Palm Seeds Milk Shake

We found canned palm seeds while shopping thru the aisles of a Chinese grocery store. I am not sure how common this seed is. But the picture on the can resembled tender coconuts and we decided to try making the tender coconut drink we usually make substituting with palm seed... and it was simply awesome...

Try it out... Enjoi...

Makes: 2 Cups (12 Oz. each)
Spice level: --

Preparation time: 7 Min.
Cook time (incl. Prep. time): 10 Min.

Ingredients:

1. Palm Seed - ½ cup
2. Milk - 3 cups
3. Sugar - 3 Tbsp.
4. Ice Cubes - 3

Preparation:

1. In a blender, blend palm seeds, milk and sugar for about 3 mins. until well-blended and creamy.
2. Add ice cubes and blend for another minute. You could add more milk you like it lighter or thinner. Serve chilled.

Blueberry Lassi

"Boom!!! That's a lucky break!!!" I wanted to make strawberry lassi but there weren't any strawberries home and hence thought of using blueberries instead.It turned out to be better than strawberries... in fact it was one the best drinks I ever had. You should try it...

Makes: 2 Cups (12 Oz. each)
Spice level: Easy

Preparation time: 7 Min.
Cook time (incl. Prep. time): 10 Min.

Ingredients:

1. Sugar - 1/4 cup
2. Cardamom - 2
3. Blueberry - 1 cup (fresh)
4. Yogurt - 1 cup
5. Ice Cubes - 4

Preparation:

1. Powder sugar and cardamom in a grinder or using a mortar.
2. In a  blender, blend blueberries, yogurt and sugar-cardamom powder for about 2 mins.
3. Add ice cubes and blend for another minute and that's it. Serve chilled.

Cantaloupe - Orange Juice

Cantaloupe and orange - what's common? Yup, the color - orange and orange... hehe... That's why I thought of mixing them; but surprisingly these two blends with each other so nicely. It's tangy and sweet... Try it to yourself...

Makes: 2 Cups (12 oz. each)
Spice level: --

Preparation time: 20 Min.
Cook time (incl. Prep. time): 20 Min.

Ingredients:

1. Cantaloupe - 1/2 (seeded and cubed - about 3 cups)
2. Orange Juice - 1 Cup (freshly squeezed)
3. Sugar - 2 Tbsp.
4. Ice Cubes - 4

Preparation:

1. Blend cantaloupe, orange juice and sugar for 3 mins.
2. Add ice cubes and blend for another min. and we are done. Serve chilled.

Cantaloupe - Ginger - Lemon Smoothie

Saw a recipe for melon-ginger spritzer and modified it to get this. To my surprise it was yummy and my 3 year old Aisha enjoyed it a lot.

Check it out.

Makes: 2 Cups (12 oz. each)
Spice level: --

Preparation time: 20 Min.
Cook time (incl. Prep. time): 30 Min.

Ingredients:

1. Cantaloupe - 1/2 (seeded and cubed - about 4 cups)
2. Ginger - 3 Inch (chopped)
3. Water - 1/2 cup
4. Sugar - 1/2 cup
5. Lime Juice - Squeezed from 1/2 lime
6. Ice Cubes - 4

Preparation:

1. In a small sauce pan boil water with sugar and ginger for about 10 mins. Remove the ginger pieces and set aside the syrup.
2. Blend cantaloupe, lime juice and sugar syrup for 3 mins.
3. Add ice cubes and blend for another min. and we are done. Serve chilled.

Watermelon Banana Smoothie

This is not a very think smoothie, but its really yummy. Again, it's a good ay to consume some fruits for guys like me who hates eating fruits as it is.

Makes: 3 Cups (12 Oz. each)
Spice level: --

Preparation time: 7 Min.
Cook time (incl. Prep. time): 10 Min.

Ingredients:

1. Watermelon - 3 cups (seeded and cubed)
2. Banana - 1/2
3. Yogurt - 1/2 cup
4. Sugar - 1/2 cup
5. Ice Cubes - 4

Preparation:

1. In a  blender, blend watermelon, sugar, banana and yogurt for about 2 mins.
2. Add ice cubes and blend for another minute and we are done. Serve chilled.

Watermelon Agua Fresca

"Watermelon Agua Fresca" is a very popular mocktail in Mexico. This is my version of it... it's so refreshing...


Makes: 2 Cups (12 Oz. each)
Spice level: --

Preparation time: 7 Min.
Cook time (incl. Prep. time): 10 Min.

Ingredients:

1. Watermelon - 4 cups (seeded and cubed)
2. Sugar - 1/4 cup
3. Mint Leaves - 2
4. Lime Juice - squeezed from half lime
5. Ice Cubes - 4

Preparation:

1. In a  blender, blend watermelon, sugar, lime juice and mint leaves for about 2 mins.
2. Add ice cubes and blend for another minute and that's it. Serve chilled.

Strawberry Lassi

East Marries West... Lassies are common in India and it's a very refreshing yogurt drink... but it's hard and expensive out there and I am sure that this idea must have originated in the west. It's super cool...

Makes: 2 Cups (12 Oz. each)
Spice level: --

Preparation time: 7 Min.
Cook time (incl. Prep. time): 10 Min.

Ingredients:

1. Sugar - 1/4 cup
2. Cardamom - 2
3. Strawberry - 1 cup (fresh, quartered)
4. Yogurt - 1 cup
5. Ice Cubes - 4

Preparation:

1. Powder sugar and cardamom in a grinder or using a mortar.
2. In a  blender, blend strawberries, yogurt and sugar-cardamom powder for about 2 mins.
3. Add ice cubes and blend for another minute and that's it. Serve chilled.

Mint Lemonade

Cool... cool... cool... great summer drink... lemonades in itself are great for summer and with a "hint of mint" (oh man... it's so rhyming) is totally cool...

Makes: 2 Cups (12 Oz. each)
Spice level: --

Preparation time: 5 Min.
Cook time (incl. Prep. time): 7 Min.

Ingredients:

1. Lime Juice - freshly squeezed from 1 lime
2. Mint Leaves - 3
3. Sugar - 1/2 cup
4. Water - 2 cups
5. Ice Cubes - 4

Preparation:

1. Blend lime juice with mint leaves, sugar and water in a blender for about 2 mins.
2. Add ice cubes and blend for another minute and we are done. Serve chilled.

Raspberry Banana Smoothie

Ramadan creativity... you loose a lot of fluids in daytime and need to make for it with something cool... and this is a very refreshing drink... try it out...

Makes: 2 Cups (12 Oz. each)
Spice level: --

Preparation time: 7 Min.
Cook time (incl. Prep. time): 10 Min.

Ingredients:

1. Fresh Raspberry – 1 Cup
2. Banana – 1 (peeled and chopped)
3. Low fat Milk – ½ Cup
4. Sugar – 2 Tbsp.
5. Ice cubes – 4 Cubes.

Preparation:

1.  In a blender, blend Raspberry, chopped Banana, Milk and Sugar till smooth.
2.  Add ice cubes and blend for few couple more minutes till the its fully crushed and blended. Serve it chilled.