Monday, August 24, 2009

Water Melon Drink

Ingredients :

Preparation Method :

Lemon Ginger Chill

Ingredients :
  • 2 lemon juice
  • small piece ginger
  • 5 mint leaves
  • Sugar according to your taste
  • Salt a pinch
  • 4 cups water
Preparation Method :
  • Mix them all together in the blender for few seconds.
  • Then strain it.
  • Chill it for few hours.
  • Add ice cubes.
  • Serve with lemon slices.
  • Ready to drink.

Monday, August 17, 2009

ALMOND SHARBAT

Ingredients:
  • 1/2 kg almond
  • 2 kg sugar
  • 1 kg water
  • 1 tsp saffron
  • 1 tsp green cardamom powder
  • 1/2 tsp potassium meta bi sulphate
How to prepare almond sharbat :
  • Soak almond in water for 8-10 hours.
  • Peel the outer covering.
  • Boil sugar, water, green cardamom powder in it.
  • Boil it to one sugar syrup strand.
  • Let it cool, then add some syrup to almond and grind it to a fine paste.
  • Add syrup and potassium meta bi sulphate to the above.
  • Fill it in a bottle.

ALMOND HONEY MILK

Ingredients:
  • 1/4th cup blanched Almond
  • 2 cup Milk
  • 1/4 tsp Cardamom seeds
  • 3 tblsp Honey
How to prepare almond honey milk:
  • Place the nuts in a blender and process until finely chopped.
  • Add 2/3 cup mil and process until smooth paste.
  • Pour the milk into a heavy-bottomed pan and whisk the remaining milk.
  • Place the milk over moderately high heat and, stirring constantly, bring it to full boil.
  • Remove the pan from the heat, add cardamom seeds.
  • Place the pan over high heat and bring to boil.
  • Remove the pan from the heat and add honey.
  • Again place the pan over heat and bring the milk to just boiling point, pour it the strainer resting over a pan.
  • Pour the milk back and forth from one pan to another for at least a minute or until frothy.
  • Pour into warmed mugs and serve at once.

SPICED TEA

Ingredients:
  • 2 1/2 cup Water
  • 2 Cloves
  • 1 brown Cardamom
  • 4 Black Pepper corns
  • 1 Cinnamon Stick
  • 2 tsp Tea Leaves
  • 11/4 cup Milk
  • 2 tblsp Sugar or as desired
How to make spiced tea:
  • Place the water, cloves, cardamom, peppercorns and cinnamon in a saucepan and bring to boil.
  • Stir in the tea leaves and continue to cook over a moderate heat for 2 minutes.
  • Add the milk and sugar and boil, remove from the heat.
  • Strain and serve piping hot.

LASSI

Ingredients:
  • 3 cup plain Yogurt with yogurt cream
  • 2/3rd cup Sugar (Cheeni)
  • 1/2 cup Ice Water
  • 8-10 crushed Ice-cubes
How to make lassi:
  • If you have access to it, spoon off 4 pieces of firm ' yogurt cream' from the top of yogurt and set aside for garnishing.
  • Place the yogurt and the sugar in a mixing bowl and whisk it until frothy.
  • Add the ice water and whisk again briefly.
  • Stir in the crushed ice.
  • Alternately, use a blender.
  • Divide the yogurt and sugar mixture into two batch, cover, and process for 1-2 minutes.
  • Transfer and repeat for the second batch.
  • Pour the beverage into 4 chilled glasses.
  • Carefully place a piece of curd cream, if desired, on each drink and garnish with a sprinkle of sugar.
  • Serve immediately.

MANGO LASSI

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup plain non-fat Yogurt (Curd)
  • 1cup peeled and chopped Ripe Mango
  • 2 tblsp Sugar or to taste (Cheeni)
  • 1/4th tsp Cardamom Powder (Elaichi Powder, optional)
  • Few Ice-cubes
How to prepare mango lassi:
  • Combine all ingredients and blend until smooth in a blender.
  • Strain through a sieve, pushing as much liquid as possible.
  • Pour in glasses and serve with cold.






Nutrient facts

Mango, raw
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)

Energy 70 kcal

270 kJ

Carbohydrates

17.00 g

- Sugars

14.8 g

- Dietary fiber

1.8 g

Fat

0.27 g

Protein

.51 g

Vitamin A equiv. 38 μg

4%

- beta-carotene 445 μg

4%

Thiamine (Vit. B1) 0.058 mg

4%

Riboflavin (Vit. B2) 0.057 mg

4%

Niacin (Vit. B3) 0.584 mg

4%

Pantothenic acid (B5) 0.160 mg

3%

Vitamin B6 0.134 mg

10%

Folate (Vit. B9) 14 μg

4%

Vitamin C 27.7 mg

46%

Calcium 10 mg

1%

Iron 0.13 mg

1%

Magnesium 9 mg

2%

Phosphorus 11 mg

2%

Potassium 156 mg

3%

Zinc 0.04 mg

0%