Pista Falooda

Falooda is a well known cold, sweet beverage which is usually consumed as drink or as dessert. Its origin longs back to Mughal Empire. It is originally made with rose flavoured milk but depending on choice it has been made with varied flavours like saffron flavoured or mango flavoured or even pista, chocolate and many others. I wished to try pista flavoured falooda as I'm not that fan of rose flavor and we as a family enjoyed it to the core with a dollop of vanilla icecream. Sounds yum? Lets see how I made this pista falooda.

Mango Milkshake

Mango season almost ended, still we manage to get the mangoes here from Asian stores which are imported from Asian countries. I got last week a carton of mangoes in which it was mentioned 'Honey Sweet Mangoes'(they were really very very sweet mangoes) that were exported from India.
Mango being the king of all fruits it is liked by almost all. My kid Shreeya is so choosy and always expects me to prepare mango milkshake atleast one time a day because she got used to mango milkshake once a day during mango season.
But literally I'm worried with the thought that in the days to come, they won't be available for another one year. We get mangoes from Brazil here during offseason too but they could never reach the taste of Indian mangoes. So once I tried to delude my daughter by preparing milk mixed with Pediasure instead of mango milkshake but Alas, she couldn't be betrayed. She was asking me again and again to prepare mango milkshake for her. I'm now in a situation of worried mom thinking as how to make her forget about the mango milkshake soon. Well I'll soon get some good ideas. Let me now share with you all very simple delightful yummy milkshake made of mango recipe is as below.

Authentic Aamras

Aamras is nowadays prepared in many ways by grinding mango chunks with added other ingredients, but the traditional or I could say the authentic way of preparing involves extracting pure juicy mango pulp alone without any fibrous content. Having been in Gujarat for few years I tried to get hold of few recipes that are considered to be a must during particular time of the year, say aamras during mango season, Ghujiyas/Ghughras during Diwali etc.I got sweet mangoes from an Indian store nearby. Thought to prepare aamras out of it.
Here I share with you the old way of extracting pulp from mango.

Pomegranate Juice

Sipping the yummy pomegranate juice is a luxury at any time and any season of the year for our family. Till my marriage never tried juice out of pomegranate. Only it was consumed as fruit. After marriage when we were staying in India my better half introduced me this yummy coolant.
The colour itself is so soothing and not to forget the taste. I could skip any day's meal for this particular juice. Pomegranate rich in vitamins like vitamin C, K and also contains many minerals in it.
Worth the effort behind deseeding and blending to prepare the juice.

Carrot Cashewnut Milkshake

Before moving to Germany me with my family got a chance to visit one of my close friend's house. Our welcome drink there was this yummy milkshake. I was continuously asked to keep guessing the ingredients of the milkshake. My guessing session went on with my different guesses based on colour and taste of the milkshake like, ingredients may be muskmelon,almond, and many more but finally I was surprised to know that it was carrot cashewnut milkshake. Wow still remember the day, my kid was just 9 months old and she drank that so easily that I wondered why the hell I din't get this idea before! This milkshake recipe was from my friend's husband Mr A. Wow, so yummy it was! You could make any kid eat carrot this way because the smell of carrot never remains in the final product and hence no wonder if I tell a kid will just finish it off and ask for more. I was really surprised to know the ingredients in the milkshake from my friend. Well here I share with you the unique recipe of this yummylicious milkshake.

Orange Juice

Fresh juices are always comforting and refreshing during summers.
They quench your thirst and make you feel fresh.
Here I come with a fresh orange juice.Very simple recipe is here

Ingredients:
Oranges-2
Sugar-2-3 tsp (based on sweetness preferred)
Water-1 cup
Ice cubes -few (optional)

Recipe:
Peel oranges,take seeds if any and drop them to blender
Add rest of the ingredients into it and blend together.
Strain the juice if you don't prefer pulp in your juice.
I din't strain as I wanted them in my juice
Enjoy with ice cubes

Enjoy the dish! n don't forget Eat and Eat little MORE.. :)

Avocado Milkshake

Eating an avocado of is a good way to increase the amount of vitamins and minerals in your diet.Avocados are rich in healthy fats,fiber,a store house of different vitamins,minerals like magnesium and potassium.Best and good food for growing kids.
Here I have a simple avocado milkshake for you.

Ingredients:
Ripe Avocado- 1/2
Milk- 1 1/2 cup
Sugar-1 1/2 tbsp (Depending upon the sweetness required)
Ice cubes (optional)
Chocolate syrup-a tsp (optional)

Recipe:
Cut avocado and after removing the pulp, cut them into chunks and drop into a blender.
Add just little milk around half cup and sugar and blend well till it is smooth.
Now add remaining milk and blend again.
Line your serving glass with chocolate syrup and add the milkshake to it.(I didn't use that syrup too)
Add ice cubes and serve chill. (I din't add as I had to give that to my kid)

  Enjoy the dish! n don't forget Eat and Eat little MORE.. :)

Sending this to Sumee's Culinary Bites,Favourite Recipes Event: Drinks

Red Grapes Smoothie

A bowl of Grapes, ideal for weight loss rather than munching fried high calorie snacks in the evening, isn't it ?In my refrigerator's fruit section I found many fruits and yesterday thought let it be a light low fat fruity dinner for me and family.
So planned to prepare Red grapes smoothie and honey glazed apple ring pancakes.Click here for the honey glazed apple ring pancakes recipe
Red grapes are rich in vitamins, especially vitamin C and B, copper, anthocyanins, manganese and potassium. It is also low in calories and high in dietary fiber.

Most nutritionists and health experts would recommend consuming more of red grapes. The reason for this would be the high content of antioxidant resveratrol in red grapes, as compared to green ones.

Red grapes contain anthocyanins, a polyphenol. It is the presence of anthocyanins, which gives red grapes its characteristic color. Anthocyanins are absent in green grapes.

Now are these features not enough for me to get motivated to prepare something out of Red Grapes.

Yes, definitely, so here comes the very recipe for another relishing smoothie, Red grape smoothie.

 

Ingredients:

Red grapes-1 1/2 cup

Yogurt-1 cup

Milk-1/2 cup

Honey- 3-4 tsp, but original recipe calls for sugar-2-3 tsp

Ice cubes-optional

 

Recipe:

Blend all the ingredients together in a blender except ice cubes

Serve with 1-2 ice cubes if preferred chilled.

The cold weather here didn't let me further chill it with ice cubes.

Enjoy the dish! n don't forget Eat and Eat little MORE.. :)

Sending this to Nivedhanam's Celebrate Summer event started by Jagruti, Priya's  Healthy me n you  ,Sizzling Tastebuds's Summer Splash

 

Mango Lassi/Mango Smoothie

A cool drink that tingles your taste bud and gives you a sort of relaxation is always welcome :)
Simple yet tasty smoothie.. Here comes the recipe...

Mango Lassi

Ingredients
2 cups ripe mangoes, peeled and chopped 
1 cup yogurt
1/2 cup milk
1/8 teaspoon cardamom powder (elachi)
3 tablespoons sugar, adjust to taste
Few mint leaves to garnish (Optional)
3 cups crushed ice or ice cubes or even cold water, use as needed

Recipe

Using a blender puree the mangoes
Now add yogurt,milk,sugar,elachi and whip in blender
Now add ice or water and whip again till lassi consistency is reached.
Garnish with mint leaves and enjoy.

Enjoy the dish! n don't forget Eat and Eat little MORE.. :)