Thread: Drinks to cool you of this summer

Hi guys ,

Here are some easy to make home made drinks which you can use to cool of this summer . It also makes a great welcome drink

Lime Panaka

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Ingredients

2 limes
5 glasses water
150gm jaggery
1/2 teaspoon dry ginger powder
1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder (optional)

Method

* Squeeze the juice out of the limes. Add water and stir well. Add the jaggery after powdering and stir till it dissolves completely . Add the dry ginger powder
* Strain the mixture
* Add the cardamom powder if you went
* Serve Chilled

Aam Panna

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Ingredients

2 medium sized raw mangoes
10 teaspoons sugar
cardamom powder-1/2 teaspoon
A pinch of saffron
Water

Method

*Cut the mangoes into medium sized pieces and pressure cook for 10 minutes
*Take off skin,and mash the pulp;if necessary blend in a mixer
*Add four glasses water to the pulp
*Add the pinch of saffron , the sugar and the cardamom powder
*Refrigerate and serve chilled

Cucumber Jasmine Iced tea

Ingredients

Jasmine Tea -10gms or 1 tea bag
Fresh Cucumber juice (made without seeds) -20ml
Honey to taste
Ice cubes
Fresh lemon juice

Preparation

*Brew the jasmine tea in boiling hot water for 2 mins
*Fill up a tall glass with ice cubes
*Pour the hot brew over the ice
*Add sugar honey to taste
*Top up with cucumber juice and lemon juice
*Garnish with cucumber strips and fresh lime wedge

aaam panna we usually make @ home n its fun to drink it on summer evenings or noon also.....lime panaka is almost similar to wht i drink everyday ......@ evenings when i get back from work..... its got the flavour n its refreshing....

I can drink pitchers full of these ice cool necters......

also go for the original coolers
Green Coconut Water & Lassi

Useful Info. Reps++++

Nice share.... COOOLLLL

Thanks for the cool stuff. I think i'll lay off the chilled beers for a while and try some of these. Btw, what's a jaggery?

jaggery ?????

do u mean sugarcane juice......thts also good for summers....but make sure u drink it fresh & at hygeinic places as ......there r chances to catch a couple of dangerous disease from it.....

Originally Posted by heavybison

Thanks for the cool stuff. I think i'll lay off the chilled beers for a while and try some of these. Btw, what's a jaggery?

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its a kind of a natural sugar ........ its brown and powdery like ..... used a lot in India to make sweets

in the above pic jaggery is lumped into a cylinder like shape

its very easily available in the market

in hindi its called "GUD''

Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

in hindi its called "GUD''

Now i know!! Thanks..

Good info shadow, repped...

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Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

in hindi its called "GUD''

In Tamil it is called vellam ;-)

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when you are travelling out its recommended that you don't take sugarcane juice, because sugar content tends to absorb water and thus dehydrates body.

In clear contrast of this, common salt helps retain water content of body coz of the presence of Na , sodium.

I love sugarcane juice tho, can't resists drinking it.

But usually i settle for lemon juice, and i feel its best next only to buttermilk.

speaking of lemon juice has any one tried LMN or Neembu pani from 7up?

Originally Posted by bharthiae

I can drink pitchers full of these ice cool necters......

how many?

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Originally Posted by 18lama

speaking of lemon juice has any one tried LMN or Neembu pani from 7up?

ve tried nibooz ....fun drink...i atleast liked it....

LMN nnot yet....

Sugarcane juice is very very healthy and good but avoid having it with ice. Generally most infections happen due to contaminated ice.

Originally Posted by 18lama

speaking of lemon juice has any one tried LMN or Neembu pani from 7up?

Ive tried Nimbooz, its quite nice, but when i had it i knew ive tasted something like this before, and then i remembered, it tastes like flat 7up or limca!!!!


Nice info Shadowcon, adding jaggery and dried ginger powder is something different will try this for sure.

well preeti.......7 up & limca have got fizz in it......unlike nimbooz....!

Originally Posted by Preeti_20

Ive tried Nimbooz, its quite nice, but when i had it i knew ive tasted something like this before, and then i remembered, it tastes like flat 7up or limca!!!!

You are right...I tried lmn yesterday, does not taste like homemade nimbu pani at all. And yes like you said it does taste like a flat Limca.

Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

well preeti.......7 up & limca have got fizz in it......unlike nimbooz....!

I know Aashaka, but i think you missed it where i have mentioned the word 'flat'. Not that i like flat drinks, but I've had it once or twice!

yep i jus read it now......sorry

its ok no probs!

Bad part about Nimbooz is that while it pretends to be "natural". It have only 2% lemon concentrate. This whole natural thing is a fake.

Originally Posted by devrajofjaipur

Bad part about Nimbooz is that while it pretends to be "natural". It have only 2% lemon concentrate. This whole natural thing is a fake.

heehee thats why i prefre making nimboo pani at home add water nimboo ka ras salt and sweet as per ur wish and some mint nothing can be more refreshing