ISSUE OF MARCH 2004  
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Cooling Tips And Sips

As summer sets in a layer of sweat on the brow, it is time to keep our cool and beat the heat. Out come all the cotton shirts, the best deos and crisp clean hankies! Sport a short trendy hair-do and shade the eyes with sun glasses that make you look chic and cool. Rest a while and sip these cooling tumblers of lemonades and squashes with a difference.

 

Aam Ka Abshola

Ingredients
Raw mangoes 1 kg
Fresh mint leaves 6-7 sprigs
Lemons 2
Powdered sugar 1 cup
Salt to taste
Rock salt to taste
Peppercorns (crushed) 1 tsp
Roasted cumin powder 2 tsps
Drinking soda as required

Method of preparation

1. Place serving glasses in a refrigerator to be chilled.
2. Wash, boil, peel raw mangoes and extract the pulp.
3. Clean and wash mint leaves well. Keeping aside a few for garnish, grind the rest. Wash lemons, cut into roundels.
4. In a pan mix raw mango pulp, sugar, salt, rock salt and two cups of water.
5. Cook on high heat for a minute. Add crushed peppercorns, roasted cumin powder and ground mint leaves. Stir and cook for two to three minutes.
6. Remove from heat and pass the mixture through a sieve.
7. Rub the rims of the chilled glasses with a piece of lemon and dab them on a bed of salt.
8. Pour the prepared drink into the glasses. Top it with chilled soda.
9. Garnish with mint leaves and a lemon wedge and serve chilled.


Green Lady

Ingredients

Khus syrup 4 tbsps
Salt a pinch
Lemon juice 2 tbsps
Ice (crushed) as required
Lemonade 4 glasses
Lemon slices for garnish 4

Method of preparation

1. Mix together khus syrup, salt and lemon juice well.
2. Add crushed ice and lemonade and stir.
3.Garnish with a slice of lemon and serve chilled.


Rangabirangi Squash

Ingredients

Khus syrup ¼ cup
Kala khatta syrup ¼ cup
Rose syrup ¼ cup
Orange squash ¼ cup
Sugar 1 cup
Lemon juice ½ cup
Fresh mint leaves to garnish

Method of preparation

1.For this recipe we need ice trays with round shaped dents to give round ice balls.
2.Add equal quantity of water to khus, kala khatta, rose and orange squashes (one-fourth cup to each of them) to dilute them sufficiently. Pour into four different ice trays and keep the trays in the deep freezer to set.
3.Heat equal quantities of sugar and water in a pan to make a syrup. Let it cool.
4. Add lemon juice to the sugar syrup and mix well. Clean, wash and drain mint leaves.
5. For making the drink, place the lemon squash in a bowl and add water. Tear some mint leaves with hand and add to the syrup. Put the coloured ice cubes and mix. Pour into stemmed glasses and serve immediately.

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