Mango margarita | Virgin margarita recipe

 Mango margarita is a mexican cocktail , generally mixed with alcohol. The classic way of serving the margarita is by dipping the rim of the serving glass in salt. Last year when we friends went out for a dinner, one of them ordered this margarita and the salt dipped part was so interesting. I wanted to try the Virgin Margarita recipe at home and finally tried with mango. It was so refreshing and i would say it's a perfect summer drink. Try this easy mango margarita recipe at home and get refreshed. 

Virgin Mango Margarita

  Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 25 Mins |Serves: 6


    Mango pieces  3/4 cup
    Plain soda  330ml
    Sugar  3-4 tblsp  
    Lemon juice  2 tblsp
    Salt  little
    Ice cubes  few  
                                                       Video of mango margarita

                                                   
    

                                 


Method:

• I used banganapally mango. Scoop out the flesh of the mango and chop them roughly.
• In a mixie add the mango pieces, sugar, lemon juice and ice cubes.
• Grind this into a smooth mixture.

• Add plain soda to this. Mix well.

• Take a serving glass and rub the rim with lemon juice.
• In a plate add salt and dip the edges with salt. You can also sugar or red chili powder too.

• Pour the virgin mango margarita to that glass.

• Enjoy the drink.

Notes:

1. Instead of sugar you can make a simple syrup by dissolving sugar and water in equal proportions. Just boil sugar and water till sugar dissolves.
2. You can use any fruit of your choice. Strawberry, watermelon will go well with this.
3. For serving instead of salt you can use coarse sugar or mix red chili powder and salt too. 
4. Keep the soda water chilled. You can even add sprite or 7 up also to make Virgin mango margarita.

   

Ulundu Sevai recipe | Urad dal idiyappam

Ulundu sevai|urad dal idiyappam | paruppu sevai is a traditional sevai recipe made in our home using home made fresh sevai. We used to help out amma and patti, in making the sevai using sevai nazhi. I tried ulundu sevai with Instant sevai. Amma always used to make sevai especially when w have guests. She makes different varieties of sevai and this ulundu sevai is the classic among all. But during my childhood days i am not a big fan of this as i prefer coconut sevai very much. Yesterday when i had guests for dinner i made this ulundu sevai. Though i made this with Instant sevai, the tasted closely matched with of amma's. The urad dal mixture recipe is the same one we use for ulundu kozhukattai with video. Let's learn how to make ulundu sevai with step by step pictures.

Mavinakayi Saru | Raw mango rasam

Mavinakai saaru | Raw mango rasam is a simple and easy no cook rasam. I learnt this recipe from my friend who taught me the recipe of veg saagu, basically a Kannadiga dish. This mango rasam is very easy to make and doesn't involve any cooking process. I tried this today for lunch and it was a super hit. Suresh came home for lunch , enjoyed the rasam very much. I had the rasam with rice and also had as a soup too. I can this is a perfect bachelor recipe too. Thank you so much Meera for this raw mango rasam recipe.

Raw mango rasam recipe

  Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 1 min|Serves: 4-5


    Raw mango  1 cup
    Green chili  2
    Salt  as needed
    Coconut  3 tsp
    Water  2 cups
    Coconut oil  2 tsp
    Mustard seeds   1/4 tsp
    Urad dal  1/4 tsp
    Asafoetida  2 pinches
    Jeera |cumin  2 pinches
    Curry leaves  few
    Mor milagai or red chili  2
     
     

Method:

• Peel the skin of the mangoes and cut them into big chunks.
• Grind the mango, green chili, salt and coconut into a fine paste. Add little water if needed.
• I forgot to add coconut, so added 3 tsp of coconut milk in the last. 

• Strain the mixture using 2 cups of water. 

• In a small pan heat coconut oil and add mustard seeds,urad dal,jeera, asafoetida and the mor milagai or red chili.
• Once the mustard splutters and the dal turns golden brown add this to the mango water.

• Add curry leaves.
• Since i didn't add coconut, i added 3 tsp of coconut milk to the rasam and mixed it well. 
• Rasam is ready.
• Serve this rasam with hot plain rice and any curry of your choice. 

Notes:

1. The rasam will be in room temperature only. So serve it with hot rice.
2. If you do not have added coconut while grinding, add coconut milk in the last.
3. Mor milagai can be replaced with red chilies. 

Mango kesari recipe | Mango sheera recipe

Mango kesari recipe|mango sheera| Mango halwa is a delicious sweet|dessert made with mangoes. As mangoes are in season now i wanted to make mango kesari with fresh mango pulp. I wanted to make like South Indian kesari, but wanted to make it with the addition of milk. So i adapted my paal kesari and followed the same method by adding fresh mango pulp to this. The mango kesari tasted very nice. The vibrant colour of the mango kesari from the fresh alphonso mango pulp complimented the kesari. Check out my full collection of Mango recipes. 
Check out my other kesari recipe with video

• Rava kesari
• Pineapple kesari
• Aval kesari

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.

Milk masala powder | Home made milk masala

Milk masala is a blend of nuts and aromatic spices, we used to get Everest Milk masala in mustafa center here in Singapore. I have used this in many of my sweet recipes like rasmalai, motichoor ladoo, malpua.. But last time when i went and checked in mustafa it was not there. So i decided to do it at home. I know from the package the ingredients they used so it is quite easy for me to do it. I have made this in one of my cookery class which i did at my home here in Singapore. I wanted to share this recipe of milk masala with you all. You can also add this to milk and drink it as masala milk too.
Stay tuned for few sweet recipes coming up using milk masala powder.

Ridge gourd dal recipe - Peerkangai dal

Ridge gourd dal | peerkangai paruppu is a simple dal recipe, perfectly accompanies with rice and roti. Ridge gourd, takes place more often in my kitchen always in the form of thogayal. Few days before i got a pack of 4 super fresh ridge gourd from a nearby Indian store. They were tiny and too fresh and i wanted to try out a new recipe using ridge gourd. Already i have posted a andhra style mango dal recipe and tried a recipe similar to this using ridge gourd |peerkangai. It turned out very well and we all enjoyed this for lunch along with hot steamed rice.

Soda Sarbath recipe | Nannari Sarbath

Soda sarbath |nannari sarbath, the name itself gives me lots of childhood memories. We used to get this soda sarbath in a near by potti kadai (petty shop) in my Home town in Madurai. They have few varieties of syrup to add to the sarbath but we love this nannari syrup to be added to the sarbath. My mama used to take us to the shop in his 2 wheeler and we love to see the way the shop keeper is making it. Especially the sound he makes while mixing it in the last is so fascinating for us those days. Most of our summer holidays will be spent like this. We will eagerly look forward for mama to come and take us to the shop. When i bought nannari sarbath 2 days back during our visit to Mustafa, i decided to make this soda sarbath. After finishing the video of soda sarbath today, i tasted a sip from that and immediately the taste brought back so many childhood memories. The 2 wheeler, mama, our trip to the shop, the shopkeeper, the sound of mixing.... i relished the soda sarbath by thinking of my childhood memories.

Soda sarbath recipe

  Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : Nil |Serves: 1

    Nannari syrup  2-3 tblsp
    Lemon juice   2 tblsp
    Ice cubes  2
    Soda water | plain soda|club soda  1 cup
                                              Video of how to make soda sarbath

                   
     

Method:

• Take a glass. Add the nannari syrup. Nannari sarbath we get in super markets. I got it from Mustafa center Singapore.
•  We get this towards the end of the paneer section before the masalas. Also few shops in little India sell nannari syrup.

• Add lemon juice to this.
• Add ice cubes. 

• Add the plain soda |club soda to this.
• Mix well with a spoon. 

• Serve immediately. 

Notes:

• If you want you can replace nannari syrup with rose syrup. Personally i haven't tried this but i feel it will be good.
• You can replace plain soda with sprite or limca and skip the lemon juice.
• No need to add sugar to this as nannari syrup has sugar in it.
• If you do not want soda you can add plain water.

Thakkali Sambar recipe | Easy tomato sambar

Thakkali sambar | Tomato sambar is an easy sambar recipe, generally made as a side dish for idli | dosa | Ven pongal. My grandmother makes thakkali sambar whenever she runs out of veggies in the kitchen. That she makes in the same way as we make drumstick sambar. This tiffin sambar recipe i followed the method which our neighbour aunty in Madurai used to make. As i got a huge pack of  super ripe tomatoes from little India, i thought i will make this easy tomato sambar. I have made a video of tomato sambar too. Try this at home and let me know how it turned out.
Check out my

• Thakkali kuzhambu
• Tomato pickle

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.