Lavender tea
Ingredients 1 tsp dried lavender flowers/blooms (see picture) 2 to 3 cups of hot water Preparation Pour 2-3 cups of boiling water over 1 teaspoons dried flowers, infuse for 5 minutes (or 10 minutes if you like the strong flavor). ***Lavender tea is good stress, depression, insomnia, and headache. You may drink it cold; it also tastes delightful. You may add some honey or mix it with lemon juice. Serves 12 medium muffins By...
Frosty Mango Milk Shake
India is a paradise for mango lovers. During the growing season, dozens of varieties reach the marketplace –some fruits as large as footballs. One of the most loved and outstanding varieties, Alphonso, is nearly fiber-free, rose-pineapple-perfumed and a brilliant orange-red in color. It is an excellent choice for any fruit dessert or beverage that stands on its own. Though this shake is traditionally made with rich milk, it is...
Ekadashi Dhaniya Coffee
Ingredients • Coriander seeds – 1 cup • Sugar – 1/2 cup • Cloves – 4-5 • Water – 1 cup • Milk – 4-5 cups Preparation Take a thick bottomed vessel and dry roast the cloves on medium flame. Add the coriander seeds and dry roast till they turn blackish in color. 1. Now add the sugar while stirring continuously to prevent the sugar from burning. Keep stirring till all the sugar...
Mixed Grape Juice
Ingredients • Black grapes – 1/3 cup • Red grapes – 1/3 cup • Green grapes – 1/3 cup • Water – l ¼ cups • Sugar – 2 tbsp Preparation 1. Remove all the stems from the grapes. 2. Place all the mix grapes in a bowl and wash them 2-3 times and strain the water from the grapes. 3. Transfer all the grapes in a big vessel. 4. Add sugar and little water if you need. 5. Then...
Mixed Fruit & Carrot Juice
Ingredient: Carrots 2 medium Sweet lime 2 medium Muskmelon 1/2 Apple 1 medium Pomegranate seeds (anardana) 1/4 cup Fresh mint leaves a few sprigs Method: (1) Scrape the carrots and cut them into batons. Peel the sweet lime, separate segments and remove seeds. Peel melon and chop roughly. Roughly chop apple. (2) Put all these ingredients one by one in the mixer and blend. Add pomegranate pears...
Kesar Doodh
Ingredients • 4 C milk • ½ C Sugar • 1 Tbsp Kesar doodh masala (see spice blends section) • 4 Tbsp Water Preparation 1. Take kesar doodh masala and water in a bowl and mix it well. 2. Heat the milk at low heat. When milk starts boiling add the masala mixture and sugar to it and stir for 5 minutes. Now your kesar doodh is ready to drink. Yield 4 Cup By Varun Shukla ...