Mint and Cucumber delight- Drink recipe

(Cucumber is low on calories and fights digestive problems like heartburn and acidity)

Ingredients:

Cucumber -2

Sugar- 5 tspLime Juice: 3 tsp

Mint leaves (minced): 2 tsp

Water

Preparation:

-Peel and chop cucumbers, puree and strain

-Add lime juice, sugar and mix everything well

-Add mint leaves, 2 glasses of hot water and allow it to stand for an hour in the fridge.

-Pour into a serving glass through a strainer so that mint leaves get strained out.

-Serve chilled.

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Imli Panna – Drink recipe.

(Sweet tangy sour and spicy, it is effective to prevent sun stroke as it maintains electrolyte balance in the body).

Ingredients:

Tamarind (Imli) -100 gm

Jaggery – 300 gm

Cumin Powder- 1 tea spoon

Green Chilies -4

Brown mustard seed -1 teaspoon

Salt to taste

Rock salt to taste

Garlic -4 cloves

Ginger-small knob

Mint and coriander leaves – 4-5

Boondi for garnishing

Preparation:

-Boil tamarind along with jaggery and a pinch of salt.

-After it cools down, remove the pulp and strain

-Add salt, rock salt and cumin powder and keep aside.

-In a jar, add the mixture along with green chilies, mint leaves, coriander, garlic and ginger and grind it to a fine paste.

-Add cold water and temper with brown mustard seed.

-Garnish with Boondi and finely cut coriander.  Serve chilled.

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Pomegranate-Cherry Punch – Drinks recipe

(This lovely pink-red punch is very delicious and easy to make)
Ingredients:

Frozen Cherries -1 cup

Yogurt -1/2 cup

Honey- 1 tbsp

Lemon juice-1 tsp

A pinch of cinnamon

A pinch of salt

Ice crushed – 2 cups

Recipe: Blend all the ingredients together in a blender and serve chilled.

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Recipe: Strawberry –Banana Mountain shake.

(An easy to make  and delicious drink)

Ingredients:

2 large bananas

2 cup fresh strawberries

1 brick of vanilla ice cream

1 cup Yogurt

1 cup milk

4 tsp honey

½ tsp cinnamon powder

1 cup ice- crushed.

 Recipe:

-Blend all the ingredients together until smooth, except the vanilla ice in cream and cinnamon.

-Serve topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a pinch of cinnamon powder.

 pic courtesy:http://www.ivoryandcrescent.com/images/SmoothieStrawberryBanana.jpg

Pear Margarita-Recipe

Ingredients:

Ice 1 ounce repos ado tequila
1 ounce pear nectar or juice
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Method:
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add all of the ingredients and shake well. Pour into a chilled margarita glass and serve.

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Fruit yoghurt specially for Festive season - Recipe

(It is a useful healthy dish for who avoid high calorie dishes in festive season and look for tangible health benefits everything they consume)

 Ingredients:

- 400 gm Hung curd/yogurt

-100 gm condensed milk

-Canned chopped fruits like, Peach halves, apricots, prunes, cranberries.

 Recipe:

-Whisk the curd/yogurt with condensed milk

-Mix chopped fruits

-Portion into stemmed glasses for glass bowls.

-Keep the yogurt in the refrigerator to chill and relish the tasty fruit yogurt.

 pic courtesy:http://thegourmandmom.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/img_59391.jpg

Recipe: Banana Chocolate Milkshake

Fruit smoothies and milk shakes are much savoured as they not only beat the heat but, are healthy too depending on the preparation.  Here’s the recipe:

Ingredients:

2 bananas crushed

1 and half glass chilled low fat milk

Honey (as per taste)

Hershey’s chocolate syrup ( as per taste)

Ice Cubes

Method:

In a blender, mix all above ingredients (except ice-cubes and ice-cream) and blend them at high speed.  Also, add more chocolate syrup if you want flavour and smell of chocolate to over-power this milkshake.

In Two glasses, place 2-3 ice cubes and 2-3 spoon of ice-cream (optional).  Now pour the milkshake in these glasses.

Finally, garnish the glasses with some chocolate syrup and serve.

 pic courtesy:http://recipegreat.com/images/banana-and-chocolate-shake-03.jpg

Drinks recipe: Brazilian mix

Here’s a cocktail that you can dress up or keep simple.  The sexy Caipirinha from Brazil can liven up any party…So even if summer is all about the sun and the heat, the partying spirit won’t cool down.

Summer wouldn’t be summer without the citrus refreshment provided by Brazil’s Caipirinha.  This calls for lime juice and good rum as its base. The Caipirinha liquor of choice is the Cachaca, a distilled white sugar cane alcohol.  Originally considered a ‘poor man’s drink,’ today, the humble Cachaca is experiencing a much-lauded revival.

Get the ingredients together. You will need a lime; Cachaca; sugar to taste and ice cubes.

Method:

Cut the lime into pieces and place them in a glass. Sprinkle with the sugar and crush the pieces (pulp side up) with a pestle, just enough t release the juice, otherwise it will get bitter.  Add the Cachaca and stir. Add ice and stir again.  It is delicious and potent.

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Mango Margarita –Drink Recipe

(Perfect margarita for hot summers)

Ingredients:

Rice -1 cup

Lime -1

Silver Tequila- 3 ounces

Peeled small mango -1

Fresh lime juice-1.5 ounces

Chili powder-1 tsp

Orange liqueur-2 ounces

Grapefruit sod-3 ounces

Recipe:

-Spread chili powder in a dish, Moisten the rim of a margarita glass with the lime wedge and dip the rim in the chili powder to coat.

-In a blender, puree the mango and add the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. 

-Pour into the glass and serve.

 pic courtesy:http://hilahcooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/mango_margarita.jpg

Recipe: Mango Banana Smoothie

Ingredients:

Chilled Mangoes -2 cups

Bananas – 2 pcs

Yoghut-1 cup

Ice Cubes – ½ cup

Vanilla-1tsp

Dash of cinnamon and nutmeg

 Method:

In a blender container combine Mango, Banana, yoghurt, Ice cubes, Vanilla, Cinnamon and nutmeg.  Blend until smooth.

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Recipe: Mango Panna Cotta

Ingredients:

Cooking cream-400 ml

Milk -250 ml

Vanilla essence -5ml

Sugar – 6tbsp

Gelatin-1 strip

Cold water – 45 ml

For Mango Puree:

Ripe Mango, Sugar

Method of Preparation:

In a saucepan, gentle heat the cream, milk, vanilla and sugar until well dissolved.  Do not boil.  In a bowl, sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water. Allow to bloom for 5minutes.  Add a bit of the hot cream mixture to the gelatin and stir to melt completely.  Stir in the remaining of the cream mixture and blend well.  Pour into 12 small 60 ml (1/4 cup) capacity ramekins and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.  Meanwhile, prepare the Mango puree. Peel, pit and cut the mango into pieces.  In a food processor, puree the Mango with the sugar until it is smooth.  Set aside.  Once the Panna cottais set remove from the refrigerator and gently spoon a small hole in the centre.

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Coriander & Coconut Mojito – Drink recipe

Ingredients:100 ml -Coconut water

8/10 pieces- Coconut diced

8-10 Coriander sprigs.

2 tsp- Castor sugar

10 ml- Lime juice

Method:

-Put Castor Sugar, diced coconut, lime juice and coriander in a glass and mix it up.

-Put cracked ice into the glass and add coconut water.

-Stir the drink and serve, garnish with coriander sprigs.

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Fizzy Mint –Drink recipe

(It’s refreshing and nutritious drink with mint being packed with vitamins)

Ingredients:

Mint leaves- 4 sticks

Lemon – half (without seeds)

Sugar powder – 3 tsp

Rock salt – 1tsp

Soda/Water -100 ml

Preparation:

-Take mint leaves, lemon and pound together with hand so that the juice comes out

-Prepare a mixture of rock salt and sugar powder.

-Pour the mixture on the hand pounded mint leaves and lemon

-Pour Soda and serve chilled
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Watermelon smoothie- Recipe

(Simple and delicious smoothie)

Ingredients:

-Mango Jam Squeeze

-Two cups of seedless watermelon chunks

-1 tbsp honey

-fresh mint leaves

-1 Cup Yogurt

-Cinnamon

Preparation:

Take watermelon chunks, honey and mint in a food processor and blend.  Add yogurt and cinnamon and blend. Spread jam in a glass and pour smoothie with ice cube.

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