Ingredients
Carrot -1 cup
Watermelon -1 cup
Honey or Sugar ( optional)
Ginger - 1/2 tsp
Mint leaves - 5
Ice cubes few
Carrot -1 cup
Watermelon -1 cup
Honey or Sugar ( optional)
Ginger - 1/2 tsp
Mint leaves - 5
Ice cubes few
| Beetroot Kanji |
Dark red carrot or use regular carrots - 1 medium size
( cut into thick strips are cubed)
Beetroot - 1 medium size
( cut into thick strips are cubed)
Slit green chillies - 4
Water - 1 liter or more if needed
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Black salt - 1/2 tsp
Hing - 1/4 tsp
Coarsely grounded yellow mustard seeds - 1 tbsp.
Take a wide glass jar add all the ingredients mix them well.
Cover it with a lid or a muslin cloth, do not close the lid tight.
Keep it in sunlight for 3 days, everyday using a wooden spoon stir.
If your kanji is tasting tangy then your fermented drink is ready.
Filter the drink and enjoy cold.
This stays fresh for 2 to 3 days in refrigerator.
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| Fennel Seeds Sharbat |
Saunf / Fennel seeds - 1/4 cup
Rock sugar / Candy sugar / Mishri- 1/4 cup
( Iam using palm sugar in this recipe )
Black pepper - 8
Cardamom - 5
Black salt - 1/4 tsp
Take a blender add all the above ingredients and grind to a fine powder.
Sieve the mixture and store it in a glass jar.
Lemon juice
Ice cubes
Water
Add some ice cubes into a glass squeeze some lemon juice , pour water and add 1 or 2 tsps of this mixture. Stir and enjoy!
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| Saunf Ka Sharbat |
a) Wash and dry the saunf in a clean cloth till dry. So your saunf is clean to use.
b) Usually candy sugar/ rock sugar / mishri is used in this recipe
c) Store the premix in refrigerator to retain it's freshness.
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| Papaya Chia Drink |
Papaya – 2 cups
Mint leaves – 10
Lemon juice – 1 tbsp.
Honey – 1 tbsp. (optional)
Chia seeds – 2 tbsp.
Ice cubes – as needed
Soak chia seeds in water for about 10–15 minutes until they swell.
In a blender, add papaya, mint leaves, lemon juice, and ice cubes.
Blend until smooth.
Add soaked chia seeds and mix well.
Serve immediately!
For extra freshness, garnish with a few mint leaves or a slice of lemon.
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| Spiced Beet Buttermilk |
Cooked beetroot - 1/4 cup
Thick curd - 1 cup
Water as needed to dilute
Chopped ginger - 1 tsp
Green chilli - 1
Salt to taste
Roasted cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Chaat masala to sprinkle on to as needed
Chopped coriander leaves for garnish
Take a blender add all the ingredients for grinding and blend to a smooth liquid. Filtering is optional.
Pour it into a serving glass add ice cubes sprinkle chaat masala top it with coriander leaves and serve.
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| Paan Lassi |
Paan leaf - 1
( remove the stem and cut into small pieces)
Sugar - 1 tsp or more
Gulkand - 1 tsp ( heaped)
Cardamom - 1
Fennel seeds - 1/4 tsp
Curd - 1 cup
( Make sure it's not sour)
Take a blender and blend till smooth.
Filter the lassi garnish with few crushed nuts on top add ice cubes and serve chill.
a) Filtering the mixture is optional.
b) To make it more rich add a scoop of vanilla ice cream while blending the ingredients.
c) Few drop of pan essence can be added.
d) Adjust all the ingredients according to your taste.
Paan Lassi is a refreshing twist on the classic Indian yogurt drink, blended with betel leaves, gulkand, and creamy curd. Sweet, cooling, and aromatic, this unique lassi is perfect for summer and also works as a digestive after meals.
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| Pineapple Chia Fresca |
Chopped pineapple - 4 cups
Chia seeds - 2 tsp
( soak them in some water till it swells up)
Sugar - 1 tsp or more
( add only if the fruit is not sweet)
Salt a pinch
Mint leaves chopped - 6
Water - 2 cups
Ice cubes
| Pineapple Chia Fresca |
Add the pineapples cubes into the blender,blend till smooth.
Using a strainer press the pulp and strain out the juice , discard the pulp.
Add the salt, sugar, mint leaves , soaked chia seeds and water to the juice.
Mix well and just before serving add ice cubes and serve cold.
a) Instead of chia seeds indian basil seeds / sabja can be used.
b) Instead of sugar you can add honey.
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| Kavuni Arisi |
Kavuni rice / Karuppu kavuni arisi / Black rice - 1/2 cup
( wash and soak it in water for 8 to 10 hours or overnight. Next day drain out the water and pulse it in a blender to a semi coarse mixture. Do not discard the drained water you need it for cooking the kanji))
Water - 3 cups
( The drained water from the soaked rice is also included , add more water if needed)
Take a heavy bottomed pan pour the water add the coarsely ground rice and in low flame stir continuously for 10 minutes till the rice is cooked. Switch off the flame and let it cool completely.
Divide the portion into 2 portions, one for making sweet kanji and and another one for salt and spicy kanji.
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| Karuppu Kavuni Arisi Kanji |
Cooked kanji
Coconut milk
Palm sugar
Cardamom powder
Take a bowl add all the above ingredients as needed, mix and enjoy.
Cooked Kanji
Salt to taste
Chopped onions, curry leaves and green chilies
Buttermilk
Take a bowl add all the above ingredients as needed , pour the buttermilk according to the consistency needed mix and enjoy.
For other kavuni Arisi recipes click HERE
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| Sunrise Moctail |
Fresh orange juice - 1 cup
Rose syrup or Grenadine syrup - 2 tsp
Cherry few
Orange slices few
Ice cubes few
Take a tall glass pour the rose syrup at the bottom.
Now slowly pour the orange juice on top making sure you don't disturb the syrup.
Add some ice cubes garnish with orange slices, cheery and serve immediately
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| Green Gram Juice |
Whole green moong dal - 1/2 cup
Grated coconut - a handful
Cardamom - 2
Jaggery - 1/8 cup
( or add according to your sweetness)
Almonds - 5
( soak it in hot water for 30 minutes and remove the skin )
Water as needed
Ice Cubes as needed
In low flame dry roast the green moong dal till light brown. Do not over fry and burn them.
Wash the moong dal and add it into a blender to this add the jaggery, coconut, cardamom and almonds.
Pour some water and grind to a smooth liquid and filter the juice.
Transfer the pulp from the sieve into the blender again , add some more water grind to remove the maximum juice from the green gram dal paste. Discard the pulp.
Add ice cubes and enjoy cold!
a) Each time you serve mix the juice and pour it into the glass and serve.
b) Remaining milk can be stored in the refrigerator.
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| Sugarcane Juice Without Sugarcane |
Mint leaves - 8
Lemon juice from 1 small lemon
Jaggery - 2 to 3 tbsp
Chopped ginger - 1 tsp
Ice cubes
Black salt - a tiny pinch ( optional)
Water as needed
Take a blender add lemon juice, mint, jaggery, ginger and few ice cubes.
Blend till smooth and filter.
Add some water and ice cubes and serve chill.
This juice will taste close to the real sugarcane juice.
Alter above ingredients according to your taste.
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| Kashmiri Pink Tea |
Water - 4 cups
Iced cold water - 2 cups
Kashmiri tea leaves - 4 tsp
Star anise - 1
Crush cardamom - 4
Cinnamon - 1/2 '' inch stick
Cloves - 3
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Milk - 2 cup or according to your taste
Kehwa as needed
Chopped pistachio and almonds - 1 tsp together
Sugar - 1 tsp or as needed
Pour 4 cups of water in a pan add the tea leaves and spices, in low flame keep boil till they are reduded to 2 cups.
Occasionally use a ladle to aerate the tea ( scooping out the tea using a ladle and pouring back into the pot).
Add the ice cold water and boil for few more minutes. Pour the milk and just give a boil and switch off the stove immediately.
Add the sugar mix well and pour into individual cups garnish with nuts and enjoy hot!
a) Use regular tea leaves if you don't have kashmiri tea leaves but you may not get the right colour tough. I used regular tea leaves in this recipe so unable to get the right colour.
b) Once milk is added do not boil too much.
c) For extra richness half and half milk can be used.
d) Kashmiri tea is mostly saltish and not sweet.
e) Kehwa can be stored in fridge and when needed add milk , nuts and enjoy!
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| Tanks Torani |
Leftover rice - 1 cup
Water - 2 to 3 cups or as needed
Curd - 3 tbsp.
Salt to taste
Slit green chilies - 3
Ripe green chilly - 2
Chopped curry leaves few
Chopped coriander leaves ( optional)
Lemon leaves - 4
Sliced lemons - 8
Cumin powder - 1tbsp
Chopped mango ginger - 1 " inch
Lemon juice - 2 tsp
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| Tanks Torani / Summer Drink Of Orissa |
Take a bowl add the leftover rice and pour water, slightly crush the rice using your finger.
Cover and leave the mixture to ferment for 1 to 2 days , strain to remove the liquid.
Take a wide bowl pour the strained water to this add all the above mentioned ingredients.
Gently crush and massage the ingredients by this method all the flavours will get into the liquid.
Pour them into individual cups and enjoy this refreshing summer drink.
a) Use chopped regular ginger if you can't find mango ginger.
b) Do not skip lemon leaves it's a must for this recipe.
c) Pour water according to the consistency you need, usually this drink is watery.
d) adjust all the above ingredients according to your taste.
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| Carrot Banana Smoothie |
Carrot chopped - 1 small
Banana chopped - 1
Almonds - 6
Chia seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon powder - 1 pinch ( optional)
Seedless dates - 1
Cold milk - 1 & 1/2 cups
( add more or less according the consistence you want)
Add all the above ingredients into a blender. blend till thick and creamy.
Enjoy immediately!
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| Rose Lemonade |
Cold water - 2 & 1/2 cups
Ice cubes as needed
Soaked chia / Sabja seeds - 4 tsp
Lemon juice - from 1/2 of a large lemon
Rooh Afza / Rose Syrup - 2 tsp
Sugar - 4 tbsp or according to your taste
( you can add simple syrup instead of sugar )
Chopped mint leaves - 6
Take a bowl and add all the above mentioned ingredients.
Mix everything well pour into glasses and serve immediately.
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| Vedic Tea |
Black pepper - 8
Cloves - 4
Cardamom - 3
Nutmeg - a generous pinch
Cinnamon pieces - 1 tsp
Water - 1 & 1/2 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Crushed ginger - 1 tsp
Brown sugar - as needed
Boil water in a pan add the crushed spices and ginger in low flame boil for 2 to 3 minutes or till the essence has got into the water.
Add milk and boil for 1 or 2 minutes and switch off the stove.
Mix brown sugar according to your taste and enjoy hot!
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| Saggu Java |
Sabudhana / Saggu biyyam / Sago - 1/4 cup
(use the white big variety not the nylon one, wash twice and soak it in water for 3 hours)
Water - 2 cups or more
Salt as needed
Curd or thick buttermilk as needed
Boil water in a pan add the soaked sago and in medium low flame cook till the sago is transparent and soft.
Switch off the stove let the sago cool completely.
Add needed salt , curd and water as needed to dilute, mix well and serve.
Best summer drink to beat the heat.
Some add milk, cardamom powder and sugar instead of salt and curd.
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| Thandai |
Hot or Cold Milk - 1 cup
Sugar as needed
Thandai Powder - 1 tbsp or as needed
Saffron to garnish
Mix the required amount of ground powder & sugar into hot or cold milk.
Mix and rest for 10 minutes for the flavours to get into the milk. Filtering is optional.
Pour it into a glass & garnish it with saffron strings and serve.
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| Gur Ka Sharbat |
Grated jaggery - 1/4 cup
Black salt - 1/2 tsp
Ginger powder - 1/2 tsp
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
Black pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Mint leaves - 8
Cardamom - 2
Soaked sabja / basil seeds - 1 tsp
Medium size lemon - 1/2
Water 2 cups or as needed
Ice cubes few
Take a mixi jar add all the above ingredients except sabja seeds. lemon juice, ice cubes and water, crush them to a coarse mixture.
Pour water and blend well, filtering is optional. Mix the sabja seeds, lemon juice add ice cubes, pour into a glass and serve cold.
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| Dragon Fruit Milkshake |
Dragon fruit pulp - 1/2 cup
Chilled milk - 1 cup
Chopped dates - 1
(You can replace with sugar add as needed)
Take a blender add all the ingredients and blend to a smooth milkshake.
Pour it into a glass and serve chill!
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