MANGO MARGARITA

                                   

                                

INGREDIENTS 

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Bottled mango drink.             2 cups +  2 tablespoons

A few saffron threads

Sugar.                                    8 tablespoons

Chilled soda.                          2 cups

Ripe mango cubes.                2 tablespoons

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1 . Soak saffron in 2 tablespoons of mango drink.

2 . Place sugar in a pan and heat till it caramelises . Leave to cool .

3 . Dip the rims of margarita glasses in the caramelised sugar . 

                   

4 . Divide the mango drink equally among glasses and top up with chilled soda .

5 . Swirl the saffron over and garnish with mango cubes . 

JALJEERA

INGREDIENTS

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Cumin seeds , roasted & ground.            2 tablespoons

Fresh mint leaf paste.                             2 tablespoons

Fresh coriander leaf paste.                     1/2 teaspoon

Dried mango powder ( amchur ).            1 tablespoon

Black salt.                                              1 tablespoon

Lemon juice.                                          3 tablespoons

Sugar.                                                    1 teaspoon

Fresh mint leaves to garnish 

                                                    METHOD

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1 . In a large jug, mix cumin seed powder , mint paste , coriander paste , amchur , black salt , lemon juice and sugar .

2 . Add 5 cups of chilled water and stir till all the ingredients are well blended .

3 . Pour into glasses , garnish with mint leaves and serve chilled .

MINTY ICED SPICED TEA

                                       

                              

INGREDIENTS

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Fresh mint leaves              15 - 20

Tea leaves.                        5 teaspoons

Chopped ginger.               1/2 inch

Cinnamon.                        1 inch

Sugar.                               7 tablespoons

Lemon juice.                     3 tablespoons

Fresh mint sprigs.             To garnish

        

                                                    METHOD

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1 . Boil 5 cups of water with ginger and cinnamon . Add sugar and tea leaves and boil for a minute .

2 . Add 8 to 10 fresh mint leaves ; remove from heat , strain and set aside to cool . Stir in the lemon juice .

3 . Pour one cup of the decoction mixed with the remaining mint leaves into an  ice tray and freeze to make  tea flavoured ice cubes .

4 . Place the remaining decoction in the refrigerator to chill .

5 . To serve , pour  the chilled tea into tall glasses .

6 . Add a few flavoured ice cubes , decorate with sprigs of mint and serve immediately . 

                             

GINGER LEMONADE

                         

                                 

INGREDIENTS

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Grated ginger.               2 inches

Lemon juice.                 3 tablespoons

Sugar.                           1 cup

Lemon wedges.            8

Fresh mint sprigs

Ice cubes

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1 . Combine ginger and sugar with 2 cups of water in a pan . Bring the mixture to boil , stirring continuously until the sugar dissolves . Simmer for 3 minutes .

2 . Strain the syrup through a piece of muslin and set aside to cool .

3 . Combine the syrup with 2 1/2 cups of water . Add the lemon juice and stir well .

4 . Pour into glasses . Add ice cubes , lemon wedges and mint leaves . Serve immediately .

VANILLA COLA

INGREDIENTS 

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Chilled cola.            6 cups

Vanilla ice cream.    4 scoops

                   

                                                   METHOD

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1 . Blend cola with vanilla ice cream till smooth .

2 . Pour into tall classes and serve immediately .

BANANA STRAWBERRY MEDLEY

                               

                                                 

INGREDIENTS

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Bananas , peeled & sliced.               4

Strawberry crush.                            8 tablespoons

Cream.                                            2 cups

Strawberry slices.                           4

Crushed ice.                                   2 cups 

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1 . Process bananas , strawberry crush , cream and crushed ice in a blender at high speed until well blended .

2 . Pour the mixture into individual glasses .

3 . Decorate each glass with a strawberry slice and serve immediately .

BLACK GRAPE SHERBET

             

                                  

INGREDIENTS

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Black grape juice.                4 cups

Cumin seeds.                       3/4 teaspoon

Carom seeds ( ajwain ).        1/2 teaspoon

Fennel seeds ( saunf )           1 teaspoons

Black salt.                             3 teaspoons

Tamarind pulp.                      1 1/2 tablespoon

Crushed ice

Black & green grapes to garnish

                                                  METHOD

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1 . Dry roast cumin seeds , fennel seeds and carom seeds  . Grind all these with black salt to make a fine powder .

2 . Pour the grape juice into a jug ; add the grounded powder and tamarind pulp and mix well .

3 . Add the crushed ice and mix well .

4 . Pour into old fashioned glasses and garnish with grapes .