Tag Archives: summer juices

Apr2

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…

Minty Tomato Punch
Minty Tomato Punch – Summer coolant

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).
Tomato and Mint leaves
Ground together
With water
Extraction
Extraction
Lemon juice
Roasted Cumin powder
Minty Tomato Punch – Summer coolant

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.

Jun20

Black Jamun Mocktail / Navaar Palam Mocktail

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Black jamun known as Navvar pazham or Navaapazham in tamil is a seasonal fruit packed with loads of health benefits. These are good source for diabetic patients, relieves stomach pain, diarrhea, good for digestion, and controls menustral disorder for women.

Recently we have been to Jungle Retreat, Masinagudi and there was a big jamun with loads of jamuns, thought of collecting it on the day we were about to leave, but unfortunately a bear ate most of the jamun which are easy to reach and the next morning I got to collect only the leftovers.

As it was farm fresh, it tastes divine to eat. But apart from eating stored few of them for developing recipes, and here comes my Black Jamun / Indian Blackplum / Navvar Pazham Mocktail. Let me share the recipe…

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Jamun Fruit / Navvar Pazham Mocktail

Jamun Fruit / Navvar Pazham Mocktail

Ingredients:

  • Black Jamun – ½ kg
  • Granadine – 3 tbsp
  • Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
  • Castor Sugar – 4 tsbp
  • Black salt – ¼ tsp
  • Salt – a pinch
  • Mint leaves – 2 sprigs
Deseeding the fruit
With granadine
Jamun Fruit / Navvar Pazham Mocktail

Preparation:

  • Wash and deseed the jamun fruit.
  • Take out the flesh and skin of the jamun, blend them well by adding little water.
  • Strain the juice, add in 2 tbsp of strained flesh to the juice.
  • Pour in the lemon juice, granadine and mix well.
  • Add in the castor sugar, black salt and salt, mix well.
  • Crush 3 to 4 mint leaves, add it to the juice.

Refrigerate and served chilled, by topping it with a small mint sprig.

Note: Granadine available in stores, will soon update the recipe, it’s nothing but similar to Pomegranate Squash.

 

 

Apr28

Watermelon Mint Mojito

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As of summer recently I have been sharing few juices, milkshakes and mojito recipes, this watermelon mint mojito is one among them. Watermelon Mint Mojito is a very inviting drink for this summer. Coming to benefits, as all of us know that watermelon has lots and lots of water content and mint a coolant, now the combination of both these would be good and refreshing drink for this summer. Let us move on to the recipe…

Watermelon Mint Mojito

Watermelon Mint Mojito

Ingredients:

  • Watermelon – 1 no (small size)
  • Mint – a fistful
  • Lemon – 2 nos
  • Sugar – 2 tbsp

Preparation:

  • Peel and roughly chop the watermelon into medium pieces.
  • Wash the mint leaves. Squeeze out lemon for the juice.
  • Take the watermelon pieces, sugar, mint leaves and lemon juice together in a blender and blend them well.
  • Strain the juice and add some water to it. Give a stir and refrigerate.

Serve chilled. Top with lemon wedges and mint leaves before serving.