DRINKS | Saute Fry N Bake

Blue lagoon

Preparation time : 15 minutes

Cooking time : 10 minutes
Serves : 4 members

Description

The word “Blue lagoon” strait away takes me to the English movie blue lagoon of 1980 in which Brooke shields and Christopher Atkins had acted in. The movie was so much talked about back then but we as kids were not allowed to watch the movie. I remember brook shields was the heart throb with her blue eyes, long dark golden hair and untouched lush thick eyebrows. Not having accessibility of things around like now a days, the one poster I got from Bangalore of brook shields was stuck inside my cupboard door to admire the flawless beauty. Long lost crazy days. Umm coming to this drink now… Summer is all about keeping things breezy and simple. So here’s a mock-tail which is fast freshness that’s big on flavors and looks cool too. A ping of citrus, never cases to surprise me.. How a simple squeeze can take a drink from nice to sublime to savor the lighter side of deliciousness. This fantastically fresh and made in a flash mock – tail is a bevy of quick comfort to fill the summer table that will leave you feeling sated yet more energized.

Ingredients

Ingredients	Quantity
Lime juice	1 lemon
Sugar	1 /2 cup
Water	3/4 cup
Ice cubes	3 cups
Blue crush	2 1/2 tablespoons or blue food color- few drops
Sprite / 7 up	1/2 litter
Lemon wedges and mint leaves	to garnish

Method

Boil sugar and water together until sugar has dissolved and gets to a slightly gooey mass of sugar syrup. Remove from heat and cool completely. Chill four tall glasses in the freezer for ten minutes.
Place ice cubes into each tall glass half way through . Pour sugar blue crush or blue food color into each glass carefully making sure it does not touch the sides of the tall glass.
Pour 2 to 3 tablespoons of sugar syrup into each glass topping with a squeeze of lime. Gently with a inverted spoon in the glass pour sprite or 7 up gently making sure not to disturb the below layers.
Do not mix. Garnish with a lemon wedge and mint leaves. Serve immediately. You will get to see a thick blue layer on the bottom, then a light blue layer in between with a pure white top layer.

Green Apple mojito

Preparation Time : 10- 12 minutes

Cooking Time : 12 -15 minutes for sugar syrup alone

Serving : 4 members

Description

On a shopping sphere to Bangalore for my daughters first birthday celebrations nearly twenty four years back . We landed at kids kemp , the happening place then for all kids related things . Each one of us from kids to adults were awe struck and mesmerised with every bit in the store from the warm welcome , to the variety of dresses , to the dancing huge dolls ( my gal just clung onto me getting scared seeing them ) . We were served a welcome fizzy drink in a pale green colour garnished with mint leaves . The colour was so inviting that I took one drink for myself . The first sip , it tasted so different and yum. Back then , in India we had just thumps up and Torino option for fizzy drinks . I made sure to ask them what the drink was and got a reply with ” GREEN APPLE MOJITO ” . That was the first time I got to know there were apples in green colour too . That taste and colour with its refreshing soothing feel kept haunting me for years to follow . Finally when the buzz of fast food chains were launched in India got to taste mojitos again . This was just a trial recollecting the taste and look of the first green apple mojito I had at kids kemp . I did get the taste but the colour yet to be perfected . Served it at home on a summer day , lunch feast as a welcome drink getting their place in the sun with style that don’t get any easier to the stomach . Sure , did raise eye brows and proved to me you don’t have to send yourself to a chef school to up your game . So love it or hate it but definitely make sure to try it .

Ingredients

Ingredients	Quantity
Sugar syrup	to taste
Sparkling water / soda	as needed
Green apple essence	a drop
Green food colour	a drop or lesser
Mint leaves	to garnish
Green apple	2
Lime juice	1/2 a lime , just a squeeze
Ice cubes	few

Method

Boil equal amount of sugar and water together until half reduced . Remove from flame and cool completely .
Grind one green apple with little water to a smooth following consistency and strain . Add lime juice , green food colour and green apple essence to the strained green apple juice and mix well .
In a glass , place Ice cubes 1/4 way . Pour the green apple juice about 4 -6 tablespoons in each glass . Top with sugar syrup . Mix , taste and adjust . Pour chilled sparkling water over . Garnish with a slice of green apple and a spring of mint .

Note

Apply lime juice and salt over the green apple slices to be garnished so they don’t turn dark in colour or just dip into the sugar syrup .

Raw mango juice

Preparation Time : 10 minutes

Cooking Time : 10 minutes

Serving : 4 to 6 members

Description

Aam panna, its brilliant coolness and thirst slaking qualities helps replenish all the energy lost in the sweltering heat. Refreshes you like no other drink. Happy summer folks…

Ingredients

Ingredients	Quantity
Raw Green Mango	1 peeled and chopped
Dry roasted cumin seed powder	1 teaspoon
Red chilli Powder	1/2 teaspoon
chopped fresh Mint Leaves	1 tablespoon
Salt	1 teaspoon
Sugar	7 teaspoons
Black salt	a pinch
Ice cubes	12
Ice water	2 cups

Method

Pressure cook the peeled and chopped raw mango with 2 cups of water for one whistle . Cool completely .
Grind into a smooth puree . Add cumin seed powder, red chili powder, sugar, black salt and salt and mix well . Add the finely chopped mint leaves and whisk again.
To this mixture add chilled water and ice cubes and stir thoroughly. Taste and adjust . Your refreshing Aam panna drink is now ready.
You may now serve the green mango juice .

Tender coconut and palm fruit country punch

Preparation Time : 10 minutes

Cooking Time : nil

Serving : 2 members

Description

Tender coconut palm fruit country punch. A recipe mentioned by Shanthi Thangavel in saute,fry n bake when i posted palm fruit juice. Such a cooling drink to beat the heat of summer.

Ingredients

Ingredients	Quantity
Tender coconut	1 ( water and flesh together
Palm fruits	5 peeled and crushed with hands
Palm sugar ( panai karkandu )	to taste

Method

Dissolve the palm sugar in the tender coconut water .
Add the tender coconut flesh and palm fruit bits . Mix well .
Serve chilled .

Palm fruit juice

Preparation Time : 15 minutes

Cooking Time : nil

Serving : 4members

Description

Palm fruit juice . An authentic juice very own to my in-laws place. At moms place we usually mix palm fruits into rosemilk but this juice is more lite, refreshing and helps you beat the heat of summer as a cooling agent. The nutritional boost of this juice will make them your go-to-food to beat the summer heat. Made with just 3 easily available ingredients at home, is a must try for all and easy is always beautiful.All my cousins and friends living abroad miss the palm fruit as most of our other ingredients are available in Asian or Sri Lankan stores. My sister fazeem never misses an oppurtunity to gobble up palm fruits on her visits to india. Only when seeing people from abroad crave for our local produce, it hit me with a spark to respect the season’s best produce. Food is a gift and should be treated reverentially, romanced, ritualised and seasoned with memory.

Ingredients

Ingredients	Quantity
Palm fruit	20 peeled
Sugar	to taste
Lime juice	a squeeze

Method

Mix all the above mentioned ingredients together and squeeze your hand into the mixture till the sugar dissolves and gets to a semi runny consistency with small bits of palm fruit floating around .
Keep in the refrigerator to chill . Serve chill .

Watermelon mock tail

Preparation Time : 8 -10 minutes

Cooking Time : nil

Serving : 2 members

Description

Watermelon mocktail . An awesome summer cooler drink made with few ingredients resulting in a light fresh fragrant mock tail.this mock tail sure will help you beat the heat of summer to an extent.

Ingredients

Ingredients	Quantity
Watermelon pieces ( deseeded )	2 cups
Sugar	to taste
Salt	a pinch
Orange juice	of one orange
Mint leaves	4 leaves
Ice cubes	few
Mint leaves	few to garnish

Method

Place all the ingredients in a juice blender and blend for a minute .
Taste and adjust and blend again for another 30 seconds . Strain and pour into deserved transparent glasses .
Garnish with a mint leaf and serve immediately .

Tropical summer punch drinks

Preparation Time : 10 minutes

Cooking Time : Nil

Serving : 10 members

Description

A punch I came up with instantly when pressed for time when my brother and a battalion of my relatives were home for lunch . Having so many other things to do to entertain them just forgot about the welcome drink . Had tender coconuts , palm fruits and ripe mangoes in hand . Chopped the mangoes into tiny bits , squeezed the palm fruits and mixed both with the tender coconut water . Tasted it , something was missing . Added sugar and wolla , it was perfect . All ready to chill out every one with three fruits filled punch that will disappear in a gulp . Served it , every one had two servings each for the on going heat . Saved the left overs for the evening . But Having difficulty for space to accommodate the other left overs in the refrigerator had to give away the tropical summer punch to all the domestic helps at home . Just as I finished distributing my sister Fazeem comes and asks me for a glass of the tropical summer punch . This always happens to me and makes me feel so annoyed about myself but I was really excited about coming up with an awesome antidote to beat the scorching summer heat .

Ingredients

Ingredients	Quantity
Tender coconut water	6 tender coconuts
Palm fruits	15 ( peeled )
Ripe sweet mangoes	2 peeled and chopped into tiny bits
Sugar	to taste

Method

Squeeze the palm fruit with your hands to small bits .
Add the chopped ripe mangoes and set aside . Mix tender coconut water with sugar to taste , mix well until sugar dissolves .
Add the palm fruit and ripe mango mixture to the tender coconut water and mix well .
Place in the refrigerator to chill for half an hour or more .
Serve chilled with a long spoon to eat the bits of fruits in the punch .