Category Archives: Drinks

  Masala chaas is the ideal summer drink!Made with curd,chilled water and some spices, it’s not only light and refreshing but also good for your gut! Ingredients: 1 cup plain Curd. 2 cups Cold Water. 1 Green Chili chopped finely. 1/2 inch Ginger grated. 1 tbsp Coriander Leaves chopped finely. 1/2 tspb roasted Cumin Powder.Continue reading “Masala Chaas.”

Shikanji is a famous drink from northern part of India.it is actually nimbu pani spiced with roasted cumin powder. The black salt gives a punch to this drink.. Its best served chilled,a must to beat summer heat. Ingredients: 1 Lemon. 2 Glasses Water. 1 tsp Roasted Cumin Powder. 1/8 tsp Rock salt. 2 tbsp Sugar.Continue reading “Shikanji.”

If you are looking for a summer drink recipe with Indian flavours, this spiced guava chilli drink will fit the bill perfectly. It is a guava drink with some flavours of red chilli powder, pink salt and lemon juice. A perfect combination of flavours comes together in this glass of guava chilli drink. Ingredients: 2Continue reading “Spicy Chilly Guava.”

The Korean coffee drink taking the internet by storm, dalgona coffee is like a cappucino turned on its head, with the frothy coffee on top and the milk underneath. It only requires three ingredients to make and you can have it hot or cold. Ingredients: 2 tbsp instant coffee or espresso powder 2 tbsp sugarContinue reading “Dalgona Coffee”

Thandai is a very popular drink , which is actually dry fruit and saffron flavoured milk, that is traditionally prepared as an offering to Lord Shiva during the festival of MahaShiva tri. Thandai is often mixed with ‘bhang’ to make an intoxicating drink. Ingredients: Milk 4 1/2 cups. Sugar 1/4 cup . Black pepper powder aContinue reading “Thandai”

This drink is a favourite of kids,at times mine also…..easy to make simple recipe. Same can be made using Fanta or Murinda too. Ingredients: 1/2 litre Coke/Pepsi/Thumps up 2 scoops Vanilla Ice cream. 1/2 cup Crushed Ice. Method: In a nice tall glass put ice,pour  Coke/Pepsi/Thumps up. Top up with 2 scoops of Vanilla iceContinue reading “Coke Float”

Last month I had visited Cochin,I have a very close friend Sanjay Kurup there,climate in cochin was horribly hot and dry.My friend’s wife Suvarna treated me to a chilling and refreshing drink…simple,tasty and refreshing….  Thanks Suvarna for this recipe. Ingredients: 2 Cucumber. 1 inch Ginger. 4 tbsp Sugar. 1 tbsp Lemon juice. 6 leaves  freshContinue reading “Cucumber Chiller”

  Ingredients: 1 cup thick Curd. 1 tbsp  Almonds paste(soaked in hot water for ½ hour,deskinned and grinded to paste) 2 tsp Sugar. 2 tbsp Cream. ¼ tsp Elaichi powder. 4 strands of Kesar. 2 cubes of ice ( crushed) Method: Mix all the above ingredients in a blender and blend well. Pour in aContinue reading “Kesar Badam Lassi”

  Ingredients: 1 glass Milk (cold) 4 cubes of Ice. 2 tbsp Curd 2 tsp Sugar. 1 tbsp Cocoa powder. Method: Mix all the ingredients in a shaker and shake well till ice is completely melted. Pour in a tall glass and serve immediately. Happy Cooking!!! Sameera.  

I use Everest milk masala,there are many other brands available,but everest is one of my favourite.Milk masala is  a  powder made up of  roasted and ground nuts and dried fruits,  masala. The typical ingredients are almonds, pistachio, cardamom, nutmeg, saffron, etc. This milk is made especially on Kojagiri,I make it for Haldi kunku. Ingredients: 4Continue reading “Masala Milk”