shakes

Citrus Mint Cooler

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup fresh orange juice
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 1/2 cups water
• 10 sprigs mint
• 32 fluid ounces ginger ale
• water

Directions

1. Place first five ingredients in a saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Cover
2. Remove from heat and let steep until cool. Strain.
3. Cover and refrigerate.
4. To serve, fill glasses or a pitcher with equal amounts of fruit juice, ginger ale and water.
5. Add ice and serve immediately.

Strawberry Banana Shake

Ingredients

• 1 tsp Honey
• 1 ripe Banana
• 3 cups of Soymilk
• 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
• 1 cup frozen Strawberries

Directions

This is really a very simple recipe. The key about this recipe is use of Honey instead of Sugar, Soymilk instead of regular milk and strawberries to enrich the nutrient value. You can omit the vanilla essence if you are using a vanilla flavored soy milk.

1. Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend.

2. Serve cold.

Cool watermelon Slush

Ingredients

• 6 ice cubes
• 2 cups cubed seeded watermelon
• 1 teaspoon honey

Directions

Place the ice cubes into a blender. Cover, and pulse until crushed. Add the watermelon and blend for about 1 minute, until slushy. Add the honey, and blend for about 10 seconds

Mango Shake

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup peeled and chopped ripe mango or 1/2 cup mango pulp
• sugar to taste (less if pulp is used)
• 1/4th tsp. cardamom powder (optional)
• Few ice-cubes

Directions

1. Combine all ingredients and blend until smooth in a blender.
2. Strain through a sieve, pushing as much liquid as possible. If the pulp has been used there is no need to strain.
3. Pour in glasses and serve.
4. Garnish with top of a mint sprig

Elaichi Doodh

Ingredients

• 15 blanched almonds
• 4-5 ice cubes
• 3 cups whole milk
• 1/2 tsp. cardamom seeds
• sugar to taste

Directions

1. Combine the almonds & cardamom seeds in a blender and process for 2-3 minutes or until the nuts are reduced to a fine puree.
2. Add milk to it and further blend on low speed for 15-20 seconds.
3. Now add ice cubes to it and blend it for another 10 seconds.
4. Add the sweetner.
5. Serve it. Amazing for summers.
6. For winters, You can bring it to boil over moderately high heat instead of adding ice cubes to it and stir constantly.
7. Indians will pour the milk back and forth from one pan to another to make the milk frothy much like a low tech cappuccino machine. The frothy milk is then served