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Mango Lassi

Aam Panha (Roasted Style)

This is a refreshing drink which helps beat scorching dry heat...its a fantastic way to keep the heat strokes away...there are various ways to make it...roasting imparts a distinct flavour to this drink......

Ingredients:

1 raw mango

1/4 tsp black salt

1/2 tsp roasted jeera powder

2 1/2 tsp powdered sugar

5 leaves of pudina-crushed into paste

2 cups water

Method:

• Put deep incisions on the raw mango (4 vertical) on 4 sides.
• Place the raw mango in a microwave proof bowl and microwave for 1 minute.
• Let the raw mango rest for a minute or two.
• Place the raw mango on a open flame and let it roast on a medium low flame.
• Once the raw mango is roasted on all the sides, take it off the flame.
• Remove the dark roasted skin of the raw mango.
• Squeeze out the pulp of the raw mango and discard the seed of the raw mango.Strain the pulp.
• To the raw mango pulp add black salt, roasted jeera powder, sugar, salt, pudina and mix well.
• Add water mix well and serve chilled to beat the summer heat!!!!

Tips:

• If you want to have it immediately use chilled water. You could also add ice cubes, but in such a case just reduce adjust the quantity of water.
• You caould also add coriander paste.
• granular sugar or castor sugar could also be used. just adjust the quantity to suite your taste.
• You could also add a packet of readymade jaljeera powder.
• You could vary the amount of spices given above and also add other spices such as black pepper powder, chat masala.

Watermelon Granita

Ingredients:

1 cup watermelon cubes

2 tsp strawberry crush

2 drops of ginger juice

1/2 tsp lemon juice

sugar(optional)

salt(optional)

Method:

• Make cubes of watermelon and discard the seeds. Place the cubes in airtight box and freeze it.
• In a blender add the watermelon cubes, strawberry crush, lemon juice, ginger juice, salt and sugar(optional).
• give a quick churn and serve.

Tips:

• Watermelon cubes should be granular hence do not blend the watermelon cubes too much.
• You can add fresh strawberry instead of strawberry crush.
• To make the ginger juice, grate the ginger and squeeze the juice.
• You can add black salt instead of normal salt.
• You can also add chaat masala.
• You can avoid the lemon juice.
• Sugar should be added depending on the required sweetness.

Chikoo Shake

Ingredients:

1 cup milk

ice cubes

2 medium sized chikoo

pinch of drinking chocolate/coffee

sugar as per taste

Method:

• Peel the chikoo, deseed and chop it
• In a blender add chopped chikoo and blend till the chikoo is pureed. Add milk, ice cubes, sugar and a pinch of drinking chocolate/coffee and blend it for a minute.
• Transfer in a serving glass and serve chilled!!

Tips:

• I feel a dash of drinking chocolate /coffee gives the chickoo shake a fantastic taste, however you can avoid it.
• If you want to give an Indian taste you can add cardamom powder.
• Sugar would be as per the sweetness of the chikoo. Castor sugar/ powdered sugar is best as it dissolves faster.
• You can retain the peel of the chikoo.
• You can top the chikoo shake with whipped cream or ice-cream. Chocolate flavoured ice-cream really taste well with chickoo shake.

Bel Sharbat

Ingredients:

1 Bel fruit

1 lit water

for sweet juice

sugar as per taste

for sweet and salty juice

black salt as per taste

roasted jeera powder as per taste

sugar as per taste

Method:

• cut the bel fruit. Scoop the flesh of the bel fruit with the help of a spoon.
• pour the water in a vessel.
• transfer the scooped fruit in the vessel and cover it. keep this aside for 5-6 hours.
• Sieve the water and discard the seeds.
• transfer the juice into a bottle and store in the fridge.
• At the time of serving, if you like sweet juice, transfer the juice in a serving glass add powder sugar as per taste, mix and serve.
• if you prefer slightly sweet and salty, add black salt, sugar and jeera powder as per taste, mix well and serve.

Tips:

• if you like the juice to be of a thin consistency, at the time of serving add more quantity of water and mix well.
• you can also add 1/2 tsp of lemon for the sweet and salty version.
• you can add normal salt along with the black salt.
• I prefer to soak the pulp of the bel overnight.
• powdered sugar or castor sugar is preferred over granular sugar to add to any shake or juice as its easy to dissolve.
• serve this chilled to beat the scorching heat!!

Namkeen Lassi

Meeti Lassi

Aam Panha

Green Tea

Chocolate Shake

COLD COFFEE

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon coffee
• 1 & 1/2 tablespoon sugar
• a pinch of drinking chocolate or 1/2 teaspoon chocolate sauce(optional)
• a few pieces of ice

Method

• in a blender mix 3/4 cup of milk, 1/2 teaspoon of coffee ,1 1/2 tablespoon of sugar, a pinch of drinking chocolate or 1/2 teaspoon chocolate sauce and pieces of ice. Run the mixer till the sugar dissolves.
• For serving, pour the coffee from a distance so that a good froth comes on the top.

Tips

• the quantity of sugar, coffee, milk, ice could be varied depending upon one's taste.
• the drinking chocolate or chocolate sauce is optional. if you like just the coffee flavour avoid the chocolate.
• when churning the ingredients in the mixer use the whipping option as it will help develop a good froth.
• castor sugar or powdered sugar is better than the granular sugar as it dissolves faster.