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April 06 Just chil......III Paanagam
This is a typical southIndian drink
Tomorrow is Ram-Navami
On this day devotees move in a group from the local Ram temple to all the near by houses , singing Ram bhajans...
Obviously...the scorching heat knows no mercy...it beats down on all the believers and non-believers alike..
Tihis drink called Paanagam .....is prepared in all homes..and also offered to visiters.
It is a simple drink and if you cultivate a taste for it you will love it.It is a good thirst quencher.
Take half a cup of jaggery , and add about three cups of water to it and boil till all the jaggery melts .Strain this syrup. Pour it back in your container. Squeeze juice of one lemon. Add a pinch of cardomom powder, and 1/2 a tsp of dry ginger powder.Mix well. Chill it in refrigerator.
Hiope you all like it guys.
l March 29 Lassi Jaisi koi nahiI grew up in Bombay .But I never liked lassi those days.I always thought of it as a way of finishing sour buttermilk stock at home ...especially those days when refigerator was not popular.
Then after I returned to B'bay ( I still prefer to call it that .....Mumbai doesn't sound good), I went to BB Dadar for shopping.
It was April time like this , hot .
After Getting out of the station my husband took me to a lassi shop. A very small joint as soon as you get out of the station......
I reluctantly agreed.
That was the best lassi I ever had . That's the way I make it at home too.
I am sharing that great recipe with my blogger friends today.....
Special High calorie lassi
Take a lot of thick curds.
Powder- sugar, a few almonds a few pista, a few cardomom seeds, and kesar (saffron).
Add this powder to the curd and blend it again .
Your special lassi is ready.
Its mango season....so you may add mango pulp and blend it well with it.
There is your mango lassi.( you need not add the nuts to mango lassi but then it is your wish ... who is going to stop you ...
I assure you this would be one of the best lassi experiences for you.
Try and let me know if you liked it.
March 27 Just ...chill...chill...IIJUst chill...just chill II.......
Water melon juice.....
Choose the biggest water melon your eye can spot......
Tip : It should at least be 1/2 your weight.
HYpe up the preperation so much that all the family members or friends would want to be part of the preperation.
That takes care of Team-Bakras.
.Bakras needed to lug the water melon from the fruit stall to your home .-2!
Ask two of them to peel it, deseed it and keep them ready.
Put all the pieces into your blender ( If you have a hand blender run it thru these pieces.)
Run the juice thru a strainer.
Add a little sugar...blend it again.
Add lemon juice and a dash of pepper too.
Pour it into a tall glass. You may add little scoops of the fruit too into the juice.
Your water melon juice is ready..
.....When the family is busy cleaning up the mess they created while preparing it .....you could relax with your juice on your sofa.....watching your fav. comedy.....in my case that would be F.R.I.E.N.D.S
So yet another way to chill out...enjoy.
March 20 JUst chill....chilll,Just chill A refreshing way to chill this summer
Lemon Ginger Juice
Either buy a dozen Nimboos or if you find a nimboo tree in your neighbourhood pluck out a dozen when nobody's noticing.This works out cheaper.
You can either squeeze out all the juice yourself or find a bakra to do it.
Grate about 2 inch piece of ginger and squeeze out the juice into the lemon juice container itself......Well maybe this ....you can do all by yourself.
Measure the volume ( in any regular cup ) and take double the volume sugar and equal (to the juice volume) volume water in a vessel and boil it till you get a string's consistency ( for all those who donot know what a string consistency is ........ask some kitchen-savvy person to demonstrate it to you).
Switch off the stove and pour the juice into it immediately.....or else the sugar will start crystalizing .
Add a tsp of salt also to it.
Your juice concentrate is ready.
Cool it , bottle it and refrigerate it.
Whenever you need to make a glass of juice add 3/4 glass of water to 1/4 glass of juice and serve it to all your friends.
Oh, ya......you can also have a glass of refreshing lemon-ginger juice.
So just chilll chilll, just chill.....friends.
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