Pineapple Chia Fresca / Pineapple Chia Drink / Summer Drinks / Pineapple Summer Drink Recipe

Pineapple Chia Fresca

Ingredients

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

Method

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.

Note:

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 Kanji Recipe / Kavuni Rice Porridge Recipe / Kavuni Rice Kanji / Karuppu Kavuni Kanji Recipe / Healthy Kanji Recipe / Black Rice Porridge Recipe

Kavuni Arisi

Ingredients

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)

Method

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.

Karuppu Kavuni Arisi Kanji

For sweet kanji

Cooked kanji 

Coconut milk 

Palm sugar

Cardamom powder

Method

Take a bowl add all the above ingredients as needed, mix and enjoy.

For salt and spicy kanji

Cooked Kanji

Salt to taste

Chopped onions, curry leaves and green chilies

Buttermilk

Method

Take a bowl add all the above ingredients as needed , pour the buttermilk according to the consistency needed mix and enjoy.

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Sweet Sunrise Mocktail / Sunrise Mocktail - Refreshing Drink Recipes

Sunrise Moctail

Ingredients

Fresh orange juice - 1 cup

Rose syrup  or Grenadine syrup - 2 tsp

Cherry few

Orange slices few

Ice cubes few

Method

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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Hesaru Kaalu Drink Recipe / Hesaru Kaalu Juice Recipe / Green Gram Juice Recipe / Moong and Coconut Drink / Mung Bean Milk / Healthy Summer Drinks Recipe

Green Gram Juice

Ingredients

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

Method

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!

Note:

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 / Summer Refreshing Sugarcane Juice With Sugarcane / Ganne Ka Juice Without Sugarcane / Summer Refreshing Drink Recipe

 

Sugarcane Juice Without Sugarcane

Ingredients

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

Method

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.

Note:

Alter above ingredients according to your taste.

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Kashmiri Chai Recipe / Pink Tea Recipe / Pink Chai Recipe / Kashmiri Pink Chai Recipe / Noon Chai Recipe

 

Kashmiri Pink Tea

Ingredients for the kehwa

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

Ingredients to make tea

Milk - 2 cup or according to your taste

Kehwa as needed

Chopped pistachio and almonds - 1 tsp together

Sugar - 1 tsp or as needed

Method

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!

Note:

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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Tanka Torani Recipe / Rice Water Coolant Recipe / A Refreshing Drink From Jagannath Dham / Lord Jaganath’s Mahaprasad / Summer Drink of Orissa / Rath Yatra Special Drink

 

Tanks Torani

Ingredients

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

Tanks Torani / Summer Drink Of Orissa

Method

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.

Note:

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 / Banana Carrot Smoothie

Carrot Banana Smoothie

Ingredients

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)

Method

Add all the above ingredients into a blender. blend till thick and creamy.

Enjoy immediately!

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Rose Lemonade Recipe / Refreshing Rose Lemonade Recipe / Rooh Afza Lemonade Recipe / Rooh Afza Lemon Sharbat Recipe

 

Rose Lemonade

Ingredients

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

Method

Take a bowl and add all the above mentioned ingredients.

Mix everything well pour into glasses and serve immediately.

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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

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 benefits

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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