Minty Pineapple Juice

Extremely refreshing summer drink !!

Here’s an energy boosting juice blend recipe contains Pineapple, mint, ginger and lemon. All of these having unique nutritional benefits which when combined gives a super cooler digestive summer drink. 

Health Benefits : (Source : Google)
Mint which helps to soothe the digestive tract, clear up skin conditions and helps whiten teeth. Pineapples are abundant in vitamin C and bromelain, which fight against microbial infections, averts nausea or morning sickness and helps regulate the secretions in the pancreas to aid in digestion. The abundance of antioxidants in pineapples also helps fight against free radicals. 

Ingredients:

1. Pineapple - 4 large pieces
2. Mint leaves - 5 to 8 leaves
3. Ginger - 2 tsp
4. lemon extract - 1 tbsp
5. Sugar - 4 tbsp
6. Water
7. Ice cubes

Directions to make the juice:

• Blend everything nicely in a blender
• Filter the juice with juice filter
• Add Ice cubes and serve Chill

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Wow !! Extremely refreshing summer drink 

Notes:

• You can increase the quantity of Pineapple ... As I like, a lighter pineapple juice, I added only less pineapple.
• Pineapple is bit heat creating fruit ... Can be taken in lesser quantity. 

Kerala Style Mixed Vegetable Stew Recipe

Enjoy your breakfast or dinner with this delicious pair !

Mixed vegetable stew and Spongy Kerala Appam !

For so long time I wanted to prepare the Veg stew for Appam and now my waiting ends up with a delicious Stew which I enjoyed with having Spongy Kerala Appam. My next thought is to have this super taste veg stew with string Hoppers and enjoy cooking. Let me share this flavourful kerala style veg stew with all of those reading this Article.

Ingredients:

1. Carrot - 1
2. French Beans -4 
3. Peas - 2 tbsp
4. Potato - tbsp
5. Coconut - 1/2 unit
6. Big Onion - 1 no
7. Grated Ginger - 2 tsp
8. Cardamom - 1 no
9. Curry leaves 
10. Coriander leaves

To Grind:

1. Cashew - 2 tbsp
2. Poppy seeds - 1 tsp
3. Green chilly - 2 no
4. Cinnamon stick - 1/4 inch
5. Cloves - 2 no

Cooking Method:

Grind the Ingredients listed under grind and keep it ready for cooking.

• Cook the vegetables beforehand you start to make the stew. 
• Take a thick coconut milk. Then add some water and extract the thin coconut milk. Be ready with both the coconut milk.

• In a pan add cardamom, Onion, Ginger and curry leaf and saute for a minute.
• Then add the grounded paste and saute for some time.
• Add the cooked vegetables along with the water.

• Add the thin coconut milk first add some salt and cover the pan. Let it cook with the vegetables for some time.
• After some time add the thick coconut milk.
• Stir well and simmer for just one minute. (It should not get curdle).
• Garnish with coriander leaves and switch off the flame.

Now the coconut flavour vegetable stew is ready for Appam ... 

Mango Mastani

A luscious mouthwatering chilled mango dessert !!

Mastani is a famous dessert drink available in Pune.  It was quite filling when we had it as soon as we came back from work. It was quite filling that we even skipped our dinner that day.There are many varieties of mastani. among them mango mastani is quite famous. Mango mastani is a delicious mango dessert, topped with ice cream and cubed mangoes, chopped nuts and dry fruits. I have used a scoop of mango ice cream which gives an extraordinary flavour of mangoes and topped with few tutti frutti and some chopped nuts which make it as a colourful Mango Dessert. 

Ingredients:

1. Cubed Mangoes - 1 cup
2. Chilled Milk - 1 and 1/2 cup
3. Mango ice cream or Vanilla ice cream - 1 cup
4. Sugar - 1 tbsp
5. Chopped nuts - few
6. Tutti fruiti - few 

Directions to make Mango Mastani:

In a blender or mixie add cubed mangoes, ice cream, sugar and chilled milk. Blend to a smooth puree. It will be in thick consistency. Reserve some ice cream and cubed mangoes for arranging the dessert.

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Now its time to arrange the Mastani in layer ....

1. Cubed mangoes
2. Mango puree
3. Cubed Mangoes
4. Mango puree
5. Mango or Vanilla Ice cream
6. Cubed Mangoes
7. Tutti frutti
8. Chopped nuts

Its time to serve the luscious Mouth watering Dessert .... Have fun with Mangoes !!