Strawberry Smoothy Milk shake: chopped strawberries & milk + vanilla or strawberry ice cream. PLEASE GO TO Strawberry Smoothy (1) Strawberry Smoothy (2)
Melon-Papaya Tango This is a recipe from Tarla Dalal. It is made thick with blending papaya peeled, deseeded & cut into pieces Muskmelon, peeled , deseeded & cut into pieces Crushed ice
Chocolate Syrup & Chocolate Milkshake It is very easy to prepare chocolate syrup/sauce at home & preserve for a few weeks. Cocoa powder - 1/2 cup Sugar - 1 cup Water - 1/2 cup Mix cocoa & sugar together dry & keep. Put water in a saucepan & heat. Add this mixture, stirring on a low fire till it starts thickening. Remove when syrup/sauce consistency is reached as per your requirement. Strain, cool and refrigerate. The sauce can be poured on ice creams, used for hot chocolate etc. Chocolate-Banana Milkshake: According to my "chocolacious" GD, this is sheer Heaven on Earth! Freeze both milk & sliced banana. This is a must to get thick milkshake. Blend in a liquidiser frozen milk+frozen banana+chocolate syrup. If preferred mint essence can be added.
Lychee Milkshake - when the fruit is abundant! For milkshakes, frozen milk & sliced & frozen bananas form a thick luscious base. I stock both & change only the main ingredients. Lychee milkshake:
Fresh Lime - incomparable "zing" ! I first tried this when I bought my Kenwood Liquidiser way back in early 60's. The recipe came in the booklet. I can only say, it is a "super leemony drink". Select a fresh small or medium size lime. You can use white sugar or brown sugar or honey with a pinch of salt, crushed ice & chilled water. This must be consumed fresh. Otherwise bitterness creeps in. I used magic bullet. One can use a powerful blender or liquidiser. An Indian mixi does not work. First blend chilled water, salt & sugar till well blended. Now drop the whole lime (do not cut) with crushed ice & liquidise for 2-3 spells of 10 secs. The lime gets smashed. Strain & drink immediately.
Pineapple-Grape Smoothy This with a fruit makes up the breakfast. Chopped pineapple+seedless grapes+milk cubes+oats+flaxseed powder+ brownsugar+chopped & frozen bananas (not shown in photo - this is optional)
Orange Milkshake - nothing better to beat the heat! I used MinuteMaid orange pulp. You can use fresh orange juice or a juice carton. If the juice is thin, add a scoop of ice tream to get a thick milkshake - but, banana does the trick "subtly" !
Pineapple Milkshake - a mini dessert! For this, use ice cream & not bananas to give a creamy taste. Liquidise all ingredients, first pieapple with milk & then ice cream & sugar.
Salad Juice - Does the name amuse you? This morning, as I started slicing cucumber & tomato for salad, I just thought - why not liquidise & "drink" rather than "eat"! Believe me, it tasted very good. No salt, sugar or chat masala. Add crushed ice & blend.
Avocado Smoothy Avocado is now available in Chennai. My niece who has come from Iowa for thanu's wedding taught me how to ripen & use it. To ripen it, I kept it in a newspaper bag along with a banana. It ripened in 2 days. I made diametrically opposite cuts along the length & on twisting the two halves came out clean. I scooped the flesh with a spoon. She advised me to use Condensed milk & crushed ice.