WATERMELON BLOSSOM

Watermelon is summer fruit. This drink is icy cold and can quench thirst on these hot days. It can be the apt energizing drink during hot summer days.

Ingredients:
4 cups watermelon juice

4 tsp lemon juice

8 tsp strawberry crush

2 cups soda

Sugar and salt to taste

Ice cubes or crushed ice

Strawberry slice for garnish


Preparation:
* Blend Watermelon juice and the strawberry crush for few seconds.

* Add lemon juice, sugar and salt

* Add ice and stir well.

* Pour drink into tall glasses.

* Garnish with slice of strawberry or lemon slice and your drink is ready now.

CUCUMBER MINT APPETIZING DRINK

This refreshing drink is so good for health specially in hot months. It is perfect cooler on hot days. It works as an appetizer also. Serve it before or with a meal.

Ingredients:
2 Cups fresh yoghurt

30 Mint leaves

1 Cucumber (peeled and cut into pieces)

2 tsp Chopped coriander leaves

½ Roasted cumin seeds

½ tsp Black Salt (rock salt) to taste

 2 Cups Chilled water

Mint leaves for garnish

Method:
Combine all the ingredients except water and blend in electric blender till smooth. Add chilled water. Blend till frothy. Pour it into glasses and garnish with mint leaves. Your healthy drink is ready now.

LEMONADE GRAPES DRINK

It is quick and easy to make. This drink helps reduce body heat and will make you feel cooler in the summer. You can change the quantity of lemon and grapes juice to your choice.

Ingredients:

½ Cup lemon juice

1 Cup grape juice

Sugar to taste

2 Cup soda

1 Cup crushed ice

Lemon slice for garnish

Method:

Mix grape and lemon juice together

Add sugar also

Add soda and ice

Mix well

Pour it into tall glasses

Garnish with lemon slice

Serve cool

SPROUTS FRIED RICE

It is very healthy and nutritious becaused sprouts are one of the most nutritional food and rich with vitamins, minerals, proteins and enzymes. Try it.

Preparation Time : 5-10 minutes
Cooking Time : 30 minutes
Serves / Makes : 4 portions

Ingredients:

Basmati rice – 2 cups

Mung bean sprouts – 1 cup

Soya sauce – ½ tsp

Tomato sauce – 1 tsp

Chopped onion – 2 tsp

Chopped garlic – 1 tsp

Vinegar – 1 tsp

Red chilli paste – 1 tsp

White pepper powder –to taste

Oil for frying

Salt to taste

Method:

Finely wash the rice and soak for 10-15 minutes and drain.

Boil water in a pan and add rice and salt.

Cook on low heat and should be uncovered. It’s important that rice should not be over cooked.

Heat oil in a non stick pan.

Add the garlic, onion and ginger, Stir and fry them for few seconds on medium heat.

Add chilli paste and vinegar and mix well and stir for 10 minutes.

Add sprouts and cover and cook for 3-4 minutes.

Now add Soya sauce, tomato sauce and white pepper powder and mix gently.

Add the rice (cool rice) and stir fry for 2 minutes.Serve hot.

KESAR PISTA KULFI

It is very famous Indian dessert. Saffron is easily available in the market. Saffron has been used as spice and coloring agent and it gives nice taste and yellow color to kulfi.You can add any other nuts to your choice.

Ingredients

Cream milk – 2 cups

Khoya or Dry milk – 150 gm

Sugar – 10 tsp ( according to taste)

Saffron (kesar) – 2 tsp

Pistachios – 10-12(chopped)

Cream – 2 cups (beaten)

Cardamom seeds – 4-5

How to make

Put the milk and khoya in non stick pan and stirring constantly in low heat.

Add Cardamom seeds

Add cream in mixture

Add sugar and stir well

Add Saffron and Pistachios

Stir well and allow cooling

Filled the mixture into Kulfi molds

Cover with foil wrap

Now freeze it until firm

Dip each kulfi mould into water

Remove the ice-cream from the molds with the help of knife around the corners.

Cut into slices and serve in ice-cream bowls.