Showing posts with label Drinks Shakes and Juices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drinks Shakes and Juices. Show all posts

Sunday, 24 October 2010

Mango milkshake

Mango milkshake becomes regular evening or morning drink. It totally becomes replacement to my morning or evening tea during mango season.

It is very easy to make and amazingly tasty.

Serves 2:
Ingredients:
Kesar mango (any kind): 2 fully ripe
Milk: 2cups
Sugar: to taste

Preparation:
Soak mangoes before use. Peel the skin off.

Cut the pulp part and add it to blender. Keep few pieces for garnish.
Add milk, sugar and blend it together to make smooth shake.
Pour it into serving glass and garnish with mango pieces.

Monday, 12 April 2010

Apple papaya smoothie

This recipe is very good for those morning when you are filling too full or bloated due to over eating of last night. You are too close to skip your breakfast but skipping breakfast will lower your metabolism. Have a glass of apple and papaya smoothie, it will not only keep up with your metabolic rate but also help your smooth your tummy. This is also very good drink for heart burns or acidity.

I came up with this recipe on my day 1 of GM diet. I am so used to drinking milk every morning and was not sure what should I have for breakfast. It was filling and satisfying. At least I didn't miss my milk that morning :).

Serves: 1
Ingredients:
Apple: 1 large (I like gala apple or the green apple, some times I prefer Washington Apples)
Papaya: 1 cup
Sweet basil leaves: 4-5
Raisins: 6-7 for garnish

Preparation:
Peel the skin of papaya and apple, remove the seeds and cut it into rough pieces.
Wash sweet basil leaves and add it to blender or smoothie maker.
Pour it in a glass.
Garnish with raisins.

Friday, 19 March 2010

Wheat grass juice

This blog will show you how to make juice from seed. I have heard lot of good things about wheat grass juice. I decided to try it on. My husband and I started to see positive results in our health.

I had no prior experience of growing. I learnt the right way to do it and sharing it with you.

Ingredients:
Row wheat : 1 cup
Water as needed
Soil to grow wheat grass on
Tray
Juicer or blender

Preparation:
Growing wheat grass is about two week process.
1. Sprout wheat grass:
This can take up to 3 days. Soak wheat pearl overnight or 8-10hours in warm water. Next day rinse it thoroughly and wash it with fresh water and rinse again. If you do not wash and rinse properly wheat will start smelling.

After rinsing nicely keep it covered for 8hours. Wash and rinse again with fresh water thoroughly. By this time you will start to notice little sprout in the wheat.
We need little more sprout. Wash, rinse and keep it covered for 8 hours until you see sprout coming out of wheat is 2-3millimeter long.

2. Sowing:
Take a tray, you can choose to take the one with or without holes.
Tip: Most of people suggested I take the one with holes as it let the excess water come out of the tray. But make sure you have covered the holes with cling foil or thick paper or a bigger size tray else every time you water or transfer your tray you will have mess and you will hate growing ever again.

Cover the tray with soil and make sure soil doesn't have any lumps, break it with your hands or use some garden tools or for the matter a spoon from your kitchen will do for pot gardening.

Leave 1 inch from the top of the tray and spread out soil nicely. Water the soil to make it damp.
Scatter wheat pearls in a light layer over the soil.
Gently push them in to the soil. There is no need to add more soil on top of wheat pearls, but it won't harm also.
Now water little bit more and sowing process is over.

Cover the tray for 3 days with another tray or black bin bag or keep it in dark store room for 3 days. Every morning water if necessary. You will notice grass has started growing each day.

3. Water and let it grow:
Wheat grass should be at least 7 inch tall before you cut it for juicing. Water every morning. Keep it in sunny place. Wheat grass doesn't require too much sun light. It will take 10-14days to grow before you can start juicing.
4. Cut and juice:
You can use pair of scissors or sharp knife to cut the grass. Cut from the start of green part and leave little bit of white part on for it to grow.

Wash the grass and rinse it. There are special wheat grass juicer available in the market. I simply use blender to make my juice.
Add little bit water in the blender 50ml, wheat grass and blend it. Filter the fiber out and squeeze it.
Pour the juice in shot glasses and have it first thing in the morning on empty stomach for best results. Also it is important to consume the juice as soon as you juice it.
If you want you can add mint leaves and ginger along with. This will help enhance the taste of the juice.

It is very important to be healthy and wheat grass juice will help you detox your body and fight disease.

Raab

Raab is traditional Gujarati drink. This is a home made remedy to fight sore throat and cough. Ingredients used in raab gives energy and hence it is preferred to drink after fasts.

I learnt this recipe after I came to UK as at home my mom or dadi will make it for me when ever I have sore throat and cold.

In some homes where they don't afford to drink milk usually drink raab. Very famous in villages. Usually taken during mornings or afternoons instead of tea or coffee.

From my personal experience I avoid milk during cold infection and switch to raab. I have it twice or thrice a day instead of milk, tea or coffee. This helps me fight cold and sore throat infection. Also by avoiding milk I have noticed my body's cough production reduces.

This is called bajra ni raab. I will post more versions of raab as and when I learnt them.

Serves 2:
Ingredients:
Bajra no lot/millet flour: 2 table spoon
Ginger powder: 1/2 table spoon
Ajwaeen/ Carom seeds: 1 tea spoon
Almonds: 3-4

Gud/ Jaggary: 2 table spoon(grated, alter as per your taste)
Boiling water: 2cups
Ghee/ Clarified butter: 1 table spoon melted or 1.5 tea spoon.

Preparation:
Soak jaggary in water until its melted. Small lumps are okay as they will melt during cooking raab. Use this water in cooking and the remaining water to total make 2 cups.

Cut almonds into thin slices.

Sieve the flour.

Heat the pot. Add ghee and let it heat up. Add ajwaeen seeds and wait till they pop.
Add millet flour and roast for 1 minute on medium flame.
Add jaggary water and remaining water. Add ginger powder. Keep stir at all times. Use other hand to add all the ingredients. Add almonds.

Tip: prepare all the ingredients near where you are cooking and in easy reach.

Add almonds. On low to medium flame stir for about 5 minutes. If mixture is too thick add little bit of more water. Stir well to remove lumps from raab.

Serve hot and consume immediately you will notice a good relief in your cough and throat in 2-3 days of time.

Monday, 22 February 2010

Dry fruit lassi

Lassi's are usually taken after a spicy meal. It is kind of dessert drink combination. You can make variety of lassi. This is simply dry fruit lassi recipe.

Serves 2:
Ingredients:
Almonds: 5-6
Cashew nuts: 4-5
Pecan nuts: 4-5
Saffron: 6-7 strands
Plain yogurt: 2 cups
Water: 1/2 cup
Sugar: 3-4 table spoon or to taste
Cardamon powder: 1 tea spoon

Preparation:
Soak saffron in warm water and gently press each strand to bring the flavour and color out.
Take all nuts and sugar in one mixing bowl with sugar and yogurt. Add water and blend it using hand blender.

Mint butter milk

Chaas or butter milk is favorite drinks amongst Gujarati's. It is very traditional to have a glass of cold butter milk after lunch and dinner. The curd is set specially for this every night. It is very simple to make.

Serves: 2
Ingredients:
Plain yogurt: 4-5 table spoon
Water: 2 glass
Mint leaves chopped: 6-8
Black salt: 1 tea spoon
Cumin powder: 1 tea spoon

Preparation:
Take plain yogurt in a bowl and add water. Use hand blender and blend it together until yogurt is mixed in water. This will take less than a minute.

Add black salt, cumin powder and mint leaves. Serve in glass. Enjoy it as soon as its made.

Masala soda


Masala soda is very good welcome drinks when your guest arrives. It also a good drink to have after a heavy meal or if you just need a refreshing drink masala soda is good option.
Serves 4
Ingredients:
Soda water: 4 glass

Masala:
Mint leaves: 15-20
Ginger: 1 inch
Green chili:2-3
Lime juice:3-4 table spoon
Sugar: 2-3 table spoon
Jal jeera powder: 2 table spoon OR Following:
Black salt: to taste
Salt to taste
Cumin powder: 1-2 tea spoon
Black pepper: 1 tea spoon

Virgin Pinna Colada

Mocktails are always pleasure to drink when you are eating out. How about making them at home. It is very simple, you just need to know right ingredients.

Virgin pinna colada is my all time favorite. Have a special occasion, surprise your partner or guests with this amazing drink.

Serves 3-4
Ingredients:
Pineapple juice: 2 cups
Coconut cream: 1 cup
Pineapples: 1 cup
Ice cubes: 1 cup
Lime juice: 2 table spoon
Sugar or sugar syrup: add to your taste

Thursday, 4 February 2010

Tangy rose sparkle

This is just mix of three ingredients to make it look exotic little drink for your guests to add the wow factor to your little dinner party.

Serves 4:
Ingredients:
Tang powder: 2-3 table spoon
Rose syrup: 2 table spoon
Sparkling water/soda water: 4 glass
Orange slices: 4

Preparation:
Dissolve tang in little water.
Add rose syrup.
Add equal quantity of the mix into each glass bottoms.
Now top each glass up with soda water. Taste first before serving.
Slip in some fancy straws and slices of orange and serve chilled.

Friday, 22 January 2010

Spiced masala milk

Spiced masala milk is my masala tea replacement. It is very flavoursome and I don't miss my morning tea at all. Also during winter days it is very good to have this hot steaming spiced masala milk.

Serves 2:
Ingredients:
Ginger: 1/2 inch
Lemongrass: 3-4 large leaves
Cardamon pod: 1
Cinnamon: 1 inch
Water: 1.5 cups
Milk: 1 cup
Sugar to taste (I drink mine without any)
Mint leaves: 4-5 (optional)

Preparation:
Peel and wash ginger, crush it or cut it into small pieces. Wash and clean lemongrass leaves and cut it into small pieces. Rub them against your palm as this will help flavours to come out. Crush cardamon pod.
[Tip: Use the serving cups for the water and milk measurement]
Take 1.5 cups of water in a milk pan and add all the spices to it. Let it boil until the water burns to half. This may take up to 5 minutes.
Add milk and let it boil on slow flame.
Bring it to boil. This make take up to 3-4 minutes.
Insert a sieve in a serving cup and gently pour the liquid in it.
Serve hot.

Monday, 21 December 2009

Chiku chocolate shake

Chiku is tropical fruit and it is very sweet when fully ripen. It is called Sapodilla in English (I think). It is dark brown and can be eaten with or without skin. It has seed in the middle and it is not edible.

Ingredients:
Ripe chiku: 2-4
Cardamom powder: 1 tea spoon
Instant coffee powder: 1-2 tea spoon
Drinking chocolate: 1 table spoon
Sugar: as per your taste
Milk:1.5 cups
Vanilla or chocolate ice cream (optional)

Preparation:
Wash and peel the skin off chiku. Cut into small pieces by removing the skin,seeds and the white part from it.
Add coffee powder,
drinking chocolate powder, cardamom powder, sugar and milk to the bowl. With a hand blender crush it until fine smooth shake. Or add all of it into blender and crush it.
To make it more rich add vanilla or chocolate ice cream scoop to the shake.

Enjoy for breakfast or late noon drink.

Thursday, 16 July 2009

Weight loss juice

I am not saying just by drinking this juice you will lose weight. But this will surely help you extra if you are doing your bit of working out and eating in moderation.
This is also very good for people with sugar problem. Awala is high source of vitamin C. Drink this juice will give you instant refreshment. Have first thing in the morning and you will fly whole day.

Serves 1

Ingredients:
Bitter guard: 1
Awala / Indian gooseberry: 2

Preparation:
Wash bitter guard and awalas. Cut awala by slices. Peel slight skin from guard and cut it from center and remove all the seeds and cut it into pieces.
Add them to blender.
Add 1/4 cup of water and crush it into liquid.
Filter them by squeezing all the juice and drink as soon as possible.