STRAWBERRY LEMONADE | SUMMER DRINKS RECIPES

  When i posted the recipe of Paneer Wrap, i have few queries for the recipe of the juice which i have kept in the back drop. As summer has started i thought of posting some summer cooler recipes here and started with  Strawberry lemonade first. These strawberries i bought as i wanted to make strawberry cup cakes and  even  after making few cup cakes , few berries were left over. So here is the easy recipe of Strawberry Lemonade.

INGREDIENTS:

STRAWBERRIES	20
LEMON JUICE	1/4 CUP
SUGAR	4 TBLSP
WATER	3 CUPS

METHOD:

• Wash and hull the strawberries.
• Chop them roughly.
• Add sugar to this and keep it aside for 5 minutes. This will bring out the flavour of strawberries.
• Run it in a mixer along with the sugar . Add little water if you need while grinding.

• Strain this and add the lemon juice.

 

• Add the water and serve chilled or add ice cubes and serve immediately.

 

Note:

1. Add sugar according to the sourness of the strawberries.

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GUAVA AND STRAWBERRY JUICE RECIPE | SUMMER DRINKS RECIPES

During our recent holiday trip to Srilanka , everyday we have a wide spread of food for morning breakfast which includes many varieties of juices and one among them which we relished everyday is the combo of guava and strawberry juice. My kids wanted this juice to be made at home and finally today i made at home and enjoyed a lot.

As kids are home and the little one is not well for the past 4 days i couldn’t catch up with any of my fellow bloggers yummy posts and i am sure things will come to normal in a few days and will soon be back to routine .

INGREDIENTS:( FOR 5-6 SERVINGS OF JUICE)

GUAVA(BIG)	1 NO
STRAWBERRY	7-8 NO
SUGAR	3-4 TBLSP
WATER	2 CUPS
ICE CUBES	FEW(OPTIONAL)

• Wash both the fruits and hull the strawberries .

• Roughly chop the guava and put the strawberries and sugar in a blender and blend smoothly.

• Strain the juice to get rid of the seeds and add 2 cups of water.

• Serve chilled or ad ice cubes and serve immediately.

• The juice was little thick because of the texture of the guava.
• Adjust sugar depending upon the sweetness of the strawberry.

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MANGO LASSI RECIPE | MANGO YOGURT SMOOTHIE

  Though i love to eat mango as it is, my kids wanted mango lassi after tasting many times in restaurants. So I made for them and i am sharing the  recipe of mango lassi.

INGREDIENTS:( FOR SINGLE SERVING)

MANGO PIECES	1 CUP
YOGURT	3 TBLSP
MILK	1/4 CUP
WATER	3-4 TBLSP
SUGAR	1-2 TBLSP
CARDAMOM POWDER	A PINCH

• Blend all the ingredients in a mixer and serve immediately.
• I used chilled milk. Always ensure that the milk should not be warm too.
• This will make the lassi curdle.
• Adjust the sugar according to the sweetness of the mango.
• Never use sour curd.

STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE RECIPE

   Last week I bought a box of strawberry to make a fruit salad for a kids party near the poolside and i was left over with few strawberries and when i was thinking of making Strawberry smoothie, Varsha gave the idea of making milkshake and even i thought to go ahead with that idea so that i can click the picture for a post too.

    I added store bought strawberry milk and Hershey’s strawberry syrup too. You can add Home made strawberry Ice cream too, to make it more rich and thick.

 

INGREDIENTS( FOR 2 SERVINGS)

STRAWBERRY	7-8 NO
STRAWBERRY MILK | PLAIN MILK	1 CUP
SUGAR	1-2 TBLSP
WATER	2-3 TBLSP
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM	1 SCOOP ( OPTIONAL)
HERSHEY’S STRAWBERRY SYRUP	1 TBLSP(OPTIONAL)

METHOD:

• Combine all the ingredients in a blender till the strawberries smoothly blend with the milk.

• Serve immediately.
• You can use plain milk also. But always cool the milk and use, never use warm milk also.
• Addition of strawberry ice cream will give a very yummy milkshake.

PINEAPPLE JUICE RECIPE ( WITH ORANGE)| SUMMER DRINKS RECIPES.

   Before going on to the post, I am happy to mention that my recipe of Tomato Sweet pachadi got featured in The Hindu, a popular daily Newspaper in India. Click THIS LINK to read the recipe.

    Summer  is   still at the peak and i wanted to try a combo of pineapple and orange for a long time. When i saw this fresh cut pineapples in the wet market, I got a packet and made juice after coming home. This tasted so yum and my kiddos too loved this.

 

INGREDIENTS:

PINEAPPLE CUBES	1 CUP
ORANGES	2 NO
SUGAR	3 TSP
WATER	1/2 CUP
ICE CUBES	FEW

METHOD:

• Cut he pineapple into cubes and squeeze out the juice from the oranges.
• Blend in a blender along with sugar.

• Once done filter this and add water and ice cubes.

• Enjoy this easy pineapple juice along with oranges .

Note:

1. Addition of a small piece of ginger while blending, will enhance the flavor and will be more refreshing too.
2. Honey can be replaced for sugar.

OREO COOKIE MILKSHAKE RECIPE

    Making milkshake with cookie is the one which i wanted to try and when i saw this recipe in the Krafts recipes I wanted to try it as my kids are a huge fan of oreo biscuits and always my pantry is filled with these oreo biscuits. I made this milkshake with ice cream but i tried without this without ice cream also. Both tasted so yum, my daughter Varsha loved this very much and it was quite filling too.

INGREDIENTS:(YIELDS 2 SERVINGS)

OREO BISCUITS	5 NO
CHILLED MILK	1 AND 1/2 CUP
VANILLA ICE CREAM	2 SCOOPS
SUGAR	1 TBLSP(OPTIONAL)
CHOCOLATE SYRUP	1 TBLSP(OPTIONAL)

 

Method:

• Place 4 biscuits along with milk, sugar, vanilla biscuits and blend in a mixer till frothy.

• Cut the remaining one biscuit into small pieces.

• If using chocolate syrup add 1 tblsp into the glass and pour in the milkshake. Top with chopped oreo cookies and serve immediately.

NUTELLA COLD COFFEE RECIPE

     We always prefer to have hot filter coffee, but one hot afternoon i wanted to have a cup of cold drink and when i was searching in  my refrigerator the idea of cold coffee suddenly came to my mind and i before i taste this delicious creamy cold coffee I wanted to click this and here is the recipe for Nutella Cold Coffee where i got idea from here.

INGREDIENTS:

CHILLED MILK( I used low fat)	1 CUP
NUTELLA	2 TBLSP
INSTANT COFFEE POWDER	1 TSP
SUGAR	1/4 TSP(Adjust acc to your taste)
VANILLA ESSENCE	1/2 TSP(OPTIONAL)

METHOD:

• Blend all the ingredients in a blender till it becomes frothy.

• Serve immediately.

Note:

• A scoop of vanilla ice cream can be topped before serving.

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ORANGE JUICE SODA RECIPE| SUMMER DRINK RECIPES.

     I have a can of plain soda lying in my pantry for a long time which I bought to make tutti fruity cake , as the recipe has soda in that. But some how i didn’t have the chance to make it again. So suddenly I came up with this idea of making orange juice and adding the club soda in that. It tasted so well and i can say this as a  perfect thirst quencher.

INGREDIENTS:

FRESH ORANGE JUICE	1 AND 1/4 CUP
SUGAR	1-2 TSP(according to the sweetness of orange)
PLAIN CLUB SODA	1/2 CUP
GINGER	A SMALL PIECE

METHOD:

• Squeeze out the juice from the orange ( I used 3 medium sized oranges).
• In a mixer beat this along with the ginger and sugar.

• Keep in the fridge and before serving add the soda.
• If serving immediately then add ice cubes to make it chill.

Note:

• You can make the same recipe by replacing orange with water melon, lemon, pine apple ,and grapes.
• Always ensure that the quantity of the juice should be more than the quantity of soda.

GRAPE AND ORANGE JUICE RECIPE | SUMMER DRINK RECIPES

      Everywhere the summer is on the peak and here also the weather is very hot during the day and it is raining badly in the evenings!!. Black grapes is one among my favorite fruit and whenever there is season my mom used to buy almost everyday and and later we used to get seedless grapes which I remember the lady who regularly sell grapes to my place refers the seedless one as Hyderabad grapes.

After coming here, we used to get this seedless grapes in the supermarket nearby my house ,throughout the season. Few days back when i returned back home after a my usual weekly vegetable shopping, i was so thirsty and was craving for a juice and i had few grapes and 2 oranges left in the fruit basket and wanted to try a fruit punch with this. Trust me, this combo turned out very yummy and the ginger i added gave a wonderful flavor to this. Don’t skip the ginger.

 

INGREDIENTS:

BLACK GRAPES	1 CUP
ORANGE	2 NO
WATER	1/2 CUP
SUGAR	1 TBLSP
GINGER	A VERY SMALL PIECE

 

• Wash the grapes nicely and blend this in a blender along with sugar and ginger.
• Take out the juice from the orange and add to this.

• Strain this using a strainer.

• Serve chilled or add few ice cubes and serve immediately.

NOTE:

• Adjust the sugar according to the sweetness of the fruits.
• Both the grapes and orange i used were sweet.
• Lemon juice can be replaced with orange juice.
• Plain soda can be added if you want this slightly fizzy.