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This nutritious, refreshing cool drink
provides a good amount of Vitamin A, Iron and Calcium. It is extremely good for growing
children.
Ingredients
| 1 cup fresh mint leaves |
½ cup jaggery |
| ¼ cup tulsi leaves |
¼ teaspoon citric acid |
| 4 tablespoons lime juice |
A little water |
2 teaspoons rose water |
Salt to taste |
Procedure
a. |
Make a syrup of jaggery and water. Strain it. Add citric
acid to it. |
b. |
Make a paste of mint leaves, tulsi leaves, lime juice, rose
water and salt. |
c. |
Mix the above, stir well. |
d. |
Keep to cool, serve chill. |
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As the famous proverb goes "An apple a
day keeps the doctor away", this drink is very nutritious as it is rich in protein,
calcium, iron, carbohydrates, vitamin C and fibre.
Ingredients
| 2 cups milk |
| 1 small apple or ½ a large apple |
| 5 black dates deseeded and finely chopped |
A few drops of vanilla
essence |
Procedure
a. |
Soak the dates in ½ cup of warm milk and leave aside for
20 minutes. |
b. |
Blend all the ingredients in a liquidiser. |
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This is a fibre-laden drink made with
pineapple and celery. This nutritious drink is high in vitamin A and C. Celery provides a
lot of vitamin A. It is rich in iron too.
Ingredients
| 2 cups ripe pineapple |
| 2 tablespoons celery finely chopped |
| 1 teaspoon black salt |
2 cups water |
Procedure
a. |
Combine the pineapple and celery with two cups
of water, liquidise till it becomes a puree. |
b. |
Add black salt and mix well. |
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This is a unique summer quencher. Black
grapes provide a lot of fibre and it blends well with curds. This nutritional drink
provides calcium, proteins, carbohydrates and vitamin C.
Ingredients
| 1 cup black grapes |
½ cup milk |
½ cup curds
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2 teaspoons sugar |
| Ice to serve |
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Procedure
a. |
Combine all the ingredients together and blend
in a liquidiser. |
b. |
Serve chilled. |
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This drink cools the body in summer. It
provides calories and some minerals. When ice cream is added, it increases calorie value
and protein too.
Ingredients
| 200 gms almond soaked and blanched |
5 to 6 pepper corns |
| 100 gms poppy seeds |
300 gms sugar |
| 50 gms melon seeds |
250 ml. water |
| 1 tablespoon aniseeds |
1 litre milk |
| 1 scoop kesar pista ice-cream |
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Procedure
a. |
Mix poppy seeds, almonds aniseeds,
pepper corns and grind the mixture. |
b. |
Make sugar water and add the
ground mixture. Leave overnight. |
c. |
Bottle this mixture after
straining it. |
d. |
While serving take ½ cup milk and
½ cup water, a cube of ice, 2 tablespoons syrup and ice cream. Blend together. |
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This drink is very cooling and is rich in calcium.
Ingredients
| ½ cup curd |
A pinch of pepper |
| 1 finely chopped green chilly |
½ bottle water |
| .¼ inch finely chopped ginger |
A pinch of sugar |
| ½ teaspoon cumin powder |
salt to taste |
| ¼ teaspoon chat powder |
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Procedure
| a. |
Add all the above ingredients together and blend in a
mixer. |
| b. |
Garnish with coriander leaves. |
| c. |
Serve chilled. |
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This drink is high in calcium and vitamin C.
Ingredients
| 1 mango finely chopped |
| ½ cup of milk |
| 1 tablespoon sugar |
Procedure
| a. |
Add the above ingredients together and blend in a mixer. |
| b. |
Serve chilled. |
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