to seven years. The treatments were known to work initially but it had been unclear whether the virus would come back.
Experts said it was good news for patients but that some still suffer from painful symptoms. Over the past decade the number of people in the UK diagnosed with hepatitis C has increased because of higher rates of testing.
But many people are still unaware they are carrying the infection.
Hepatitis C, which is contracted through infected blood, can cause cirrhosis, liver failure or cancer. Early treatment is usually effective.
Long-term cure
Professor Mitchell Shiffman, chief of hepatology at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School, and colleagues carried out a long-term study in 1,000 patients to find out whether the virus would come back. Participants were given a course of injections of pegylated interferon alone or in combination with ribavirin. In those for whom treatment was successful (no detectable virus after six months) only eight patients tested positive for the virus in the following seven years. The researchers pointed out it had not yet been determined if those patients had suffered a relapse or been reinfected. Professor Shiffman said: "We are encouraged by this data because it is rare in the treatment of life-threatening viral diseases that we can tell patients they may be cured. "In hepatitis C today, we are able to help some patients achieve an outcome that effectively enables them to put their disease behind them." It is believed that around 250,000 people in the UK have signs of hepatitis C infection, although some of these will clear it naturally and not become chronically infected. However, the number could actually be as high as half a million and it is estimated that nine out of ten people do not know they are infected.
It can take years or even decades for symptoms to appear but a recent Department of Health campaign has been encouraging those at risk to get tested.
Anyone who ever shared equipment for injecting drugs - even if it was a long time ago, and even if they only did it once or twice - they could be at risk from hepatitis C.
Others could have become infected through a blood transfusion, if they received one before screening was introduced in 1991 - or through sharing banknotes or straws to snort cocaine. Charles Gore, chief executive of the Hepatitis C trust said the results would be reassuring for patients who had to undergo six months to a year of weekly injections and daily tablets. "This data looks incredibly promising and it's extremely good news for patients as they are always concerned that the virus would come back."
"The only thing we would add is that we're talking about a cure for liver disease, which is the thing that kills you, but not everyone feels fantastic at the end of treatment - some people have lingering symptoms such as aches in their joints and feeling tired."
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Assalam-O-Aliakum,
My dear friends, I hope all of you are braving the scorching heat of summers bravely!
Here is a nice little parable to share with you today…

A farmer showed his wife the mousetrap that he had just brought. This sight upset the mouse who was looking at it through the crack in the wall. He went to the farmyard to announce the news about the mousetrap in the house. The first animal he went to was the hen. The hen sympathized with the mouse and added "… I cannot be bothered by the mousetrap as it is will have no effect on me." The mouse approached the pig and told him the news about the mousetrap in house. The pig said, "I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it" .The mouse moved on to the cow, who showed no worry on hearing the news as it did not matter to her. The distressed mouse returned to the house and felt upset because all the other animals had refused to help him in face of danger.
That night a sound of a mousetrap catching its prey was heard. The farmer's wife rushed to see but in the darkness, she did not see it was a poisonous snake whose tail had got caught in the trap. The snake bit the farmer's wife who had to be rushed to the hospital. When she returned home she still had fever. The farmer butchered the hen to make chicken broth for his wife. To feed the acquaintances that paid visit to the sick woman, farmer butchered the pig. However, the farmer's wife could not get over her sickness and died. So many people came for her funeral that the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.
Dear friends, the moral of the story is that we must help others when they are facing problems. Don’t ever think that someone else's problem or trouble will not affect you.  We are safe when everyone around us is secure. If one of us is threatened, we all are exposed to danger.

Watch out for anyone who needs your support and never shy away from extending a help hand. Allah Almighty will reward you for your benevolence.
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