Beat the heat of summer - Tamarind cooler drink

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Everyone.
Today we are here with beat the heat series ..tamarind cooler drink.
Tamarind or imli is well known for its health benefits.
It is a good source of potassium , magnesium fibre and vitamins.
A very good source of vitamin C. Vitamin E, calcium and iron.
Tamarind is very helpful to lowering the blood cholesterol and promoting good and healthy heart.
It is very good for reducing inflammation, improve eye health, boost up respiratory health, heal skin condition, treat piles, prevent from cancer,helpful to improve in digestive system and  strengthen the immune system.
Tamarind is sweet and sour fruit has brown shell covering with sticky,fleshy, juicy pulp.
Tamarind has very healing effect in heat stroke.
It has tremendous value in fighting the sun stroke.
Imli efficacy is to cool your bdy and protect from summer heat and sun stroke.

Cocktail of tamarind juice is extremely beneficial. So, I am here with healthy Indian version of cocktail...
So, this summer try out desi heat cooler  instead of soda or any market bought carbohydrate cold drink.
Quench your thirst with desi imli tamarind  cooler  drink and beat the sun stroke naturally.


 Tamarind (Imli) cooler drink -

Tamarind cooler drink -

Preparation time : 1/2 an hour
Cooking time : 3-4 minutes
Serve 2 glasses

Ingredients -
1/4 cup of tamarind ( imli)
1/2 cup of warm water
8 tbsp of sugar (or as required according to sourness of tamarind)
1tsp of jeera powder (cumin seed powder)
1/2 tsp of black salt (  or according to your taste)
1/4 tsp of common salt
1/4 tsp freshly grounded black pepper (optional )
1tsp of lemon juice
2 glasses of cold water
Some ice cubes
Fresh mint sprig for garnishing


Method -

*Combine 1/4 cup of tamarind and 1/2cup of warm water in bowl.
Mix well, keep aside to soak for half an  hour.
*After 1/2 an hour squeeze out the pulp from soaked tamarind using your hand.
*Strain the tamarind pulp using a strainer or fine seive.
*Strain the concentrated pulp through 2 time more in tea stainer or fine muslin cloth to remove the wastage of tamarind.
*keep aside the paste.
*Heat the saucepan on medium heat add tamarind pulp,sugar and 1/2 glass of water. Let it boil for a 2-3 minutes while stirring occasionally.
*Take off the heat,let it cool down completely.
*Add lemon juice,cumin powder(jeera),black salt,salt and 1 1/2 glasses of cold water.
*Check the consistency  or thickness and sugar salt propotion.
*If required add accordingly.
*Pour in to a glass filled with lots of ice cubes.
*Garnish with mint sprig.
Sweet and sour tasty tamarind cooler is ready to serve. Serve immediately.

Hope ,you will make this a make your summer easy and enjoyable.
Must try this..this is awesome in taste.just like aam panna.
That's all for today.
We shall come very soon by other interesting recipes.
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Asha
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Beat the heat of summer - sattu drink (namkeen )

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Everyone,
Welcome to our kitchen. Today we are going to share with all of you a very refreshing drink- sattu  drink a very popular traditional summer drink  of Bihar and jharkhand as well as UP too.
Easily available at any departmental store.
If it is not available there , I am going to share in mom tips section how to make sattu at home in a easy way.


Sattu is originally made from roasted gram flour has immense health benefits.
Full of nutrition with cooling  properties rich in soluble fibre..very good source of protein and good for digestive system.
Because of its low glycemic index it is suitable and diabetic friendly.
This is also considered as a detox food that cleanse the body and aids in weight loss.

It's help to flush out the oil  consumed in diet.
It is better than any other cold drink because it is assimilated by the body easily and energies  and refresh the body immediately after the consumption.
Very good refreshing drink for instant energy.
As it is a good source of protein ,so it is very healthy for growing children's.
Daily consumption of sattu help to glow your skin.
So,
Go ahead, with sattu drinks and refresh yourself in this hot summer days.
There are two versions of sattu drink - sweet and savoury.. (Meetha and namkeen )
I am going to share a namkin version of making sattu drink.

Sattu drink (Namkeen)

Preparation time : 10 minute
Cooking time : 0 minutes
Serve 2

Ingredients -
4 tbsp of sattu flour ( channa ka sattu)
2 tbsp of lemon juice ( or as per your taste)
1/4 tsp of black salt
1/2 tbsp of roasted cumin powder.
1/4 tsp of salt ( or as per taste)
Some sprig of mint. ( mint leaves or pudina)
2 tbsp of  finely chopped onions
2 glass of water
Some ice cubes

Method -

* Take a pot add sattu flour, salt ,black salt  and water. mix well.
*Add lemon juice , roasted cumin powder and mix well.
Make sure that there is no lumps in the water mixture.
Check the consistency.It should be nor thick or not thin. Add finely chopped onions .
*Pour in to glasses add ice cubes and garnish with lemon ring and mint leaves and pinch of jeera powder or chaat masala powder.
Serve immediately.

My mom tips -
*you can use chaat masala powder or jaljeera  masala powder  instead of roasted cumin powder.
*Adjust salt, spices and lemon as per your taste.
But roasted jeera powder  are found in almost every kitchen. So it is convenient to use roasted jeera powder.
(You can make easily in a minute. Just roast the cumin for 2-3 minutes and cool for a minute and grind in the grinder). That's all. Roasted  cumin powder is ready to use. Use as required.. In dahi bhalla , raita or any dishes.
*If you want to make channa sattu at home then follow my simple method of man ng sattu at home.
*just bought some roasted  channa (without skin) at any departmental or grocery store.
Heat the pan and add roasted channa on medium heat for 3-4 minutes while stirring constantly.
Allow it to cool and grind to fine powder.
Seive in a stainer.
Home made sattu is ready to use.
This is a very easy way out of making sattu at home.
I am sure that you will make and enjoy this summer with this savoury salty refreshing drink.

We shall come very soon with some more exciting recipes.

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Asha
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Beat the heat of summer - Aam paana

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Everyone.

Welcome to our kitchen.
Today we are going to share here a beverage  a well known for its  heat  resistantant properties.

Prepared with raw green mangoes ,sugar and spices. Consumed as a healthy and very very tasty beverage to fight against summer stroke.

In Indian culture  it is usually consumed by every family in summer.
It is a perfect cooled beverage to beat the heat of summer.

It's  quenches thirst and prevent excessive loss of sodium chloride and zinc from our body due to excessive sweating.

It's  a very good source vitamin C , vitamin B1, vitamin B2,niacin .
Curative for blood disorder and gastrointestinal disorder.
Because it's contain vitaminC is a rich in anti oxidant which help to fight against cancer.
So, the super cooler drink aam panna is not only tasty but it has some very essential health benefits.

People make this drink as different ways..

Some make by roasting green mangoes in gas flame until tender inside and then peeled the skin and use the pulp of its for preparing panna.

Some are use to boil in pressures cooker and the peel off the skin of mangoes and use the pulp as required.

Both of the methods are right.. You can use any of them as according to your preference.

Let's make the way I make it..
Note down the right recipe here.

Aam panna -

Preparation time : 10-15
Cooking time  : 6-10 minutes
Serve 2 glasses


Ingredients -

1 medium size green raw mangoes or  1/2 cup cooked raw manogo pulp.
1cup or 10 tbsp of sugar or as per sourness of the mango
1 tsp of roasted cumin seeds powdered
1tsp Black salt ( kala namak) or as per taste
Salt to taste
10-15 mint sprig ( leaves)
Mint leaves and mango pieces for garnish
Cold water as required. ( approximately 2 glasses)
Ice cubes


Method -

*Wash and boil the mangoes in pressure cooker or any utensil on medium heat for at least 5-7 minutes  using 11/2 cup of water or until it's tender inside.

Let them cool and peel the skin of mangoes and mash and pass the mixture through seive.
Puree in a blender with mint leaves (pudina) to a smooth paste.
*Add cumin seeds, black salt ,common salt and sugar. Mix well till sugar dissolves.
Keep aside in refrigerator to chill it.

*Add chilled water as required to dilute the paste as per your taste.
Use more or less amount of water according to your taste.
If you want some thick drink use less amount of water , if you want thin drink use more amount of water for preparing panna.

*pour into in tall glasses  add ice cubes

*Garnish with mint leaves and mango pieces.

*serve chilled.
Healthy super heat resistant cooler  is ready to sip.


My mom tips -

*Use less or more sugar according to the sournress of mango pulp.
If needed more sugar add accordingly.
*Use roasted cumin powder and black salt as per your taste.
If you like more cumin seeds powder use as per your taste.
*you can  ditectly roast green mango in  on gas stove fire on medium heat untill it become tender. Cool down completely and peel off the skin and use the mangoes pulp as required.
Roasting in a fire gives panna a smoky flavour taste.

That's all for today.
I am sure you will love to make it at your home and beat the heat of summer at this way.

We shall come very soon with some summer dessert and cooler.

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Asha
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Beat the heat of summer - watermelon lemonade slush

 Hello,
Everyone.
These days summer is really very hot. Everyone wants to cool you off with these heat flashes.
For now, It is needed a perfect heat relief  is to drink a cool glass of refreshing  drink.
So, we made simple but healthy cooling  refreshing mood drink..watermelon lemonade slush.
100℅ natural and refreshing too.

Before going to share the recipe detail , I want to share with all of you very briefly It some health benefits of watermelon.

*watermelon decreases the risk of obesity diabetes, heart disease and promote a healthy complexion (skin) and hair.
Increase energy and best things is lower the weight.

*It is very beneficial for lowering blood pressure .

*Because of its red colour it's contain rich amount of lycopene  may help to protect against heart disease and cancer.. Especially prostate cancer.

*Because of its fiber content and water, it is helpful in constipation.

*It hydrate the body - because it make up of 92% of water and full of important minerals (electrolyte). A great drink or snacks  during summer month to prevent dehydration.
Loved by kids as well as adults too.

Watermelon lemonade slush -

Preparation time -10 minutes
Cooking time 3-4 minutes
Makes 2 glasses

Ingredients -

5cups of  seet watermelon diced ( cut into in chunks and deseed it)

1/4 cup or 4 tablespoons of lemon juice

4-5 tablespoons of simple syrup ( recipe in note)  or  (4 tablespoon of powdered sugar)


Ice cubes or crushed ices

Sprig of fresh mint( pudina), lemon rings

and watermelon chunks for garnishing..

Method -

*Put the watermelon chunks in a blender. puree it until smooth .

*strain  the liquid into a bowl through a fine soup strainer ( or seive)  to remove seeds or  its pulp or solid.
you will get about 4 cup of watermelon juice from this.
Refrigerate until cold.

*Add lemon juice, simple syrup or powdered sugar it it.
Stir gently to combine all the ingredients.
Add some  ice cubes and blend in a blender till smooth.

*pour the lemonade slushy into serving glasses with some cruhed ices.

*Garnish with mint sprig,  lemon rings and watermelon chunks.
Serve immediately ..serve cool  and enjoy this refreshing cool boon drink.

This is 100% natural drink and delicious too.

Make it for your family and friends.
You will find that they relish it and enjoy in this scorching summer and you will love to make it again and again.

( Note ) - recipe of simple syrup -

*For simple syrup -
Ingredients -
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar

*put I/2 cup of water in a small saucepan  and bring to boil on high heat.Add sugar.stir well. Cook until sugar completely dissolved.
Remove from the heat. Let it cool down completely. Store in a fridge. use as required.

My mom tip -

* Use fresh and red coloured watermelon for good and healthy drinks ,because the sweetness  of recipe depends upon how sweet and red watermelon are.

Taste it to check the sugar lemon proportion. If you find some sugar or lemon is inadequate,add as required.

*If you don't want to make simple syrup for any reason ..just skip it and add powdered sugar instead of sugar syrup.

(For powdered sugar - just grind sugar to fine powder in a grinder. Powdered sugar is ready to use.)

That's all for the day.we shall come very soon with some refreshing summer cooler.

We are signing off.

Asha
Archana

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