Healthy Ramadaan drinks (02.08.12)

TEA FOR IFTAAR
Take 1 litre of water and add 1 teabag,
a clove, cinnamon,
elachi and some mint leaves.
Boil and have at iftaar time.

NUTRITIONAL MILK DRINK
1 litre milk,
2 bananas,
vanilla ice-cream or even custard can be used.
Liquidize and drink.

REFRESHING DRINK.
I tsp saumf,
a few mint leaves and
2 cinnamon sticks.
Boil in I cup water until it becomes half.
Strain and drink.
This drink is useful for digestion and circulation.

HEALTH DRINK.
1 glass milk, 3 dates,
1 tsp olive oil, some rose water,
an egg yolk,
1 banana, and some elachi.
Liquidize and drink at sehri time.

BANANA SMOOTHIE
250ml fat free or low fat milk
1 cup bran flakes cereal
125ml liqui fruit or ceres apricot juice
1 banana peeled

Blend together in a blender. Ideal for sehri time.

YOGHURT SMOOTHIE
•1/2 cup of your favourite fruit, such as peaches, bananas, pineapples, strawberries, mangos, etc.
•3/4 cup of yogurt
•1 cup milk
•1 tablespoon sugar (optional)

Put all of the ingredients into a blender and puree them together until smooth.

Mangoe Mastani Recipe

2 large fibreless ripe mangoes Cleaned cut into pieces Squeeze the juice out of the pith 1 litre full cream vanilla ice cream 1 cup full cold milk 1 tablespoon condensed milk Sliced pistachios and a maraschino cherry to garnish Pop all the ingredients into a blender...

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2 tbslp fennel seeds/saumf 2 tsps whole cloves 25 g Cinnamon sticks 25 whole black peppercorns 2 tsp ground ginger powder or whole dried ginger Quarter cup whole green cardamom/elachi 3 star anise A bit of Saffron can also be added if u wish Roast the above...

Raspberry and Ginger ice Tea

1 cup white sugar or use a sugar substitute 3 cups cold water, divided 1 punnet fresh raspberries or frozen 5 black tea bags Sugar free ginger beer 1 litre Bring sugar and I cup water to a boil in a saucepan, add I he raspberries and boil until sugar is completely...

Cucumber Lemonade

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Banana and Date Smoothie

Courtesy Riyaaz Safi @Riyaaz17 1 ripe banana 5 dates , remove pits 1 and half cup Almond Milk 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1 cup ice Blend all the ingredients in a blender for 50 to 60 seconds Pour into glasses and serve The recipe is best made with Medjool dates...