As the sun scorches overhead your senses are muted and all you can think of is something cold to guzzle. Water is an essential part of body. If a sufficient amount of water is not provided to the body then it will become dehydrated which can be fatal. Water is the most natural drink for the body, but it is tasteless and dull. Unless you are really thirsty, when plain water is often the best thing, you may want something more flavoursome to satisfy your taste buds.
Some of the latest cold drinks have become very popular - health and taste wise. Aerated cold drinks, juices, coconut water, buttermilk, lemon water, chilled coffees, iced teas, mocktails, smoothies, floats, etc. are always in demand in the hotter summer weather.
The top favourite summer drinks and their recipes are listed below.
1. Melon Smoothie
Ingredients:
1 cup of chopped melon
1/3 cup chopped kiwi
½ sliced ripe banana
¼ cup of grape juice
½ tsp ginger juice
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/3 cup Lemon Sorbet
½ cup of Ice
Preparation:
Put all ingredients in the blender and mix until smooth. You will get a fruity and cool drink ready to be gulped in one go.
2. Kokum Sherbet
Ingredients:
1 cup chopped kokum fruit
2 cups of water
5 crushed cardamom
2 cups of sugar
1 tsp of cumin powder
Black rock salt to taste (Pinch)
Preparation:
- Remove the seeds of the kokum and chop it. Put it in the blender and make a puree.
- Strain this mixture.
- Boil sugar and water in a pan until the mixture becomes thick.
- When this syrup cools down, add strained kokum puree to it.
- Now add cardamom powder, cumin powder and black rock salt to it. Mix it properly.
- For each serving mix one tablespoon of this sherbet in a glass of water and put ice cubes in it.
3. Mango Buttermilk
Ingredients:
1 cup of peeled and chopped ripe alphonso mango
½ cup of yogurt
Sugar to taste
¼ teaspoon cardamom
Preparation:
Mix all the ingredients in a blender. Serve in a wide brimmed glass with enough ice cubes to chill your taste buds properly!
4. Raspberry Lemonade Punch
Ingredients:
1 bottle frozen raspberry lemonade concentrate
3 cups of water
¾ tsp. lemon juice
1 can lime flavored aerated beverage
1 cup of ice (crushed)
To garnish 1 cup of fresh raspberries and 18 mint leaves.
Preparation:
Mix raspberry lemonade concentrate, water and lime juice in a large punch bowl. Add lime soda and crushed ice. Garnish with fresh raspberries and mint leaves.
5. Chocolate Mint Milkshake
Ingredients:
4 scoops of ice-cream (vanilla or butterscotch)
¼ cup of milk
¼ cup chocolate syrup
1 drop of peppermint extract
Preparation:
Put ice cream, chocolate syrup and peppermint extract in a mixer blender. Blend until fluffy and smooth. Serve in a glass with ice cubes.
So as the weather warms up why not keep your cool and make your own refreshing and mouth-watering chilled drinks.
About The Author:
Richard Woods is a writer for KLIX, the drinks vending division of Mars Inc.
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