Chai/ tea Masala powder

Here comes my fav Chai masala/ Masala tea powder...

 Chai masala powder adds a unique taste & aroma to the tea. It has lots of health benefits too due to presence of so many spices.  This is very easy to make as all the ingredients are mostly available in your kitchen & you can keep it in a air tight container for long time. You just hav to add ½ tsp while making the tea. You can use your own choice of spices but friends here is my secret chai masala powder.




Ingredients 

5-10 whole black pepper
7-8 pcs of dry ginger / saunth or u can use dry ginger powder
1 tblsp fennel seeds 
7-8 long  cinnamon pieces
20 gm small green cardamom
5 gm cloves
1 whole nutmeg / jaiphal
10 dry basil leaves/ tulsi
10 dried mint leaves

METHOOD:

Place nutmeg in grinder and grind into a fine powder. Then grind the dry ginger  and  finally ground all the spices together until all are powdered nicely.
 Store in an airtight jar in a cool, dry part of your kitchen.

Mix fruit lassi

MIX fruit lassi a healthy, filling nd delicious drink.. Perfect for breakfast/ dinner....

Ingredients:

Curd/ yogrut- 2 cups
Bananna- 1 no
Apple- 1 nos
2-3 strawberries
1 orange
Sugar- 2tblsp
1 tblsp condensed milk
Cardamon powder- 1/2 tsp,
Rose water- 1tsp, ice cubes
broken cashews, blueberries & tutti frutti for garnishing

Method:

wash and cut all the fruits.
Put all ingredients in a blender, blend until froth appears. pour the blended lassi to serving glass & garnish with  broken cashews, blueberries & tutti frutti. serve chilled...njoy...:)

Mango Lassi

MMMmmm mango Lassi..This drink has a secret way to my man's heart. his all time fav ...I think having mango lassi is almost everyone's favorite thing to have when it is mango season. chilled lassi in hot summer...:) Hav this after coming home from outside to enjoy  as it is best to beat the heat.

Ingredients:
1 large ripe mango, peled and cut into small pieces
1 cup plain yoghurt
3-4 tbsp sugar (depending on how sweet you want)
1 tblsp grated coconut fot garnishing
chopped pistachoes
½ cup chilled milk

Method:

Put all the ingredients in food processor and blend together. Adjust the consistency according to the verity of mango used. Pour in to a tall serving glass.Throw in some ice cubes. Garnish with grated coconut & chopped pistachoes. njooyyyy!!!!

Delicious mango milk shake

Ingredients:

1 large mango, peeled, pitted and chopped
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup milk
whipped cream/ vanilla ice cream - 1cup
cardamon powder- 1/4 tsp


Directions:

Place all ingredients in a blender. 
Blend until smooth. Pour into 2 tall glasses.Serve it with a dollop of vanilla ice cream.

Sweet Lassi

Lassi is a traditional Indian beverage, made by blending yogurt with icecubes/ water, sugar & ltl rose water to get nice aroma..here is the recipe..

Ingredients:

Curd/ yogrut- 1cup, 

sugar- 2tblsp,

 cardamon powder- 1/2 tsp,

rose water- 1tsp, ice cubes

broken cashews, pistachoes, grated coconut- 1tblsp

Method:

Put all ingredients in a blender, blend until froth appears. pour the blended lassi to serving glass & garnish with Bourn Vita Powder-2 tsp (optional), broken cashews, pistachoes & grated & thinly sliced coconuts. serve chilled...njoy...:)

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Strawberry Milkshake

A thick creamy killer milkshake made with fresh strawberries, milk & ice cream...I often prepare this milk shake..it’s a gr8 treat on a hot summer day. Heavenly  in taste  and  easy to make....

Ingredients

1/2 pound fresh strawberries (remove the stalks)
1 tablespoons sugar (or as per your taste)
1 ½ cup full cream milk
1 pint strawberry ice cream or vanilla ice cream (another option is instead of ice cream u can add strawberry flavored yogurt to the milk shake)
Ice cubes

Method:

Take blender. Add all the above ingredients. Blend until smooth. Pour the milk shake in to the pint glasses. Garnish with sliced strawberry & Slurp immediately!



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Pachila Amba pana

½ kg ripe Mangos

½ tsp of illaichi powder

Sugar according to your  taste

Water 1cup (instead of water u can put milk)

Pinch of salt

Method:

Take a big bowl . Extract the juice from mangoes and mix with a pinch of salt, sugar and water.Lastly add illaichi powder.Mix properly . Serve it cool with ice cubes.

MOODY-SMOOTHIE (Low Calorie Refresher)
Ingredients:
1 cup toned milk
1/2 cup crushed ice
...4 fresh strawberries
1/2 cup chopped papaya
1 apple
1 fig (anjeer)
Churn them together in the blender for a blast of sugar-free freshness!!

Lemon juice punch:

Juice of 1 Lemon
1 ripe mango
1 apple
Powdered Sugar – 2 Tbsp (Optional)
Pepper Powder – 1/4 tsp
Ice Cubes – 3-4
Grind all above the ingredients until you see a nicely blended liquid. transfer the juice to glass & serve the chilled juice.

Chocolate banana juice:
1 ripe banana
1 cup milk
2 tsp nuts
2 tsp coco powder
1 tsp honey
Ice cubes
Grind all above the ingredients. transfer the juice to glass & serve the chilled juice.
Dahi Pundina chach:1 ½ cup dahi
4tsp mint leaves
1 hari mirch
Ginger sliced -1 small piece
1 tsp roasted jeera powder
Ice cubes
Salt
Make a paste of mint leaves, hari mirch, ginger slice & salt.Mix dahi with the  paste , mix jeera powder & 4 cup water & crushed ice cubes.serve with ½ tsp of black salt.

Cucumber Cooler
½ cup cucumber crushed
Salt – to taste
Soda water – 500ml
Mint Leaves – for garnishing
...Cucumber Pieces - 2
Cumin Powder – ½ tsp [optional]
In a tall glass put ¼ cup of crushed cucumber, salt to taste and stir. Add 250ml of soda, give a light stir. Garnish with cumin powder, mint leaves and cucumber pieces. Do the same for another glass. Serve Chill.

Watermelon Mocktail
 Ingredients:
1/2 small watermelon-chilled 2 tbsp of ginger puree
2 tbsp of sugar
water
...Method:
Blend the watermelon in a blender along with the ginger and sugar.
Make sure there are no watermelon lumps that remain.
Add a little water to thin density. Pour into glass and add crushed ice and serve. Thats it!!

Beets and Carrot Juice
Beetroot - 1 medium size
Carrot - 1 medium size
Ginger - 1" piece [optional]
...Lemon Juice - to taste
Rock Salt/Salt - to taste
Cilantro/Mint/Lemon Wedges - For garnishing
Water - As required
Optional:
Cumin Powder and/or Chaat Masala
1. Wash and peel beetroot, carrot, ginger and chop into chunks.
2. In a mixer or blender add beets, carrot, ginger, salt and blend until everything become smooth puree add water as required.
3. Strain the juice if prefered (I didn't) add lemon juice and more water. Adjust salt if required.
Garnish with lemon/Cilantro or Mint, serve chill or with ice. Enjoy the drink and it's better to consume it on the same day.

Beet root & carrot chach:1 beetrrot  crushed
1 carrot  crushed
1 cup dahi
3-4 tsp mint leaves
1 green chilly
2 tsp jeera powder
Black salt
Salt
Grind all above the ingredients. transfer the juice to glass. Add crushed ice cubes & serve the chilled juice.

Peach ice tea:

2 cup black tea (  boil 3 cup water with 1 tsp tea)
2 tsp sugar
2 peach
1 tsp lemon juice
Make peach puree. Mix sugar with black tea. & mix the peach puree &lemon juice. serve chilled with crushed ice cubes & peach slices.

Orange & banana juice:

1 ripe bananna
1 cup orange juice
2tsp honey
Ice Cubes – 3-4
Grind all above the ingredients until you see a nicely blended liquid. transfer the juice to glass & serve the chilled juice.

Watermelon juice

 

Watermelon pieces deseeded – 2 cups

Powdered Sugar – 2 Tbsp (Optional)

Pepper Powder – 1/4 tsp

Salt – Pinch

...Ice Cubes – 3-4

Grind all above the ingredients until you see a nicely blended liquid.transfer the juice to glass & serve the chilled juice.

Raw Green Mango Panna
5 raw firm green mangoes, peeled and de-seeded
10 cups water
10 tbsp sugar
½ tsp salt

...Boil 5 cups water with sugar to make a syrup and let it cool

In pressure cooker, boil the peeled and sliced mangoes with 5 cups water. When cool, grind in a mixie and strain the juice. Discard the pulp or use it in daal or any other curry which needs sourness.
Then mix the stained juice with salt and sugar syrup. Chill and serve with one or two mint leaves or chaat masala/zeera powder.
Dilute if required with cihlled water, depending upon taste.

Lime ginger juice:

◦handful of grapes
◦1 apple, cored and sliced
◦½ inch fresh ginger ◦1/2 li...me
◦1/4 lemon
◦ water
Remove the grapes from the stem. make a Juice of apple and ginger, then make a juice of the rest of the fruit. Pour the juice in a large glass and serve with ice.

Sunny Summer Smoothie –

Ingredients - 1 cup chopped ripe mango, 1 cup chopped deseeded watermelon, 1 cup fresh orange juice (canned juice is ok), 1 cup yogurt (hung curd), ice cubes. Method: Add everything to blender, and blend to smoothie. Serve in tall glass. Tip: I prefer adding two spoons of GluconD Regular to this drink while blending, it makes it more refreshing and energetic.

RED & COOL PLUM DRINK :

it is quick easy and healthy recipe..
8-10 big size soft plums
6-7 glass of water
sugar according to taste and depends on sweetness of plum
...one teaspoon jeera powder
one teaspoon kala namak (rock salt)
method:
wash and unseed the plum. put plum, sugar, salt and water in a bladder and mix it properly. Strain it through sieve. Now mix kala namak and jeera powder on it. Serve it with ice.

Fruit Milkshake

4 oz of orange juice
4 oz of grapefruit juice
4 oz of milk
1/2 oz of sugar
2 drops of Rooh  afza
blend it gently until it is all smooth. Pour the milkshake into a large stylish glass .

Banana & Strawberry juice:

1 banana, frozen,6 strawberries,1 1/4 cup water,1 tbsp. skim milk powder
In a blender process all the ingredients and serve with crushed ice cubes.
Mint Cooler

1/2 bowl mint leaves, Sugar 1 tea spoon, Rock salt(Kala namak) ,1 full lemon Juice , and 1/2 tea spoon zeera powder(optinal) and Ice cubes /chilled water.
Add 3/4 glass of water ,1 spoon sugar, 2-3 pinches of salt , 1 table spoon lemon juice and pinch of zeera powder, Blend in a mixer grinder for 1 min and stain n serve cold or with Ice.

Tropical fruit Juice
1 kiwi, peeled,1 orange, peeled and sectioned,1/2 mango, peeled and sliced,ice cubes
Process the fruit in a juicer. Pour the juice in a large glass and  serve with crushed ice cubes.

COCO COCUM.......................75ML COCUM SYRUP(SWEET), 75ML COCONUT MILK(THICK), 100MLSODA(CARBONATED WATER). TAKE A LONG GLASS AND DIP THE RIM OF THE GLASS IN SALT, FILL IT WITH ICE. ADD COCUM SYRUP. THEN ADD COCONUT MILK AND THEN TOP IT UP WITH SODA. GARNISH WITH FRESH COCONUT SLICE

Chocolate Peanut Butter Milkshake 1/4 cup milk
2 scoops vanilla ice cream
1 tablespoon chocolate syrup
2 tablespoons peanut butter
Put the milk, vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup and peanut butter into a blender until smooth. Serve in a large glasses .

Banana Coffee Milkshake
2 cups of milk
4 teaspoons of instant coffee powder
5 oz. Vanilla ice cream
2 bananas
Pour the milk into a blender and gently add the coffee powder. Add half of the vanilla ice cream and at last add the remaining ice cream & bananas. Blend it until it is smooth.Pour it into a glass and enjoy!

JAL jeera
1 Bunch of Pudina
1/2 kg Tamarind
Kala Namak as per taste
...1 and a half tbsp jeera powder
Besan ki Boondi
Soak tamarind overnight in water, Remove the seeds from it and strain it.
Take a blender and add tamarind water, Pudina, jeera and kalanamak and blend it so that it forms very fine liquid. It should be fine enought so as not to see any partilces of pudina or tamarind..Put the mixture in a bottle and cool it in a fridge for 30-45 min .
Now fill glass with 1/4 of the liquid prepared and rest with chilled water. Mix it well. Put some boondi(made from besan) in it.

Iced Coffee recipe

¼ cup coffee
¼ cup sugar
¼ cup hot water
2 glass cold milk
Ice cubes
Mix together  coffee and sugar  with hot water until dissolved. Add milk.  blendwell. Serve in a coffee mug.decorate with 1 tsp bournvita.

green apple juice:Peeled Green apple 1 cup (sliced)

2-3 fresh mint leaves
2-3 tsp sugar
Salt-1 pinch
Pepper-1 pinch
Mix all the ingredients in a juicer & sieve the juice.pour it in a glass & decorate with sliced lemon

Lemon mint drink:

Ingredients:
lemon juice
mint leaves
salt tp taste
...sugar to taste
black pepper to taste
Ice
Method:
1. Grind the lemon juice, mint leaves, salt, sugar, black pepper and ice and little water till the leaves are finely crushed and the mixture are blend well.
2. Pour in a tall glass. Add ice . Decorate with mint leaves and a slice of lemon.
An excellent summer drink to beat the heat and digest the food well.

bel pana...

Wood apple ripe (bel) 1
2-3 tsp sugar
Salt-1 pinch
Pepper-1 pinch
Cardamom pwd- 1tsp
...Ice cubes
Water- 1 glass
Mix all the ingredients in a juicer & sieve the juice.pour it in a glass & add 1-2 rasgullas (crushed) & grated coconut (1/2 cup) in the pana.