Mango Juice

Ingredients:
Good qulity riped Mangoes - 4
Sugar - one and half cup
Ice cubes -according to our taste

Method:
Peel the mangoes and cut into pieces by removing the nut
Put the mango pieces, sugar and half cup ice cubes in the mixie and
grind it for 2 min utes or till it all mixes. serve it in cups by adding ice cubes.

Pomegranate Juice

Ingredients

Ripe Pomogrante seeds - 1 cup
Water - 1/2 cup
Suagr - to taste

Method

1.Blend together the pomogrante seeds along with water and sugar till frothy

2.Stain and serve

Beetroot Juice

Ingredients

Grated beetroot     :    1 cup
Grated carrot    :    1 cup
Orange juice    :    3 tbsp
Sugar    :    as needed



Method

Grind grated beetroot, grated carrot, orange juice and sugar in a mixie.
Store it in the fridge.

Red Currant and Orange Juice

Ingredients

Red currant jelly    :    1 cup
Orange peels    :    1 tbsp
Ginger powder    :    ¼ tsp
Corn flour    :    1 tbsp
Orange juice    :    1 cup
Mustard powder    :    1 tsp
Cider vinegar    :    2 tbsp
Salt    :    as needed

Method

Mix jelly, orange juice, Orange peels, ginger powder, salt, mustard powder and boil till the jelly dissolves and bubbles are formed.
Mix corn flour and vinegar with orange juice and stir till contents thicken.
Serve with cold mutton.
2 cups of juice can be prepared from the above ingredients.

Mint Juice

1.TAKE FRESH PUDINA LEAVES not ITS stem as it gives black color.
2.Cut them with sharp kitchen scissors and soak them for three hours in fresh lime limbu juice extracted.
3.Make a sugar syrup with equal amounts of sugar and water and a food grade green color .keep ready .
4.Mix the pudina leaves and lime juice prep in a blender and extract strained juice .use the leaves mass for a pudina Chai Tea later if you so wish.
5.Put the black green pudina extract into the hot green sugar syrup and taste it to get right proportion of each.cool.Keep some without sugar syrup -all these in a fridge.
6. TO SERVE NOW--take a long glass put fresh lime ,PUT CRUSHED ICE TILL HALF THE GLASS . Then drop pour the pudina mix from the edge of the glass down it goes below the lime and ice as ist is a syrup and heavy.Pour sprite or limca or soda s you wish slowly down the edge ,do not mix stirr at all.after it fills almost up pour some green pudina mix unmixed with sugar syrup ,on TOP,put a pudina mint leaf with stig with alime slice and serve chilled to make for your summer sweat.GIN goes well with this as it slides down to the bottom.
Drinker may or may not stirr and mix all togather.

Mixed Fruits and Veggie Juices

INGREDIENTS:

4 medium Beetroots

6 big red or orange carrots ( whichever u get )

3 Apples big

1 big bunch of Blue or Green Grapes ( optional )

about 4 thick slices of pinealpple ( not the tinned one please.  leave out if not in season )

METHOD:

JUST WASH ALL THE FRUITS AND VEGGIES AND PEEL AND CORE THEM AS REQUIRED AND CUT INTO LENGHTS WHICH FIT INTO YOUR JUICER AND START CHURNING OUT THE JUICES . 

YOUR JUICE IS READY.

I DONT ADD ON ANY SUGAR SINCE THE BEETROOT AND CARROTS USUALLY ARE SWEET.

YUMMY and the family is mad over this drink.

Strawberry Yogurt Drink

Ingredients:

Yogurt - 1 cup
Sugar - 4 tbsp
Hershey's Strawberry syrup - 2 tbsp

Method:

Mix all the ingredients together. It tastes delicious, if the yogurt is cold and not sour.

Maangai Juice

Ingredients

Sathukudi ( sweet lime )    :    2
Grated mango    :    ½ cup
Sugar    :    as needed
Water    :    2 cup
Ginger juice    :    1 spoon
Pudina juice ( mint)    :    ½ spoon ( if needed )


Method

Squeeze sweet lime and extract juice.
Boil grated mango with 1 ½ cup water in a vessel.
Strain it in a cloth.
In a vessel, add sweet lime juice, mango extract, ginger juice, pudina juice and mix well.
Dissolve sugar in water, strain, add to the juice and mix well.
Store in the fridge.

Palachulai Juice

Ingredients
Palachulai ( jackfruit pieces ) :     5
Milk    :    ¼ litre
Ripe mango    :    1
Sugar    :    150 gm
Honey    :    as needed
Badam     :    as needed
Cashew    :    as needed
Cardamom    :    4 or 5
Salt    :    a pinch

 
Method

Cut mango and jackfruit into small pieces and grind in a mixie.
Boil milk well and cool it.
Soak badam and cashew in water and grind to a paste.
Mix ground fruit, cashew paste and milk.
Add honey, sugar, salt, powdered cardamom and blend it in a mixie.
Store it in the fridge and serve.

Grape Juice

Ingredients:

1/2 Orange Zest
1/4 tsp Cardamom Seeds
4 Cloves
6 Cup Grape Juice
½ Cup Honey
2-Inch Piece Of Cinnamon Stick
2 Cup Water


Method:

1. Place the zest, cardamom seeds and cloves in a small piece of cheese cloth and tie.
2. Boil the juice and honey near to the boiling point over moderate heat.
3. Remove from heat and add the spice bag and cinnamon stick, cover, and set aside for 4 hours.
4. Remove the spice bag and cinnamon stick and refrigerate the juice.
5. Add the water before serving.

Custard Juice

Ingredients

Custard apple - 2
Milk - 200 ml
Sugar - if needed
Ice cubes  - as required

Method

1. Remove the flesh of custard apple.
2. Blend it with milk, ice cubes and sugar if needed and serve.

Watermelon Juice

Ingredients:

One whole Water Melon whichever variety you get..... 
a bottle of  Rose or Rasberry syrup ( I prefer Rex Syrup as it is quiet thick) but any other good make will do.
Crushed Ice
2 glasses of water

cut the melon into half .....  deseed as much as you can .

with a knife just make  incisions and criss cross cuts and scoop out the pulp into a large vessel.
Press the remaining white of the thick skin and you will be surprised at how much water you can squeeze out from the Melon itself.


Add about  a glassfull of the Rose /Rasberry syrup ..... ( depends on how much sweetness you require)

Mix the Melon , Syrup , water and crushed Ice well .  Mash the water Melon as much as u can leave the rest as cubes ...... 
Serve into tall glasses  with Long handled spoons and enjoy.


Optional:

If there is excess liquid remaining after serving  do not throw it away .... just pour into Ice Cube trays and freeze..

Next time round when you make  Rose or Rasberry drinks just add  some of these cubes with a dash of lime and and Soda .
enjoy.


NB: If you want further use of the Water Melon ..... dont throw away  the halved and scooped out shell Just invert it over your head to beat the heat :)

Cranberry Juice

Ingredients

Fresh Cranberries  - as per requirement
Sugar - 3 cups for a cup of juice

Method

1.Discard  stems and wash the cranberries.

2.Heat water in a large pot( water should completely cover the berries ), put the berries in a large pot and add just enough water to cover the berries and cook until soft.

3.Strain the mixture.

4. Add  sugar , mix well and boil for 15 minutes and pour into sterilized jars and seal tightly. 

Dilute this juice further when ready to serve.

Orange Honey Juice

Ingredients

Carrot    :    100 gm
Orange or sweet lime  :     1
Honey    :    2 tsp
Lime juice        :    1 tbsp
Sugar    :    as needed
Pepper powder    :    as needed
Salt    :    as needed
 

Method

Wash carrot and peel the skin.
Grate carrot or cut into small pieces.
Grind it in a mixie with water.
Squeeze juice of orange.
Mix carrot juice, orange juice, pepper powder, salt, sugar, honey and lime juice.
Stir well and store in the fridge.

Carrot Ginger Juice

Ingredients:
Carrots – 6 nos.
Ginger – 1 inch
Orange/apple – 1 no. (Optional)

Method:
Grind the carrots to a paste by adding water.
Add ginger, more water and make a juice.
If using, squeeze the orange or grind the apple and add it to the carrot juice.
Blend once again and serve chilled.

Dates Juice

Ingredients:

3-4 Seedless Dates
1/2 cup Milk
Sugar- optional

Method:

1.Soak the dates in 1 tbsp of water for 2-3 hours.
2.If the outer skin of dates are hard remove it.
3.In a blender, add the milk, dates and sugar, blend well.
4.Serve chilled.

Melon Drink with Honey (Cantaloupe Juice)

We get Cantalope melons in summers in abundance and though it can be cut and devoured by itself  we can also make juice or shake(using sugar and milk) . This is a savoury version to jazz up the sweetness of juice by a little bit.  We can also use other types of melons too in this recipe.

Cantalope(peeled and cubed) - about 2 cups (for 2 glasses)
Ginger - 1" peice
Black peppercorns - about 6
Lime or Lemon juice-1 tbsp
Honey- 2 tbsp or more.
Salt - 2 pinch (it enhances the taste).

Take all these in a blender and blend without water
After blending  strain if required.
add water to get juice texture. Serve chilled or at room temperature.

Carrot Juice

Ingredients

Carrot    :    ¼ kilo
Milk    :    ¼ litre
Sugar    :    as needed
Ice cream essence    :    2 drops

Method

Wash carrots, peel skin and cook.
Grind the carrots in a mixie.
Add boiled and cooled milk, sugar, ice cream essence, mix well.
Store it in the fridge and serve.

Delicious Papaya And Muskmelon Juice

Ingredients:

1 cup Papaya- peeled, chopped
1 cup Muskmelon- peeled, chopped

Method:

1.In a blender, add the papaya, muskmelon and liquidize the fruits.
2.Strain the juice in a strainer.
3.Freshly serve the juice.

Yogurt Drink (Delicious Borhani)

Ingredients

2 cup Yogurt
2 tsp Mint leaves
½ tsp Coriander leaves
7 Green chillies
1 tsp Cumin seeds
 1 tsp Coriander seeds
½ tsp Black pepper powder
½ tsp White pepper powder
2 tsp Mustard seeds
2 tsp Tomato sauce
Salt to taste

Method

    1.In a pan, fry the cumin seeds, chillies, mint leaves, coriander seeds, pepper powders, mustards seeds separately for a minute and make paste of them.
    2.In a bowl, add the yogurt with ½ cup of water and beat well until becomes smooth.
    3.In 4 tsp water, add the mint leave paste, chilly paste, coriander paste, mix well and strain the mixture.
    4.Add the above mixture in the yogurt and mix well.
    5.Add the remaining ingredients to the yogurt mix well and chill for 2-3 hours.
    6.Serve the chilled borhni.