DALGONA

This one needs no introduction now because of its huge popularity during this lockdown..i used to make coffee this way ..creamy and rich ,but had no idea that it had a name like "dalgona"...i am not a "coffee" person.but whenever i have ,i love to have it strong and creamy.

Needless to say this coffee is addictive,rich and creamy just like the one we get from cafe coffee day or any fancy coffee shop.the good news is we don't need any fancy ingredients to make this one...let's move on to the recipe..

INGREDIENTS

1. coffee powder - 3tbsp
2. Sugar - 3tbsp
3. Water - 3tbsp
4. Milk - 1/2 cup

HOW TO MAKE

• Take a bowl add coffee powder, sugar ,water  and beat well with hand wisk or electric beater untill the mixture is creamy.Using hand whisk will take more time but you can get the same consistency. 
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• Boil milk and pour into serving glass
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• Top the milk with coffee cream we made

You can garnish with chocolate chips or cookie crumbs or bit of coffee powder or even honey.

Enjoy your dalgona coffee:)))

PINACOLADA

Hello all...very happy to be back again blogging.its been loooooong time ....summer is getting hotter day by day and what else other than a refreshing pinacolada recipe i could chose to post here today.

Happened to have this yummy drink at a restaurant here.i love pineapple..that too with coconut milk and fresh cream..it was heavenly..since then i wanted to make this at home.

Pinacolada is actually a  sweet mocktail made with rum ,coconut cream coconut milk and pineapple juice .But i have converted this cocktail conveniently  into a mocktail :)).It is regarded as the national drink of  Puerto Rico...do you all know we too have our national drink .it's Tea:).                                

Ingredients

1.pineapple  - 1cup chopped

2.coconut milk - 1/2 cup

3. Fresh cream  - 4 tbsp

4.sugar - as required

Method

put the chopped  pineapple into the blender and blend well

now add the coconut milk and cream and sugar

blend well till frothy

serve and enjoy...........................:)

Apple Green Grapes Drink

Last week i have been to Mumbai to meet our friends there.I fell in love with Mumbai about 3 years back.Friends ,chaat ,shopping everything has been soooo  special and wonderful ever since.Like the previous visits, had a great time this time also..thank u soooo much M & R:)

While i was going through Vanita pachakam magazine at my friend's place in Mumbai i came across this recipe .Without any delay i just clicked the recipe in my mobile  and once i reached back home i tried this drink.It was green in colour as soon as i made the drink.But very soon ,even before i finished straining the juice it started changing colour to dark brownish green.I guess its the apple which changed the colour.

Recipe for apple green grapes drink
ingredients

1. apple - 1
2. green grapes - 1/2 cup
3. lemon - 1, chopped into small pieces
4. sugar - to taste (optional)

How to make

• in a blender blend apple and green grapes nicely along with little water.
• strain the juice. 
• take a tall glass add lemon pieces and icecubes(if u are using).
•  pour the juice into the glass and serve.

Notes

• u can add soda water to this drink
• sugar is optional since apple and grapes are already sweet
• u can even add mint leaves for the flavour

Sending this post to srivalli's CC Challenge of the month-april 2014, week 3

Strawberry Milkshake

After making strawberry jam i had some more strawberries left in my fridge.So i thought of making Strawberry milkshake.Milkshakes are my all time favourite.I have so many milkshake recipes in my draft which i will be posting soon.Since its summer i am thinking of posting mostly juice and milkshake recipes

This is a very simple and easy recipe with very few ingredients.How relieving it would be to have a glass of milkshake on this summer.aaaaah....:)

Recipe for strawberry milkshake

ingredients

1. strawberry - 1/2 cup
2. frozen/chilled milk - 1 cup
3. sugar/honey - 2 tbsp

How to make

• wash strawberries thoroughly and drain them
• in a blender add  crushed milk(if using frozen milk) sugar/honey and strawberries and blend nicely
• pour the milkshake into a glass and enjoyyyyyyy:)

Ginger Lemonade

Summer has arrived with full swing.Its terrible to step out of house in the afternoon but i have to go and pick my daughter at 1pm.Once we step inside the house me and my daughter gulp down a lot of water at once.Nowadays i prepare this lemonade and keep it in fridge and go to pick my daughter so that we can refresh with this cool drink when we are back home.

Lemonade is a lemon flavoured drink sweetened with sugar.In different places there are variations in the drink and its name.Here i  have tried ginger lemonade.

recipe for ginger lemonade

ingredients

1. lemon - 2
2. ginger - 1 medium piece
3. sugar - 5 tbsp
4. water - 3 cup

method

• squeeze the lemon and extract the juice
• crush ginger in a mortar n pestle and keep aside
• now in a vessel add the lemon extract, crushed ginger, sugar and water and mix well until sugar is dissolved
• now serve it in a glass with few ice cubes

Notes
adjust the quantity of water and sugar as per individual preference

Watermelon Mojito

Watermelon is one fruit which one can always find in my refrigerator ...A glass of watermelon juice or a slice ,i find them very filling.My husband love to have watermelon juice with a pinch of chaat masala after dinner almost everyday.

Traditionally mojito is a cocktail that uses rum,limejuice,sparkling water/sodawater alongwith mint.Here i have replaced rum with watermelon ;)...The combination of lime juice and mint complement the watermelon juice.

Recipe for watermelon mojito

ingredients

1. watermelon  - 1 cup sliced into cubes
2. mint leaves - a handful
3. lime juice - 3 tbsp
4. sugar - 1 tbsp
5. soda water/sparkling water - 1/4 cup
6. crushed icecubes - to fill the bottom of glass

how to make

• blend the watermelon cubes and sugar  using a mixer
• slightly crush the mint leaves using a pestle 
• now take a tall glass add crushed ice cubes
• pour the watermelon juice to the half of the glass
• add lime juice and crushed mint leaves
• then fill the glass with soda water
• now mix well using a spoon
• garnish with mint leaves and serve

Notes

• you can even sprinkle a pinch of chaat masala also
• sugar can be replaced with honey 
• you can omit soda water if you don't have 

Oreo Milkshake

My daughter is a die hard oreo fan.She keeps asking for oreo all the time.and if she forgets to ask, Ranbir Kapoor reminds her about oreo with his cute actions in the oreo ad..hihi;).So for a change i decided to try oreo milkshake.She liked that too.Needless to say me and my husband ended up licking the last drop..It was soooo delicious especially with that crumbled oreo filled to the bottom of the glass.

Since i had some leftover icecream in the freezer i used it only for topping,for an extra punch;).you can use any topping you like.you are the boss;)...This milkshake like any other shake is filling and tasty..enjoy..........now let's make it

ingredients

• oreo biscuits(any flavour)- 3 or 4nos
• frozen milk - one cup 
• sugar - 1tbsp(adjust to personal preference)
• oreo biscuit crumbled - 1( for garnishing)
• chocolate vermicelli -for topping
• vanilla icecream -for topping
• edible silver balls -for topping

Method

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• in a blender add  crushed frozen milk and 4oreo biscuits along with sugar and icecream(if using) 
• blend well 
• take a glass and fill the bottom with the crushed oreo biscuit 
• then pour the shake over that
• top it with icecream of your choice and chocolate vermicelli 
• enjoy this chilled delicious drink...:)

Notes

• frozen milk gives that thickeness to your shake.you can use chilled milk also
• you can increase the sugar as you like
• i even added horlicks for that extra taste since i like horlicks in shakes:)

Cardomom Tea

cardomom tea

welcome all to my humble blog...I have been flipping pages of my recipe dairy over and over again just to decide which recipe to start posting with.Finally decided to start with a warm cup of cardomom/elaichi tea:).This is a cardomom tea recipe which has a rich flavour of cardomom.Cardomom is a most important spice which is used as a flavouring agent and also it has many medicinal uses too.Though i am not a tea-a-holic i love this cardomom tea.Every sip of this tea is refreshing.Now to the recipe.

 Ingredients       

1. milk-   1/2 cup
2. water- 1cup      
3. sugar -1tbsp
4. cardomom/elaichi   - 2 or 3 pods
5. tea leaves - 1tsp/2tsp(i used 3 roses)

Method

1. mix water and milk in a pan and bring to boil
2. add sugar and tea leaves and simmer for few minutes
3. then add the cardomom pods after slightly smashing them
4. boil till the desired strength of tea is attained.
5. strain the tea into cups

         Notes    

• the quantity of milk can be increased or decreased as per individual preference
• you can use milkpowder or skimmed milk also.i used packet milk here