Masala Majjiga

Hi

Everyone loves traditional butter milk. Good for health and alternate to aerate drinks and a great treat in summer. With little variation I have prepared this little spiced MASALA BUTTER MILK. During summer it is indeed  a blessing.

Moreover it is inviting and refreshing drink, as most of us having curd in refrigerator.

OK Let us go to prepare delicious masala butter milk.

Ingredients

• Thick curd                                      1 cup
• Water                                              2 cups
• Garlic                                              2 to 3 flakes
• Mint leaves                                     10
• Fresh lemon juice
• Pepper powder
• Salt

How I did it

1. Take curd in a bowl.
2. Add little water and salt and churn it with mathu (kavvam).
3. Heat drop of oil in popu pan and fry garlic for few second.
4. Crush them with your fingers and add crushed garlic in butter milk.
5. Finally add pepper powder and fresh lemon juice in it.
6. Mix well.
7. Chill for 30 minutes.
8. At the time serving garnish with mint leaves.

 

Yummy butter milk is ready to serve.

My Note

See the consistency of and add water. It depends on the thickness and sourness of curd.
In summer butter milk can be watery is taste and good.

Nutritional Info

Rich source of Vitamin 12.
To help fight anaemia and stress.
Digestive problems are often advised to drink butter milk with little mustard seeds.

Keera Juice

Hi

Coming with definite diet, having high content of water, natural refreshing summer special and is also a quickie ie CUCUMBER JUICE. It is not only cooling juice but also tastes good.

OK Let us go to prepare this yummy juice.

Ingredients

• Cucumber
• Water
• Sugar 
• Honey
• Ginger
• Mint leaves

How I did it

1. Wash and Peel cucumber.
2. Slice off the ends of the cucumber. Don't use top and bottom as they are hard.
3. Cut the cucumber into slices or cubes.
4. Place them in food processor or juicer/ blender.
5. Add sugar, honey, ginger and mint leaves.
6. See the pulpy mixture.
7. Set a fine mesh stainer over a bowl and strain the puree, stir the puree with the back of the metal spoon to take out all juice.
8. Finally add fresh lemon juice and a pinch of salt.
9. Add water if necessary, depends up on the consistency.

  Cucumber juice is done and ready to serve. Serve chilled or with ice cubes

My Note

• It is easy if you grate cucumber. I add 2 pieces with out peeling for the purpose of green colour juice. It looks nice.
• You can add only lemon juice and salt also.

Nutritional Info

Vitamin A B C found in cucumber.
Makes your skin soft and radiant.
Stabilize Blood Pressure level

Watermelon Lemonade

Hi

Stop worrying about the severity of summer this year. Enjoy it with a lovely Watermelon Lemonade with a twist. With its mouth watering look and tangy taste, kids will love it as an after school drink. Watermelon when eaten as it is has more benefits. But to beat this hot summer fresh juice is necessary.

OK Let us go to prepare this quick juice.

Ingredients

• Watermelon
• Fresh lemon juice
• Pudina leaves
• Pepper
• Salt

How I did it

1. Prepare watermelon juice with the help of juicer.
2. Strain it with strainer for any seeds.
3. Mix lemon juice, salt, pepper powder as per your taste.
4. Mix well with the spoon.
5. Pour juice into glass up to 3/4th of the glass.
6. Fill the rest 1/4th glass with finely chopped watermelon cubes.
7. Garnish with fresh Pudina leaves.
8. Refrigerate for some time.

Fresh Watermelon Lemonade is ready to serve.

My Note

Add a pinch of Fruit Chat masala for a twist in taste
You can optionally add sugar for sweetness. It is better to use the natural sweetness of watermelon.

Aam Ka Panna

Hi

The summer is very severe in Hyderabad. Daily in morning I prepare summer coolents like butter milk, water melon juice, ragi malt with thin butter milk, orange juice and sabja seeds water etc. and keep them in the fridge. We have it through out the day and also serve it to guests when they come home in the hot weather.

As tasty mangoes are already in market, I planned to prepare AAM KA PANNA with raw mangoes, a tasty and healthy beverage, refreshing summer drink/juice.

Let us go to prepare this yummy sour and sweet soft drink.

Ingredients

• Raw mango                                      1 big
• Jaggery/ sugar
• Cardamom                                        2 to 3 powdered
• Black salt                                          1/2 tbsp
• Black pepper                                     4 to 5 powdered
• Sabja seeds                                        1/2 tbsp soaked
• Mint leaves                                        10

How I did it

1. Wash raw mangoes under running water throughly.
2. Pressure cook whole mango with little water for 3 to 4 whistles till they become soft.
3. So that the peel comes off easily.
4. Let it cool.
5. Remove the cooked mangoes pulp and discard the peeled skin and seed.
6. Add powdered sugar, cardamom, black pepper, black salt and mint leaves and mix well. It is easy to use blender into smooth puree.
7. Transfer into a clean air tight bottle/jar.

Aam ka Panna is ready. Meantime soak 1/2 tbsp of sabja seeds with 1/2 a glass of water for 30 minutes. See sabja seeds are swollen up twice its size.

How to serve

Take 3/4 glass of cold water, add 1tbsp of prepared aam ka panna. Stir well. Add sabja water with sabja seeds and serve.

My Note

• Measurements of pulp would be 1:2 ratio. ie 1 cup of pulp and 2 cups of sugar.
• You can use jaggery also.
• One can cut the mangoes and boil it prepare pulp. Pick your option.
• You can use totapuri mangoes also.
• Use only few mint leaves, otherwise raw mangoes flavor will go off.
• The mixing of water while serving depend on the consistency and sourness of mango.

Nutritional Info

• Unripe mangoes are rich in vitamin 'C'.
• Loaded with Iron.
• It has strong heat resistance properties.
• Sabja seeds are rich in fiber. Best body coolent and increse immunity.

Ragi Ambali

Hi Friends

Today I want to share you all with typical healthy drink and which keeps you active and energetic ie RAGI AMBALI. This is summer special drink. It is very common preparation in rural ares. Now a days it is prepared as special  item in 5 star hotels. From health point of view and health awareness, most of us prefer this ragi java/ambali/malt. Yes I remember, in villages, farmers working in fields have their breakfast as ragi ambali and start their work. They won't get hungry till afternoon even though they  work hard as Ragi contains amino acid and Tryptophan which reduces appetite. Ragi made dishes is a popular diet in rural areas.

In our house, during summer season I prepare this ragi ambali in morning times this in a large bowl and keep in the fridge. My children and grand children have this  instead of tea/coffee and when ever they want.

It is a traditional Indian beverage, delicious either sweet or salt. I remember when our childhood my father brought ready made ragi ambali tins .They are available in  different flavors.

OK Let us go to prepare sour ragi ambali.

Ingredients          ( 2 glasses)

• Ragi flour                   2 tbsp
• Curd                          1/2 cup ( as needed )
• Water                         1 glass
• Salt                             1/8 tbsp

Cooked Ragi Flour & Curd

How I did it

1. Take a bowl, mix ragi flour in water to avoid lumps formation and keep aside.
2. Take another wide bowl, boil water and salt, turn the flame to low and add mixed ragi flour slowly. Stir continuously to avoid burning in the bottom and should have no lumps. 
3. Cook 5 to 7 minutes. It starts thicken. Switch off the stove.
4. Let it cool.
5. Then add curd and water and mix with wooden kavvam.
6. It can be taken as is or can be taken it cold keeping in the fridge.

Ragi Ambali

My Note

• You can add finely chopped curry leaves and coriander leaves in sour ragi ambali.
• If you feel bore taking with salt add chopped jaggery instead of salt and milk in place of curd.
• For little variation add chopped bite size badam etc in ragi ambali.
• Buy ragi flour in organic shops only.

Nutritional info

• It keeps the body cool. Normally it is often taken in summer.
• It is rich in iron and calcium.