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.

Watermelon and Rose Sarbet (Safeera Kaka)

Watermelon and Rose Sarbet 3 cups watermelon cubes - , deseeded 3 to 4 tbsps rose syrup - , or as required 2 tsps rose water 1/2 cup water ice cubes - , as required Blend the watermelon cubes well with some cold water until smooth. Using a strainer, strain the juice...

Coconut Pineapple Lassi (Safeera Kaka)

1 cup Pineapple chopped 4 teaspoon Desiccated coconut 2 tablespoon Sugar ½ cup double thick plain yogurt ¼ cup Milk 1 teaspoon Coconut oil 1 Pinch Salt Instructions In a pan, toast coconut until golden, without burning it.Set aside. In the same pan, add chopped...

Watermelon Slushy (Safeera Kaka)

1 medium size watermelon cut into cubes and deseeded 3-4 tbl Rose syrup Juice of half a lemon Liqudise the watermelon with the rose syrup You can add more or less according to your preference Freeze for 2-3 hours until it turns into a slush Enjoy on a hot summer...

Mango Lassi (Safeera Kaka)

1 Cup fresh mango cut into slices 1/2 cup milk 1/4 cup plain yoghurt 1 scoop vanilla ice cream (optional) Blend all the ingredients in a high speed blender until smooth. You can add more water or milk as needed if its too thick Add extra yoghurt if you want it more...

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...

TEA/CHAI MASALA SPICE BLEND

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...