The perfect drink for all seasons and all reasons. Whether you are tired, have a cold or wanting to have something soothing, hot cocoa will come to the rescue. Its delectable mocha taste and the creaminess of roasted marshmallows will have you craving for more.
Ingredients -
(makes 1 cup, increase the amount according to serving )
1. Cocoa Powder - 1 tablespoon
2. Cooking chocolate - broken 1 tbsp
2. Milk - 1 large cup
3. Sugar - 1 tsp or according to taste
4. Coffee - 1 teaspoon
5. Marshmallows - for topping.
6. Chocolate sauce - for drizzling.
Method-
1. Take milk in a pan and set it on medium heat.
2 Add cocoa powder, coffee, sugar and broken chocolate.
3. Stir properly and let it boil. Meanwhile
take the marshmallows and put it in an
oven (for 2 minutes at 200 deg C) or a microwave
(for 15 sec) till it softens. Do not burn it.
4. Pour the hot chocolate in a cup.
5. Decorate the marshmallows on top taking
care that it doesn't sink in the liquid.
6. Drizzle chocolate sauce on top. Viola! Sit
back and enjoy the drink with your favorite
cookies or cupcakes!
Aam
Panna is an Indian drink renowned for its heat resistant properties. It
is made from green mangoes and is used as a tasty and healthy beverage
to fight against the intense Indian summer heat. Apart from being tasty
this drink also looks good due to its refreshing light green colour.
Aam
panna which is prepared using raw mangoes, sugar and an assortment of
spices is an effective remedy for heat exhaustion and heat stroke. It
also quenches thirst and prevents the excessive loss of
sodium chloride and iron during summers due to excessive sweating.
Ingredients -
Raw mango - 5-6
Mint leaves - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup or to taste
black salt ( kala namak)- 1 tsp
Cumin seeds roasted and crushed - 1 tsp
Black pepper corns roasted and crushed - 1/2 tsp
ice cubes - 2 per glass
Method -
1. Wash the mangoes and put in a pressure cooker
with a glass of water.
2. Keep the flame high and let it come to a whistle.
3. take it off the heat and open it after 2 minutes.
4. Throw the water it's been boiled in and let it come to
room temperature.
5. Take out all the pulp from the seed and skin using
little water if necessary.
6. Grind to a smooth paste in a grinder and strain it with
a metal strainer in a big pan.
7. Grind mint leaves to a smooth paste using little water.
8. Add approx 1 litter of water, sugar, ground mint
leaves to the mango pulp.
9. Put this aam panna in a bottle or jug and refrigerate.
It can be stored for 2-3 days.
10. while serving, put it in tall glasses, sprinkle the
black salt, crushed cumin and peppercorn seeds,
pop in the ice cubes, garnish with mint leaves,
enjoy this sweet n sour drink n Voila u r ready to
brave the heat!!!!
Ingredients -
Watermelon - 1/2 ( around 2.5 kg, makes 4-5 glasses)
Mint leaves - crushed 2 tbsp
Lemon juice - 2-3 tbsp
Black salt - to taste
Sugar - (if desired, to taste)
Ice cubes - as required
Method -
1. Peel the watermelon and remove seeds out of it, cut
it in small chunks.
2. grind in a grinder and strain it using a metal strainer.
3. Mix the crushed mint leaves, lemon juice, salt and
sugar to it nicely.
4. You can add little cold water also if a thinner
watermelon drink is required.
5. Pour it into tall glasses, throw in the ice cubes,
mint leaves and you are ready to serve this summer
cool drink to one and all for healthy and pure home
made juice.
Ingredients -
Carrots - 3
Grapes - 1 cup
sugar - 1 tsp ( if required)
Water - 1/2 cup
Mint leaves - to garnish
Black salt - 1/4 tsp
Method -
1. Peel and clean the carrots and cut it in little chunks. Unless they are organic, carrots should
have the about a 1/2 inch trimmed from the stem end because that's
where pesticides are concentrated.
2. Put it in a mixer with water and run to a smooth juice, strain it.
3. Clean the grapes and combine with the carrot juice and put it in a mixer too and grind to a smooth juice.
4. If needed grape could be run in a mixer separately and you can strain it with the carrots and mix.
4. Pour it in a tall glass, mix the sugar and black salt, garnish with the mint leaves and serve this healthy juice with breakfast.
