Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Anaar ka Sharbat (Grapes Juice)

Ingredients

1/2 x 3-inch piece of Orange Zest
1/4 tsp Cardamom Seeds (Elaichi)
4 whole Cloves (Lavang)
6 cup Grape Juice (Angoor Ka Raas)
1/4th cup Honey (Shahad)
3-inch piece of Cinnamon (Tuj/Dalchini) Stick
2 cup sparkling Water

How to make angoor sharbat:
  • Tie the zest, cardamom seeds and cloves in a small piece of cheese cloth.
  • Place the juice and honey in a large stainless steel pan and bring it to near the boiling point over moderate heat.
  • Remove the pan from the heat, add the spice bag and cinnamon stick, cover, and set aside until the juice has cooled to tepid.
  • Remove the spice bag and cinnamon stick and chill.
  • Add the water before serving.

Orange Smoothie (Orang Smuthi)


Ingredients

1/3rd cup frozen concentrated Orange Juice (Santra Ka Raas)
1 cup Milk (Doodh)
1/4th cup Sugar (Cheeni)
2 cup Ice-cubes
1 peeled and sliced ripe Banana (Kela)

How to make orange smoothie:
  • Process all ingredients in blender, stopping several times for ice to settle - continue until smooth.
  • Garnish, if desired; serve immediately.

Gulab Ka Sharbat (Rose Drink)


Ingredients

11/2 cup freshly picked Rose Petals (Gulab Ke Patti)
3/4 cup boiling Water
1/4th tsp Cardamom Seeds
3/4th cup Sugar (Cheeni)
1/4th cup strained fresh Lemon Juice (Nimbu Ka Raas)
2/3rd cup Pomegranate Juice
5 cup cold Water

11/2 cup freshly picked Rose Petals (Gulab Ke Patti)
3/4 cup boiling Water
1/4th tsp Cardamom Seeds
3/4th cup Sugar (Cheeni)
1/4th cup strained fresh Lemon Juice (Nimbu Ka Raas)
2/3rd cup Pomegranate Juice
5 cup cold Water

How to make gulab sharbat:
  • Crush the rose petals with mortar and pestle and place them in a large bowl.
  • Add the boiling water, then pour the mixture to a metal container and add cardamom seeds. set aside for 8 hours or overnight.
  • Pour the rose-cardamom water through a muslin lined strainer set over a bowl.
  • Add the sugar, and float the bowl over a hot water filled sink until the sugar dissolves.
  • Remove from the hot water and filter it again.
  • Cool it to room temperature.
  • Combine all the ingredients in a pitcher and stir well.
  • Serve in a glass half filled with crushed ice.
How to make gulab sharbat:
  • Crush the rose petals with mortar and pestle and place them in a large bowl.
  • Add the boiling water, then pour the mixture to a metal container and add cardamom seeds. set aside for 8 hours or overnight.
  • Pour the rose-cardamom water through a muslin lined strainer set over a bowl.
  • Add the sugar, and float the bowl over a hot water filled sink until the sugar dissolves.
  • Remove from the hot water and filter it again.
  • Cool it to room temperature.
  • Combine all the ingredients in a pitcher and stir well.
  • Serve in a glass half filled with crushed ice.

Chocolate Drink (Chokolate Drinkk)

Ingredients

4 cup Cold Milk (Thanda Doodh)
2 cup Chocolate Ice-Cream
5 tsp sweetened Cocoa Powder
Crushed Ice

How to make chocolate shake:
  • Blend milk and cocoa powder in a blender for few seconds.
  • Add ice-cream and crushed ice and blend again for few more seconds.
  • Serve chilled.
  • Serve over a crushed ice.

Strawbery Drink (Straberry Drinkk)

Ingredients

1 cup fresh Strawberries
4 cup Milk (Doodh)
To taste Sugar (Cheeni)
Ice -cubes

How to make strawberry shake:
  • Wash strawberries properly and remove the stems.
  • Blend strawberries and little milk together in a blender until crushed properly into a smooth paste.
  • Add the remaining milk, sugar and crushed ice.
  • Blend again for another 30 seconds or so.
  • Served chilled in glasses.
  • Note : If strawberries are not available, strawberry essence can be used.

Spiced Tea (Masaly Wali Chaey)

Ingredients

21/2 cup Water
2 Cloves (Lavang)
1 brown Cardamom (Badi Elaichi)
4 Black Pepper corns (Kalimirchi)
1 Cinnamon Stick (Tuj/Dalchini)
2 tsp Tea Leaves (Chai Patti)
11/4 cup Milk (Doodh)
2 tblsp Sugar (Cheeni) or as desired

How to make spiced tea:
  • Place the water, cloves, cardamom, peppercorns and cinnamon in a saucepan and bring to boil.
  • Stir in the tea leaves and continue to cook over a moderate heat for 2 minutes.
  • Add the milk and sugar and boil, remove from the heat.
  • Strain and serve piping hot.

Anar Ka Sharbat (Pomgranate Drink)


Ingredients

1 kg red pomegranate (anar)
1 kg sugar
1/2 kg water
ice as required
rock salt (kala namak) as required
1/4 tsp potassium meta bi sulphate

How to make anar ka sharbat:
  • Peel anar.
  • Boil sugar and water.
  • Boil it to one sugar syrup strand.
  • Take out juice of pomegranate.
  • Let syrup cool, and then add anar ka juice and potassium meta bi sulphate.
  • Fill it in a bottle.
  • Serve it in a glass with water, kala namak, crushed ice.