Indian Masala ButterMilk Recipe | Summer Recipes | Majjiege

                Masala Butter Milk - a very easy Indian style thirst quencher.It's called by various names 'majjige' in Kannada,'neer mor' in Tamil,'Chaas' in Hindi and 'Sambaram' in Malayalam. Like the names, the ingredients added will differ from state to state but the Star Ingredient  remains the same.

Fruit Salad With Watemelon and BlueBerry | Easy Fruit Salad | Watermelon Recipes

  Fruit salad is a very quick and healthiest meal/snack anyone would ever have.Have i told you i have never seen this much variety of fruits before coming to US .Wanted to try so many different recipes, tried quite a few fruits like pineapple,strawberry,mango,banana,peach (lassi),cantaloupe (juice) .This fruit salad happened just the previous week ,when i bought a whole watermelon.

Caramel Popsicle Recipe | Easy Popsicle Recipe | Step By Step Picture Recipe

Caramel Popsicle Recipe -one of the creamiest Popsicle.Its summer here so my kid is enjoying it to the fullest by having mango frooti ,mango pineapple Popsicle, vanilla ice cream, after all these  bought a can of heavy cream and was looking for a caramel recipe .I found this recipe very easy.

Arisi Vathal Recipe | Arisi Vadagam | Vadam Recipe | Rice Flour Recipe

     Rice Vathal /Arisi Vathal /Vadam is a Indian style Fryums made with rice flour.Rice vathal is similar to killu vathal or koozh vadagam.Instead of grinding the rice and making koozh vadagam,you can simply use rice flour.Does it sound easy to you?yeah!!! OK ... i am going to show you how

Fruit Pops With Mango Pineapple | Zero Sugar Popsicle

    Fruit Popsicle/Fruit Pops a treat to kids and for the hard working mommies out there.What is special about this fruit Popsicle? It is made of real fruit !!!!! No additives,preservative and Gluten free and of course sugar free and its really vegan.A real treat ,right ?

How To Make Mango Lassi | Sweet Punjabi Drink

    How to make mango lassi - a sweet treat from Punjab.Everybody from India know of this lassi for sure.Mangoes are in season at the end of school year in India.Vacation-Summer starts in India during April.When we were kids,we used to eat mango ..mango.. mango anytime ..For dessert, Side dish or as a Snack.Lassi is basically a drink made with yogurt as the base.You can prepare endless combination of lassi with vegetables and fruits.With cucumber you can make a salt lassi ,Pulse your favorite strawberry in the yogurt to make a Strawberry lassi or You can make peach lassi like i did.So its up to you to choose your favorite combination.

Nannari Sarbath Recipe | Summer Drinks

Nannari sarbath a delicious summer drink made with nannari syrup and sugar.Nannari sherbeth in lemon juice and water with 2-3 cubes of ice is sure a bliss in the hot summer afternoon.My family dont like commerically available drinks.We don't buy any of those drink ,they simply give empty calories and is the major cause of diabetics and obesity.

Poosanikai Moru | Summer Drinks | Pumpkin ButterMilk

        Poosanikai Moru / Spiced buttermilk with white pumpkin,one of the easy and cost effective way to refresh yourself on a summer afternoon.Spiced moru is also called sambaram in kerala,majjige in andhra, neer mor in Tamil.

Cantaloupe Juice | Fresh Juice Recipe | Summer Recipes

  Cantaloupe /Muskmelon/rock melon one of the nutritious melon to have.Making a cantaloupe juice in this summer sunny afternoon makes you very refreshing.This can be a filling breakfast juice with one or two slices of bread.Add few ice cubes or cool this ,to enjoy it more.

Vendhaya Dosai | Fenugreek Seeds Dosa

Vendhaya dosai is nothing but south Indian dosa without (much) urad dal and uses vendhayam as the binding agent .Vendhayam gives the required fluffiness to vendhaya dosai. Vendhayam also called fenugreek seeds or menthe has lots of nutritional benefits.I already discussed most of it in methi thepla post.

Chocolate Ice Cream | No Churn Ice Cream

          Ice cream- a frozen treat made with a combination of milk and cream basically .Combined with fruits to give more different flavors.Who doesn't love ice cream? I make ice cream rare so this is my first post on ice cream and its every body's favorite chocolate ice cream.

Dried Raw Mango - Maavathal Sambar

     Dried Raw mango my mom makes every year to preserve mangoes.You guys know mangoes are seasonal and comes only in summer.In our house mango is very much liked by all.We all enjoy every bite, when it comes to mango pickle,mango thokku,mango curry and this sun dried mavathal.We kids used to eat when the maa vathal is drying in the sun itself(he he so tasty).I love the semi dried chewy ,tangy,sweet maa vathal more than fully dried ones.

Rose Milk Recipe | Summer Drinks

        Rose milk- the easy and fastest way to refresh yourself on a hot summer day.Drinking lots of water helps/keeps you hydrated.Some people don't like to drink water as such,drinks like rose milk, lemon juice or even butter milk comes as a saviour.If you have some ice cubes ready in freezer then you are all set for these quick drinks.

Strawberry Salsa Recipe | Strawberry Recipes

      Strawberry salsa a quick and refreshing dip for party,game night or get together events.To party, the most occurring summer event.To all wonderful parties ,this bright red colour strawberry salsa sure brings some extra energy.
     To play in park ,have a cool lemonade,blow bubbles,have a long road trip licking ice cream's -sure is a dream in the winter. But you can def enjoy this salsa ,in warmth of your heater.
   No more strawberry recipes,this is the last one.May be i change my mind if i find a batch of wonderful looking strawberries again(hehe).

Chocolate Banana Smoothie|Breakfast Smoothie

What is a smoothie?What is a milkshake ?What is the difference between smoothie and a milkshake?

•     Smoothie is a drink made  without ice cream or even without milk.Basically thick kind .
•     Milkshake is a drink made with milk ,ice cream or both.Milkshakes can be thin with or without fruit.

    I really had a hard time planning the title of this post.But finally i decided to go with smoothie.
     This smoothie i did for cooking secretly challenge started by priya suresh sis .This month my pair is sailaja reddy .She gave two wonderful ingredients ,Cocoa and banana..After hearing the ingredients i decided to do this smoothie ..Because drinks are rare happenings in mykitchenodyssey right ?
    I won't click and post smoothies and drinks which my daughter always demands.The ones i posted are strawnerry milkshake when strawberry is in season, lemon sharbath during summers,peach lassi when i buy peach.
   This is a skinny version ,you can very well add full fat milk and a very large banana and add more cocoa powder to make it more sweeter and thick smoothie.I personally don't like much sweet, so used less cocoa powder and no honey.Adding of peanut butter is optional.But it gives a nice touch to the smoothie.
     This is very filling smoothie.If you are in a hurry for a breakfast but forgot or don't have anything to cook .This smoothie is the best option.

Lemon Sharbath/Lemonade

              My mom makes this kind of sharbath to preserve the lemon on  summers (during that time we don't have refrigerator).You may be thinking of why i am giving the recipe now almost summer is over now right .one reason is i was on vacation that's why i couldn't post  this before.Another reason is ,this fall season  kids gets cold ,cough due to climate change . Lemon helps to improve their immunity by increasing their vitamin c level in their diet .
            Lemonade/Lemon Sharbath recipe i mention here is a kind of easy way, but its very handy when you want a drink on a hot summer day after you come from shopping.Think of it ...
               Sugar measurement mentioned here is good enough for the lemonade according to me .If you want the lemonade to be more sweeter add little more sugar while getting the sugar syrup ready .

            Check other simple cool drink Strawberry Milkshake    
 

Preparation time:10 min
Cooking time:12-15 min
Yields:200 ml sharbath

InstantRawMangoPickle/EasyPickle/OilLessPickle

         
        Mango is a seasonal fruit and is more abundant in summer season .It has so many nutritional values including high in vitamin A apart from its sweety goodness .You can enjoy the raw mango as it is or add some chili and salt mixture on the cut mango ,slightly dip one side and eat it ,This is the easiest to enjoy the raw mango, isn't it ?.You can simply cut the mango and serve it with curd rice another easy way to enjoy the mango .
How people use mangoes:
       Indian People do vathal((dry the mango in sunlight to remove the moisture and store it for the whole year ),Thokku (grate them and add some spices and jaggery ),Sambhar ,Juice to enjoy the mango when its available.
What Type of mango to use:

           This mango pickle taste more better with mooku manga(Tota puri mango) .The place where i live in US has mango available, but are mexican mangoes(but that didnt stop me doing this pickle) .
If you are storing this pickle :

Because you are doing pickle with the fresh mango shelf life is up to one week (remember to store in jar/airtight continer and use fresh spoon evertime) .

           This pickle is my very favourite .I remember eating them at lord muruga temple where they serve this pickle along with kanji (They cook and cool the rice and add some onion and some tempering along with little water and curd).Now you have come to the conclusion that this pickle taste better with curd rice ,But believe me it taste better with rasam ,sambhar rice too .


Interested in some mango recipes check

Manga thokku(grated mango pickle)
Mango Toordal Curry

Preparation time:10 min
Yields:2 cups (approximate)

Strawberry Milkshake/Summer Drinks

Strawberries are abudant here these days and my little girl loves it. So I get a box of them whenever I see them. I give her fresh berries whenever she wishes, apart from this she likes milk shakes. So I make this milkshake often. I thought of sharing this recipe later because its not even summer here, but scroching sun is showing its fury in India. To quench your taste buds for this summer I wanted to share a quick and healthy drink in the form of milkshake. When you want to add some calories to your kids milk or in a hurry on a weekday  this is perfect milkshake. Crush strawberries with milk and tada your milkshake is ready .If you want it a little rich you can add more sugar or use whole milk .

Prepration time :10 min
Serves:2