Healthy Vedic Tea Recipe / Vedic Tea Recipe / Herbal Tea Recipe / Caffeine Free Herbal Tea

Vedic Tea

Ingredients ground to a semi coarse powder

Black pepper - 8

Cardamom - 2

Cloves - 4

Cardamom - 3

Nutmeg - a generous pinch

Cinnamon pieces - 1 tsp

Other ingredients

Water - 1 & 1/2 cup

Milk - 1 cup

Crushed ginger - 1 tsp

Brown sugar - as needed

Method

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 Recipe / Sago Butter Milk Drink Recipe / Saggu Biyyam Java Recipe - Easy Summer Drinks

Saggu Java

Ingredients

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

Method

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.

Variation

Some add milk, cardamom powder and sugar instead of salt and curd.

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Thandai Recipe / Holi Drink Recipe / Homemade Thandai Recipe / Indian Festival Drink Recipe / Spiced Drink with Saffron and Dry Fruits

Thandai

Ingredients

Hot or Cold Milk - 1 cup

Sugar as needed

Thandai Powder - 1 tbsp or as needed

Saffron to garnish

Method

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 Recipe / Jaggery Juice Recipe / Perfect Summer Drink Recipes / Jaggery Summer Drink / Gud Ka Sharbat Recipe

Gur Ka Sharbat

Ingredients

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

Method

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 Milk Shake / Dragon Fruit Shake - Easy Milkshake Recipe

Dragon Fruit Milkshake

Ingredients

Dragon fruit pulp - 1/2 cup

Chilled milk - 1 cup

Chopped dates - 1

(You can replace with sugar add as needed)

Method

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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Blue Tea Recipe / Sangu Poo Tea / Clitoria Tea / Blue Butterfly Pea Flower Tea - Healthy Drink Recipe

Sango Poo Tea

Ingredients

Fresh or dried sangu poo/ Butterfly Pea flower - 10

Boiling water - 1 cup

Honey - 1/2 tsp

Lime juice - 1/4 tsp

Sangu Poo Decoction

Method

Take the flowers in a bowl add the boiling water, cover and leave it for 5 minutes.

Filter and add honey and lemon juice, drink warm or add ice cubes and drink like a cold lemonade.

Medicinal benifits

Cures problems like diabetes, heart related issues, hair loss, anxiety, mensural problems, etc. If you have other health issues consult a doctor before consuming.

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Sambaram Recipe / Kerala Style Buttermilk / Kerala Style Spiced Buttermilk Recipe / Kerala Sambaram Recipe / Moru Vellam Recipe / Pacha Moru Recipe

Sambaram

Ingredients crushed to a coarse paste

Small onions - 3

Green chillies - 2

Coriander leaves chopped - 1 tbsp

Curry leaves - few

Ginger - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Other ingredients

Thick sour curd - 2 cups

Water as needed to dilute

Method

Whisk the curd till smooth add water and the ground paste.

Mix well and rest for 10 minutes , do not filter and serve cold.

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Ponche Recipe / How to make Ponche Navideño Mexicano / Mexican Christmas Fruit Punch / Ponche Navideño / Ponche de Frutas / Mexican Ponche Recipe

Ponche

Ingredients

Water - 10 cups

Ceylon cinnamon stick - 1 long

Piloncillo  - 1 small cone

(replace with Jaggery or brown sugar - 1/4 cup or add according to your taste)

Chopped ripe guava - 1 cup

Chopped apples - 1 cup

Chopped orange peel - 2 tsp

Tamarind paste - 1 tsp

Chopped fresh sugarcane - 1 cup

Tejocotes fruit - 10

Dry Hibiscus flowers - 1 tbsp

Cloves - 1

Method

Add all the ingredients into a sauce pan bring to a boil. Simmer this mixture for 15 minimum minutes or more. Switch off the flame and remove the cinnamon stick and cloves.

Pour this into mugs with fruits and serve hot.

Note

All the above mentioned ingredients can be added according to your taste.

You can add a dash of rum or bandy (optional).

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Gothumai Kaachiyathu / Wheat and Coconut Milk Hot Drink / Wheat Milk Drink / Malabar Special Gothambu Kachiyathu / Ooral Kachiyathu Recipe / Godambu Kaachiyathu / Ramadan Recipe

Gothambu Kachiyathu

Ingredients for the drink

Whole wheat or crushed wheat - 1/4 cup

Grated coconut - 3 tsp

Cardamom powder - 1 pinch

Milk - 3 cups

Water - 1 cup

Tempering ingredients

Ghee - 2 tsp

Chopped small onions - 3

Chopped cashew nuts - 8

Salt a pinch

Method

Wash and soak the wheat in water overnight, add the soaked wheat, grated coconut, cardamom powder and 1 cup water, grind to a smooth paste.

Mix this into the milk and filter the mixture. pour this milk into a pan and in low flame cook the milk mixture till it comes to a boil and raw smell has disappeared , switch off the stove.

The milk mixture should be in a pouring consistency.

Heat ghee in a pan add the onions, salt and cashew nuts fry till onions are light brown, pour it into the wheat milk. Mix well and serve hot.

Note:

Once cooled the mixture may become thick so add milk to the consistency you want.

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Whipped Lemonade Recipe / TikTok Whipped lemonade Recipe / How to Make Whipped Lemonade - Summer Drink Recipes

Whipped Lemonade

Ingredients

Lemon juice - 3 tbsp

( add more or less according to your taste )

Sweetened condensed milk - 4 tbsp

( add more or less according to your taste )

Whipped cream - 1 cup

Ice cubes - 1 & 1/2 cups

Lemon zest - little for garnish

Method

Take a mixi jar add the ice cubes, lemon juice, condensed milk and whipped cream, blend till combined.

Pour it into a glass top it up with some more whipping cream and sprinkle lemon zest and serve immediately.

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Cool Bar Style Lime Juice / Restaurant Style Lemon Juice Recipe / CoolBar Special Fresh Lime Juice / Kerala Coolbar Lemon Juice / Cool bar Style White Lime Juice Recipe - Summer Drinks

Cool Bar Style Lime Juice

Ingredients

Green lime medium size - 1

( cut into 8 pieces and seeds removed )

Powdered Sugar - 1 tbsp

( add more if needed)

Salt a pinch

Cashew nuts - 3

( soaked in water for 30 minutes and ground to a smooth paste)

Crushed cardamom - 1

Water - 2 cups

Ice cubes few

Method

Take a mixi jar add all the ingredients and blend till lemon pieces are just crushed.

Do not blend too much then juice will become bitter.

Filter the mixture and serve cold.

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Virgin Mango Mint Mojito / Mango Mojito / Non Alcoholic Mango Mojito - Summer Drink Recipes

Mango Mint Mojito

Ingredients for a glass of drink
Ripe sweet mango - 1 small size
( remove the pulp and grind to a smooth puree,i got 1/4 cup pulp)
Mint leaves - 10
Green small lime - 1/2
( cut into 4 pieces)
Green small lime - 1/2
( squeeze out the juice)
Sugar - 1 tsp or to your taste
Carbonated water/Club Soda - as needed
Crushed Ice cubes - as needed
Method
Take a bowl add the sugar,mint and the lime pieces.
Using a wooden spoon or a muddler ,crush it slightly to release all the flavour,
Now add the mango puree & lime juice to the mint/lime mixture mix and keep it ready.
Just before serving add the crushed ice cubes and pour the club soda to the mango mixture,stir well.
Serve it in a tall glass garnished with lemon slices and mint leaves and serve immediately.

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Mango Milk Recipe / Fresh Mango Flavored Milk / Homemade Fresh Mango Milk / Korean Mango Milk

Korean Mango Milk

Ingredients

Fresh sweet mango finely chopped - 1/2 cup

Sugar as needed

Chopped mango pieces - a handful

Cold milk - 1 & 1/2 cups

Method

Take a microwave safe bowl add the finely chopped mangos and sugar.Cook the mixture for a minute and mash it well using a spoon. You can even cook the mixture on stove top.

Cool the mixture completely and add it into a glass or glass bottle pour cold milk and top it with chopped mangoes.

Mix or shake and serve immediately.

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Nannari Paal Sarbath / Milk Sarbath / Paal Sarbath / Summer Drinks Recipes

Nannari Paal Sarbath

Ingredients

Cold milk - 1 cup

Sabja seeds/Basil seeds - 1 tsp

( soak it in water for 10 minutes till they are doubled in size)

Homemade Nannari syrup - 2 tsp or as needed

Ice cubes - as needed

Method

Take a glass add the milk,soaked sabja seeds and nannari syrup,mix well.

Add ice cubes and serve immediately!

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Nannari Sharbat Recipe / Nannari Sarbath / Nannari Syrup Recipe / Homemade Nannari Syrup - Summer Drinks Recipes

Nannari Sharbath

Ingredients

Nannari roots - 100 gms

Jaggery - 500 gms ( If the jaggery your using is too sweet then reduce)

( sugar can be used in this recipe)

Crushed ginger - 1 tbsp

Water - 6 cups

Nannari Sarbat

Nannari Syrup

Method

Using a mortar and pestle break open the roots to remove the white stick from the middle ( see picture).

Then wash the roots couple times and soak it in 6 cups of water for 24 hours or overnight.

Next day transfer to a pan add the jaggery and crushed ginger and give a boil.

In low flame boil till the syrup becomes semi thick consistency,this will take around 30 minutes.

Switch off the stove cool completely, pour it into a clean bottle and store it in fridge.

How to make the drink?

Take 2 tbsp of the syrup in a glass pour chilled water squeeze some lemon juice,mix and enjoy!

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Chikoo Lassi / Chickoo Lassi / Chikku Lassi / Sapota lassi - Sweet Lassi Recipes

Chikoo Lassi

Ingredients

Sapota / Chikoo - 1 large

( remove skin and seeds)

Curd - 1 cup

Cold milk - 1/4 cup

Sugar / Brown sugar - 1 tsp

( or add according to the sweetness of the fruit)

Cardamom powder - a pinch

Saffron strings - few (optional)

Ice cubes few

Method

Take a mixi jar add the chikoo pulp,sugar,milk,curd and cardamom powder,blend to a smooth mixture.

Pour it inside a glass add ice cubes garnish with saffron and serve chill.

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Chikoo Milkshake Recipe / Chikoo Shake Recipe / Sapota Milkshake / Chickoo Milkshake / Sapota Shake

Chikoo Milkshake

Ingredients

Ripe chikoo/sapota - 4

( remove skin and seeds)

Cold Milk - 2 cups

Sugar/ brown sugar / honey - as needed

( I added 2 tsp brown sugar)

Ice cubes - as needed

Sapota Milkshake

Method

Take a blender add the chikoo pulp,sugar and gold milk, blend to a smooth mixture.

Pour this inside a glass add ice cubes and serve immediately.

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Pink Lemon Juice / Malabar Special Pink Lemon Juice - Summer Drink Recipe

Pink Lemon Juice

Ingredients

Cold water - 2 cups

Basil seeds / Sabja seeds - 1 tbsp

( soaked in water for 10 minutes)

Lemon juice - 1/2 of a big lemon

Sugar as needed - around 4 tsp

( instead of sugar honey can be used)

Salt a tiny pinch

Red grapes - 1/4 cup or a handful

Pink Lemon Juice

Method

Add the grapes into a blender and grind smooth.Filter the mixture to get a clear juice.

Take a wide bowl pour the lemon juice,grape juice,cold water,salt and sugar,mix well till sugar is dissolved.

Just before serving mix the soaked sabja seeds and serve cold.

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Chocolate Chai Recipe / Chocolate Tea Recipe - How to make Chocolate Tea

Chocolate Chai

Ingredients
Water - 1/4 cup
Whole milk - 3/4 cup
Sugar - 1 tsp
( add more if you want it sweet)
Tea powder - 1 tsp
Cocoa powder - 1 tsp
( Use any brand i have used Hershey's)
Cinnamon - a tiny piece
Cardamom - 1
Cloves -1

Method
Crush the spices and keep it aside.
Boil water in a pan add the crushed spices,tea powder and sugar boil for a minute.
Pour the milk and give a boil.Switch off the stove.
Add cocoa powder into a mug and filter the tea into the mug.
Mix it well and serve the chocolate tea hot.

Note:
a) For extra richness you can add cream on top and serve.
b) Instead of putting the cocoa powder into the mug you can add it to the boiled tea mix it and then filtered it into the mug.


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Sesame Juice / Ellu Juice / Til Juice /Sesame Seed Juice / Sesame Seeds Milkshake / Sesame Drink - Refreshing Summer Drinks

Sesame Juice

Ingredients
Sesame seeds - 2 tsp
( use any colour seesame seeds)
Jaggery/Palm Sugar/White Sugar /Brown sugar - as per taste
( I used 2 tsp jaggery)
Cold milk - 1 cup
Cold water - 1 cup
Cardamom - 1

Ellu Juice

Method
Heat a pan add the sesame seeds and dry roast till they splutter.
Do not burn them,let it cool completely.
Take a mixi jar add the roasted sesame seeds,cardamom and jaggery grind to a fine powder.
Then add the milk and grind to a smooth liquid.
Filter this liquid and dilute with water.
Pour it into a glass and serve cold.
Best refreshing summer drink!

Note:
a) While grinding you can also add some fresh coconut too for extra richness and flavour.
b) I usually like to serve this juice cold.


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