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Minty Tomato Punch

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I could hear everyone, becoming dehydrated and getting more health issues, because of summer and so now onwards let’s start Beating the heat together with healthy, yummy and refreshing juices. I have already shared few summer recipes last year – CLICK HERE for more summer recipes.

Minty Tomato Punch is a tangy, as you desire you can turn in sweet by adding sugar or salty by adding salt. A healthy juice with a combination of mint, tomato, lemon and roast cumin seeds powder, which comes with a tangy, aromatic and refreshing flavor and perfect drink for this summer. Not only for the summer, this juice can be consumed all over the year. Let me share the recipe…

Ingredients:

  • Lemon – 2 nos (medium size)
  • Tomato – 5 nos (medium size)
  • Mint – 3 strands
  • Cumin powder – ½ tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Sugar – 3 tbsp (optional).

Preparation:

  • Clean and roughly chop the tomatoes.
  • Clean and separate the mint leaves from mint stalk.
  • Take tomatoes and mint leaves, in a mixer jar and grind them for 3 mins or until the tomatoes are ground well.
  • Add a cup of water, grind it for few mins.
  • Strain the juice and transfer the ground flesh to the mixer and grind with one more cup of water.
  • Strain the juice, sprinkle cumin powder and salt. Mix it well.
  • Add one more cup of water, mix it well.
  • Add sugar if you prefer it sweet else serve it.

Refrigerate and serve chilled or make use of cold water while mixing the juice and serve chilled. Garnish with finely chopped tomatoes and a mint leaf strand, just before you serve.

Sweet Lassi

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Sweet lassi is one among the cooling and refreshing drink to have in the summers. Previously sweet lassi is quite popular in Punjab and north India, but now it’s very popular in India. I and my grandpa use to have this sweet lassi everyday, when I was to Chennai for my summer vacation. Once was talking all these to my daughter, hearing all these stories, she wanted Sweet lassi. She got the same taste as me, so she loved it a lot not to miss my son, he loved it a lot and asked me will you prepare this tomorrow.

People think that lassi is always heavy, but this sweet Punjabi lassi I prepare at home is very light. The only difference between this plain and punjabi sweet lassi is the rose essence, we don’t use rose essence in plain sweet lassi. Let us move on to the recipe…

Sweet Lassi

Sweet Lassi

Ingredients:

  • Yogurt / Curd – 3 cups
  • Milk – 1 cup
  • Rose water – 1 tsp
  • Sugar – 2 tbsp
  • Cardamom powder – ½ tsp
  • Almonds / Badam – 10 nos

Preparation:

  • Boil the milk and bring to room temperature.
  • Take yogurt, milk, sugar and cardamom in a blender, blend it just for 2 seconds, so that the yogurt would get blend well with all the other ingredients.
  • Soak badam in water for 20 mins, peel and finely chop (lengthwise) chop them.
  • Pour the lassi in a tall glass and sprinkle few of the chopped almonds/badam and cardamom powder.

Note: Do not over beat or blend the yogurt, because the butter would start floating on the top and only blend or if using mixie just pulse it for 2 seconds. If not you would use the traditional makhan / thayir maththu. You can also use chilled milk, when you need to consume it immediately.