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Thirst quenchers for summer
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COOLERS Fresh juice
Summer is here and what better way to quench your thirst than with a glass of fresh juice.
Punch
Ingredients
Water - two cups
Sugar - two cups
Chopped pineapple - half cup
Juice of orange - half cup
Juice of lemon - four tbsp
Method Prepare sugar syrup by mixing sugar to water and bringing it to a boil. Add juices to the syrup. When cool, serve with ice cubes.
Citrus cocktail shake
Ingredients
Juice of grape fruit - three-fourth cup
Juice of lemon - quarter cup
Juice of orange - half cup
Sugar - half cup
Crushed ice - one cup
Mint leaves- one tbsp
Method Mix all ingredients together. Pour into cocktail glass and garnish with mint leaves.
Ginger-lime squash
Ingredients
Sugar - half kg
Water - five cups
Juice of lime - one cup
Peeled ginger - 100 gm
Method Boil water with sugar and ginger. Stir thoroughly. When it becomes cold, strain and add juice of lime.
Jal jeera
Ingredients
Tamarind - 100 gm
Roasted ground jeera - two tbsp
Mint leaves - one bunch
Juice of lemon - two tbsp
Black salt - half tsp
Ground sugar - three tbsp
Hot water - six cups
Salt - one tsp
Method Soak tamarind in hot water. Strain and extract juice. Grind a few mint leaves and roasted jeera to a fine paste and mix in the juice of tamarind. Add sugar, salt and juice of lime. Mix, chill and serve with mint leaves.
Watermelon-cucumber special
Ingredients
Juice of watermelon - 300 ml
Juice of cucumber - 100 ml
Ginger - One-inch piece
Salt and pepper - to taste
Method Peel and remove seeds from cucumber. Cut watermelon, cucumber into small cubes. Slice ginger. Run them in a blender. Strain juice. Serve with ice cubes, pepper and salt.
Banana-orange cooler
Ingredients
Juice of orange - 1 cup
Milk powder - three tbsp
Water - quarter cup
Sugar- one-and-a-quarter tbsp
Small plantain (poovan) - 2
Method Mix water, milk powder and juice of orange. Mash plantain with a fork. Add to the mixture. Put sugar and pour into a bottle and cover well with lid. Shake well and serve.
Melon-lemon punch
Ingredients
Juice of water melon - 400 ml
Juice of lemon - two tbsp
Ginger - one inch
Rock salt - a pinch
White pepper powder - a pinch
Method Cut melon into cubes. Blend melon, lemon juice and ginger in a blender. Strain, add salt and pepper.
INDU NARAYAN
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