HEALTH - ~ : Banana-oatmeal hot cakes with spiced maple syrup

Dietitian's tip: Mashed bananas and cooked oats help keep these
pancakes moist and flavorful. If you don't like syrup, warm some
sliced bananas in a frying pan with a small amount of butter or oil
and spoon them on top.
By Mayo Clinic staff
Serves 6
Ingredients
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cinnamon stick
3 whole cloves
1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1 cup water
2 tablespoons firmly packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons canola oil
1/2 cup whole-wheat (whole-meal) flour
1/2 cup all-purpose (plain)flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup 1 percent low-fat milk
1/4 cup fat-free plain yogurt
1 banana, peeled and mashed
1 egg, lightly beaten
Directions
In a small saucepan, combine the maple syrup, cinnamon stick and
cloves. Place over medium heat and bring to a boil. Remove from heat
and let steep for 15 minutes. Remove the cinnamon stickand cloves with
a slotted spoon. Set the syrup aside and keep warm.
In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine the oats and water. Microwave
on high until the oats are creamy and tender, about 3 minutes. Stir in
the brown sugar and canola oil. Set aside to cool slightly.
In a bowl, combine the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt and
ground cinnamon. Whisk to blend.
Add the milk, yogurt and banana to the oats and stir until well
blended. Beat in the egg. Add the flour mixture to the oat mixture and
stir just until moistened.
Place a nonstick frying pan or griddle over medium heat. When a drop
of watersizzles as it hits the pan, spoon 1/4 cup pancake batter into
the pan. Cook until the top surface of the pancake is covered with
bubbles and the edges are lightly browned, about 2 minutes. Turn and
cook until the bottom is well browned and the pancake is cooked
through, 1 to 2 minutes longer. Repeat with the remaining pancake
batter.
Place the pancakes on warmed individual plates. Drizzle with the warm
syrup and serve immediately.
Nutritional analysis per serving
Serving size: 3 pancakes
Calories 271 Sodium 243 mg
Total fat 7 g Total carbohydrate 49 g
Saturated fat 1 g Dietary fiber 3 g
Monounsaturated fat 4 g Protein 6 g
Cholesterol 32 mg/

Signs of Allah in Eating a Fish

Allah tells us in the Quran: Then let man look at his food (80:24).
Let's say that your mother cooked a fish for you to eat and you are
living in Canada and this fish came from Bangladesh. Now Allah tells
us to look at ourfood to see where it came from, how it came from, how
it was created, etc. Allah created this fish in a river of Bangladesh.
Then Allah gave it food and looked after it so that it grows up. At
one time, Allah caused a fisherman to catch the fish and sell it to a
foreign export company. Then Allah caused the company to send the fish
all the way to Canada. In Canada, someone went and bought that fish
from a store. Then the fish was cooked and served in frontof you. All
these things Allah did just so that you can eat!

MEDINA The City Of The Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)

The second holiest site in Islam is Medina (or Medinah), the "City of
the Prophet (S.A.W)," is in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.
It was to Medina city that Muhammad (S.A.W) fled when he was initially
driven out of Mecca, and the place where he attracted his first
followers.Medina currently has a population of about 600,000 people
and is the home of "The Prophet's Mosque." The long form of the Arabic
name for Medina(Madinat Rasul Allah) means "City of the Prophet of
Allaah", while the short form (al-Madina) just means "the City".
Muslims always add salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam ("peace be upon him")
after mentioning the Prophet Muhammad, so the full form of the name is
commonly given as "Madinat Rasul Allah salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam."
Medina is the second holy city of Islam, after Mecca. It's importance
as a religious site derives from the presence there of the Masjid al
Nabawi, the Mosque of the Prophet (S.A.W), which was built on the site
of Muhammad's home and is where he is buried. The first mosque of
Islam is also located in Medinah and is known as Masjid al-Quba, the
Quba Mosque. In 622, Medina became the seat of Muhammad's (S.A.W)
growing movement after the Hijra. In 622 Muhammad (S.A.W) was invited
to come and live in Yathrib (the old name of Medina) and act as a sort
ofgovernor. Medina in those times was a divided city. Different clans
and religions were eternally quarreling and bickering and Muhammad
brought unity to the city. All parties agreed to a pact drawn up by
Muhammad (S.A.W) and his followers. He invited all people in the city
to followthe new religion of Islam. However, he had trouble convincing
the Jewish population (which was actually quite large) that Islam was
the true version of Judaism. In the ten yearsfollowing the Hijra,
Medina formed the base from which Muhammad (S.A.W) attacked and was
attacked and it was from here that he marched on Makkah, becoming its
ruler without battle. Even when Islamic rule was established Medina
remained for some years the most important city of Islam and the de
facto capital of the Caliphate. Under the first four Caliphs, known as
the Righteous Caliphs, the Islamic empire expanded rapidly and came to
include centres of learning such as Jerusalem and Damascus. After the
death of Ali, the fourth caliph, Mu'awiyya transferred the capital to
Damascus and the importance of Medina dwindled and became of a
religious more than a political nature. In 1924 the city, which had
been in Ottoman hands for centuries, fell to Ibn Saud, whose empire
later became Saudi Arabia.

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