Nungu Rose milk, Palm fruit rose milk

Nungu rose milk | Palm fruit rose milk recipe with video and step wise pictures , summer coolant recipe made using nungu and rose milk syrup. Rose milk is one of my most favorite drink from the childhood. My mom used to make rose milk for me almost all the days during summer. Most of the days morning after getting up we used to take rose milk only. I got introduced to Rooh afza after moving to Singapore. Though i like it, i still love the rose syrup more.
Also i have seen roohafza with watermelon drink popularly called as Mohabat ka sarbath. Here in the local shops they sell the Malay special rose milk called Bandung. But i always love the South Indian Rose milk.
I saw this rose milk syrup from Sri Murugan stores, Singapore and wanted to try it out.
I actually planned to make rose milk ice cream. But i have got fresh nungu from the Indian shop, so i am so tempted to make this Nungu rose milk. It was so refreshing and perfect for this hot summer. Myself and my daughter enjoyed it so much. Also check out the Nungu sarbath recipe too.
Friends in Singapore, we get this rose milk syrup in Sri murugan stores Singapore. They have a wide range of Indian grocery and you can place the orders through their Android and iOs app too. Orders are delivered at your door steps island wide.

Easy Coffee banana smoothie recipe

Easy to make coffee banana smoothie recipe with video, using Instant coffee powder, frozen banana and milk as main ingredients. Summer is at it's peak, and many of us prefer to have something light and refreshing breakfast. Also hot drinks are not preferred by many during summer mornings, and we switch to cold coffee. This easy coffee banana smoothie is a combo of banana, coffee and milk makes a filling breakfast and also the addition of coffee in it makes it refreshing for coffee lovers.
We can add some chia seeds in this breakfast smoothie and make it more healthy.
To make it rich and more exotic a scoop of Coffee ice cream  can be topped while serving or blended with the coffee banana smoothie. 

 After trying out 2 interesting desserts using Levista premium Instant coffee powder, i decided to try out this breakfast smoothie using it. It was a super hit at home and the flavor of the coffee in the smoothie is loved by everyone.
Levista coffee is available in stores all over India, and also available on amazon too. 

Nungu sarbath recipe

Nungu sarbath recipe, a perfect summer thirst quencher recipe made using nungu and nanari sarbath. The addition of the sabja seeds enhances the taste. Growing up in Madurai, we have tasted this nungu sarbath many times. More than trying it outside, we used to make it at home. My mama used to get nanarai sarbath bottle from shop during summer. We used to make the plain sarbath at home and also the nungu sarbath too. The first taste of the nungu sarbath was in Kanyakumari, when i was in 7th standard. Vividly remember visiting the beach in Kanyakumari on a hot summer day and enjoying the nungu sarbath on the way back.

My sister was insisting me to post this Nungu sarbath recipe for a long time. Somehow i don't get nungu in nearby Indian shops. Last weekend i went to Little India and happened to see this in a shop. More than me my sister is so happy that i am posting this nungu sarbath recipe in Jeyashris kitchen.

Nanari syrup is the one we get in most of the South Indian grocery shops, the syrup made using the sarasapilla root. This root is a natural coolant. Sabja seeds, nungu, nanari syrup combo is a perfect summer coolant. Try this out and enjoy the summer drink.

Jal jeera Soda recipe

Jal jeera soda is a perfect summer drink, made using mint leaves, coriander leaves, Indian spice powders, and plain soda. I have already posted the recipe of jal jeera recipe in Jeyashris kitchen. I have mentioned in the post that, we can use this for pani puri too. We always make the same while making pani puris at home. Sometimes, kids may want it frizzy and add some sprite or 7 Up to this jal jeera. Though i don't regularly accept the practice, but very rarely i allow them to use the soda water in pani puri water.
As the summer is peaking now, i thought i will share this recipe of Jal jeera soda recipe. You can make this for parties too.

Check out my

1. Pineapple mocktail
2. Mango margarita

Mango mastani recipe, Mango recipes

Mango mastani recipe with step by step pictures, a rich delicious mango based popular drink from Pune, topped with dry fruits, ice cream and fresh mango pieces. I heard about this mango mastani few years back when my close friend used to live in Pune. Every year i planned to post the recipe but somehow i end up posting in some other mango recipes. This time i already noted down in my to do list to post the mango mastani recipe in jeyashris kitchen.
This mango mastani is a filling thick mango shake and the topping of nuts makes it super filling too. Generally mango ice cream is added while making the milkshake and vanilla ice cream is added on the top. If you want to make Home made mango ice cream, do check out my recipe. The no egg mango ice cream is a super hit recipe with just few ingredients. For this recipe i used store bought mango ice cream as i was running out of time. Check out my full collection of Indian mango recipes

I used juice Alphonso mangoes for this recipe. For my friends in Singapore, if you want to order Certified Organic mango recipe, please contact 81141178 to get them delivered at your door steps.

Kashayam for Cold and Cough, Home remedy

Kashayam for common cold and cough | கஷாயம் in tamil, with a video and step by step pictures, with clear explanations on how to make a Kashayam with easily available ingredients at home and home garden. Generally my mom never gives us any medicine for common cold and cough, as she always says it will last for a week and give us only home remedies. Being a nurse by profession, she never allow us to take medicine for common cold. Later when my kids started growing up i too followed the same practise. For the past few days me and husband are having cough and finally today i made a kashayam at home and i had some time at my disposal and so blogging it too. I am sure many homes follow different methods of kashayam, this is the common one we used to make at home. If you omit one or 2 ingredients also it is fine. I have given alternatives for that in the ingredient table itself.
I got the chitarathai from Sri Murugan stores, Singapore. They have got wide range of nattu marundu products in their shop in small packets. We can store this in the refrigerator for later use. I always buy my monthly grocery from Sri murugan stores and they do home delivery too. We can also order through their Android or iOs mobile app.
Also check out our Inji sorasam and Turmeric milk recipe 

Ragi masala chaas recipe

Ragi masala chaas,prepared using ragi flour and spiced yogurt, a refreshing and filling summer coolant. Most of the summer day mornings, we don't feel like having breakfast and sometimes standing in the kitchen to an elaborate breakfast will be too tiring. This Ragi masala chaas can be made in 15 minutes and it's a quite filling drink too. You can pack this in a leak proof bottle to work also. You can adjust the consistency as per your preference. I have tried this few times but never get a chance to click the pictures. This morning, i made this for myself and finally had some time to click the pictures.

Check out my

• Millet cucumber lassi
• Vazhaithandu mor 

Dry fruits sweet lassi | Lassi recipe

Dry fruits lassi using Alvas Natural curd

Recipe of how to make Dry fruits sweet lassi with step by step pictures and video

Lassi is a very popular, traditional yogurt based drink in India. I have already posted Rose lassi, kesar lassi and few more yogurt based Indian drink recipes. For this recipe i used Alvas yogurt (available in Singapore only) and it turned out so tasty and creamy. The Dry fruits lassi was loved by everyone at home and it was quite filling too. Sometimes during summer, we don't tend to feel like standing in the kitchen for a long time but need something chill and filling for the tummy. This dry fruits lassi can be made on such days even for breakfast too. 

For my Readers in Singapore, though we get lot of yogurt in Singapore, the reason why I choose

Alvas curd is :

-Freshly made daily in Singapore.

-Made from Fresh New Zealand Cow’s milk and not buffalo

milk(toned milk) 

-Naturally rich, thick and creamy without any chemicals,thickeners

Places to purchase Alvas Natural Curd:
-Mustafa Centre
-Sheng Siong Supermarkets and Prime super markets.
-Most Indian Grocery stores( including Sri Murugan stores)

Iced Lemongrass tea recipe

Iced lemongrass tea with video - Iced lemongrass tea is a highly addictive fresh lemongrass tea. I have always seen lemongrass in wet markets here in Singapore. Few days back i picked up this lemon grass in the Fairprice shop in Singapore. I wanted to make lemongrass tea out of it but as the weather is getting too hot nowadays, i changed my mind and made Iced lemongrass tea. It turned out so well an the iced tea was so refreshing. As summer is approaching you can try this Lemongrass tea,a perfect summer cooler.

Cold coffee recipe

Cold coffee recipe, I am a big fan of filter coffee but generally i prefer my coffee super hot. For the past few weeks, my daughter Varsha started making coffee on her own and she was pestering me that she will make a post on jeyashri's kitchen as she has holidays now. We took a video for making cold coffee but it got corrupted and we couldn't edit that. Luckily i captured the step wise pictures on how to make cold coffee. Now over to Varsha...

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Heyy guys I hope all of you are having a BREW-tiful day! (Anyone got the pun?) I’m back with another post after nearly…2years!? Anyways after lots of convincing Amma has finally let me post something on her blog.  

I recently started drinking coffee (filter coffee only, I hate instant coffee) and I have fallen in love with it. I have also learnt how to make it on my own so I don’t have to pester Amma every time I want to have it. So when I make my own coffee I like to experiment with the coffee decoction and try out random combinations. This recipe was one of my experiments which turned out really well. I liked it a LATTE and I hope you do to!!

Inji sorasam recipe | Ginger lemon drink

Inji Sorasam, is a drink made with ginger, coriander seeds and cumin seeds, generally given to aid digestion, after a heavy meal. I have posted Ginger ale recipe some time back and mentioned about inji sorasam in that post. We can find this Inji sorasam in our refrigerator always, as my patti always stocks this up. As she was aging, she feels discomfort in her tummy after a heavy food. Especially after festival food it is a must for her. Yesterday, after hogging on the pori urundais and verkadalai urundai a lot i had a bad headache. While talking to amma, she told, pori and kadalai is Pitham and told me to have this inji sorasam. I made that yesterday according to her instructions and i found my headache had drastically come down after that. So wanted to share the recipe of inji sorasam with you all.

Turmeric milk recipe

Turmeric milk recipe,Turmeric milk with video, made with fresh turmeric,ginger, pepper and palm jaggery. Generally when we have dry cough or sore throat, amma used to give hot milk with manjal podi and milagu in the night before going to sleep. Generally doctors say milk or milk products thickens the phlegm, but when turmeric and pepper is added it is will not do any harm. The naturopathy doctor whom i visited few months back, suggested me to add 2 pinches of turmeric and pepper powder to the water i drink everyday. It reduces inflammation in the body and acts as an anti oxidant. I have started taking the water in that way and i am used to that now. Try this turmeric milk for the rainy season and say good bye to your cough. I used fresh turmeric in this recipe. You can use turmeric powder too.

Imli ka amlana | Amlana recipe

Amlana | Imli ka amlana is a Rajasthani drink made using imli | tamarind pulp. With the addition of pepper, mint leaves, black salt and cardamom it enhances the taste. I was searching for some other recipe and landed up with this amlana recipe from tarla dalal's website. Since it sounded so easy, i wanted to try this out immediately. It tasted similar to our traditional Panagam drink. You can make this for big gatherings and other navaratri get together too. Learn how to make amlana recipe with video.

Mint tea recipe , Mint chai

Mint tea | pudina chai | mint chai is a milk based tea with the addition of fresh mint leaves in it. Generally we add ginger or cardamom or tea masala for making chai | tea. When i did Women's day Live on Jeyashri's kitchen facebook, after the session Radhika made this mint chai for me. It was so refreshing and i enjoyed every sip of the tea. Later at home i tried this few times and also served for a friend who visited us directly from the office. The feedback for the mint tea made me to post the recipe of how to make mint tea. Try this simple refreshing tea with easy ingredients.
I am back after 3 weeks of vacation to India, for our son's poonal(thread ceremony). The event went off very well and we are slowly coming back to routine. Stay tuned for new recipes. Thanks for your support always.

VAZHAITHANDU MOR | NEER MOR WITH BANANA STEM

Summer has started and many parts of India it is in peak. To beat the heat, we need to hydrate ourself with loads of water, cucumber and fresh fruits. Buttermilk | Neer mor is a best summer cooler and to make it more tasty i have already posted Neermor and Masala chaas recipe here. Last month  when i went  to India, my sister after making morkootu with vazhaithandu, made this vazhaithandu mor for all of us. We had this after a heavy breakfast, and it tasted very nice. Later after coming back here, i tried this few times and i can say i am addicted to this. You could never know that Vazhaithandu is added in this butter milk. Enjoy summer with this healthy drink.

Mango ginger lemonade | Mango recipes

Mango lemonade is a popular mango based juice made using fresh mango pulp and lemon juice. When i tried Grape juice few years back i added a small piece of ginger to this. That was a super hit at home. So i wanted to try the same with mango lemonade too. Generally for lemonade they make simple syrup, that is sugar syrup, but i wanted to make it simple so just added sugar as we do for other juices. Enjoy summer with mangoes. As mangoes are peak in season now, i will be posting a mango recipe every week. All mango lovers stay tuned.

Mango ginger lemonade

  Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : Nil |Serves: 3 

    Alphonso mango  1 small
    Sugar  3-4 tblsp
    Ginger   a small piece (optional)
    Lemon juice  1 tblsp
    Water  3 cups
    Ice cubes   few
                                               Video of how to make mango lemonade

      
     

Method:

• Peel the skin of the alphonso mango and take out the pulp. It came out 3/4 cup of mango pulp.
• Grind the mango, ginger and sugar into a fine paste. Add little water while grinding. 

• After grinding transfer it to a wide bowl. Add 3 cups of water and few ice cubes.
• Add the lemon juice.

• Mix well using a whisk.
• Sieve it to get rid of the fibre from the ginger or mango if any.

• Mango lemonade is ready.

• Serve chilled.

Notes:

• Instead of lemon juice you can add 1/2 cup of orange juice too.
• If you do not want ginger skip it, but i highly recommend ginger as it was so refreshing.
• You can replace sugar with honey. 
• You can garnish with few mint leaves for an additional flavour too.
• I used alphonso mangoes for the mango lemonade, you use any variety of rip mango available in your place.

   

  

Rose milk shake recipe | Milkshake with ice cream

Rose milk shake recipe is influenced by Sri krishna sweets and MTR rose badam drink. I am a huge fan of rose milk from my childhood. Amma used to make this for us almost everyday in summer. We used to make rose milk popsicle in freezer trays and enjoy during summer vacation. Whenever i travel to Chennai, i buy this Rose badam drink bottle in Sri Krishna sweets and but Madras Mixture for kids as they are a big fan of that. I wanted to make it simple and serve it as a milkshake. I added few more nuts apart from badam. It tasted so yummy and kids loved it too. Check out my badam milkshake. 

Teh tarik recipe | Condensed milk tea

Teh tarik, the term i heard it first when i moved to Singapore. It is nothing but our tea with condensed milk. They don't use milk for making this tea. In the local Kopitiam(cafe) language it is called Teh . This a popular Malaysian beverage. The terms they use for different beverages are quite unique and you should really know the Kopitiam language before placing the order. Though i live here for almost 9 years now, i never visited any local food court Kopitiams. Few years back i had Teh tarik, when we went with a group of friends to toast box, after a morning run. When we were kids, amma used to make tea with milk and whenever we have condensed milk at home, after making some kheers, she will pour some hot water to the tin and add it to the boiling milk tea. This tea will be thick and the taste will be awesome. Those days buying condensed milk is very rare and we will look forward to that too.
 Very recently, when i accompanied one of our friend to a hospital, after the consultation, we went to the Kopitiam inside the hospital campus. I ordered this Teh  and since it was an open kitchen, saw the guy making the tea. He made it in 2 minutes and it really tasted very nice. I had a tin of condensed milk at home and tried it this morning. I could say it tasted so perfect to the one served in the cafe. When you plan to make any payasam recipe using condensed milk, try out this teh at home.
In traditional teh tarik, after adding all the ingredients they will bring it to froth, which they call pulled tea. But i haven't seen that here in Singapore,but feel free to froth it up if you wish that way.
Disclaimer: I don't claim that it is the authentic way of making Teh tarik. If you have any tips or variations on this recipe please share in comments section

Pineapple Mocktail recipe | Summer cooler recipes

Pineapple mocktail made with pineapple, curry leaves, ginger and tender coconut water. I ahve already posted a pineapple orange juice combo and a grape orange juice with ginger. Last week when Raks visited our house casually, i made a Pineapple juice for her by adding freshly squeezed orange juice to this. I made it for everyone at home and it was a super hit at home. So i thought of making this as a post for jeyashris kitchen and took the video of pineapple mocktail yesterday. Thsi time i tried with tender coconut water and replaced mint leaves with curry leaves. I thoroughly enjoyed a tall glass of pineapple elaneer mocktail after shooting the video and the clicks. Stay hydrated this summer and enjoy this summer drink.

Beetroot chaas recipe | Summer cooler recipes

Beetroot chaas|Chukandar chaas is a healthy summer cooler recipe. It is similar to the masala chaas but the addition of beetroot makes it more healthy. Beetroot, yogurt and few spices, just mix everything and consume on hot sunny day. We south Indians make neer mor during summer. My mom used to make neer mor in the morning, during summer days and keep it in a big jug in the refrigerator. We have to finish that by evening. Those days we are never exposed to any aerated or bottle juices. Also we have 4 coconut trees in the house and we used to get fresh organic ilaneer from the home grown trees. Stay hydrated in the summer by taking home made summer coolers.

Beetroot chaas

  Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 5 Mins |Serves: 3

    Beetroot  1/2
    Green chili  1/2
    Ginger  a small piece
    Cumin seeds  1/2 tsp
    Yogurt   1 and 1/2 cup
     Water  1 cup
     Chaat masala 1/4 tsp
     Salt  as needed
     
     

Method:

• Chop the beetroot into cubes and cook in little water for 5 minutes. You can skip this step and straight away proceed to grind the ingredients.
• You can roast the beetroot in the oven too. 
• Allow this to completely cool. No need to drain the water.

• Grind the beetroot, yogurt, green chili,ginger,cumin seeds along with salt.
• Grind into a smooth paste. 

• You can straight away serve this but i wanted to filter it. 
• Filter the chaas and add chaat masala to this.

• Add 1 cup of water to bring it to a right consistency.
• Serve chilled. 

Notes:

1. You can temper the chaas with mustard seeds and hing as we do for south Indian neer mor.
2. Roasted cumin powder can be added in the last while serving. 
3. You can also add few mint leaves or coriander leaves while grinding.