[Rick] had a problem. His garage refrigerator was tasked with a critical duty—keeping refreshing beverages at low temperature. Unfortunately, it had failed—the condenser was forever running, or not running at all. The beverages were either frozen, or lukewarm, regardless of the thermostat setting. There was nothing for it—the controller had to be rebuilt from scratch.
Thankfully, [Rick]’s junk drawer was obliging. He was able to find an Arduino Uno R4, complete with WiFi connectivity courtesy of the ESP32 microcontroller onboard. This was paired with a DHT11 sensor, which provided temperature and humidity measurements. [Rick] began testing the hardware by spitting out temperature readings on the Uno’s LED matrix.
Once that was working, the microcontroller had to be given control over the fridge itself. This was achieved by programming it to activate a Kasa brand smart plug, which could switch mains power to the fridge as needed. The Uno simply emulated the action of the Kasa phone app to switch the smart plug on and off to control the fridge’s temperature, with the fridge essentially running flat out whenever it was switched on. The Uno also logs temperature to a server so [Rick] can make sure temperatures remain in the proper range.
Kairi Panha is the best homemade thirst quencher during summers. It helps fight dehydration thus making it a healthy option for you to choose over sodas and sugar loaded drinks.
Watermelon? is a delicious and refreshing fruit, helps you cool down from the summer heat. It is low in calorie, with high water content and also highly nutritious. Fruit tastes delicious as is but here is the best way to use the leftover watermelon.
Store the chopped watermelon cubes in the freezer for months and it would be so handy every time you make smoothies or milkshakes or ice cream or sorbets. Watermelon milkshake tastes so delicious, rich and filling. It can be combined with any fruit of your choice like banana, strawberry, peach or blueberry.
Try this recipe or your own combination with different fruits and ingredients, all goes well with watermelon. Beat the summer heat with a refreshing watermelon drink.
Watermelon combined with ice cream and milk would be a perfect cooler for summers. Begin your day with this refreshing watermelon drink, for a healthy start of the day.
Course Drinks
Keyword Milkshake
Prep Time 5minutes
Equipment
Blender
Ingredients
1cupWatermelonfrozen
1cupMilkchilled
2scoopsIce-CreamVanilla
1TbspHoney
2-3Tbspfinely chopped Melonto garnish
Instructions
Blend frozen watermelon, milk, honey, and ice cream to smooth consistency.
Pour into a chilled glass and garnish with chopped watermelon.
Serve immediately! Slurp the goodness!!
Video
Notes
Combine other fruits like strawberry, banana, peach or blueberry.
You could add any dairy-free milk of your choice(like almond milk or cashew milk or soy milk). Milkshakes taste good in any combination.
To have a chilling cold drink I added frozen watermelon. If frozen fruit is not available, add fresh fruits.
Frozen watermelon turns mushy when thawed, so the best way to use frozen melon is to make smoothies or milkshakes.
You could also try other Watermelon Coolers for this summer…
Watermelon? is a delicious and refreshing fruit, helps you cool down from the summer heat. It has high water content and also highly nutritious and low in calorie. Fruit tastes delicious as is but here is the best way to make it super delicious by preparing a summer drink out of it. It is so refreshing and turns out to be a perfect cooler for summers.
If you are bored having the basic lemonade/nimbu pani!?! Here is a twist to basic lemonade by addition of watermelon. To give a refreshing burst of flavor, use the very popular herb-Mint Leaves, which is a good relaxant. Watermelon along with Mint leaves makes a great combination for a refreshing summer drink.
Wait! the lemonade is still not done. Yet to add the most nutritious seeds, the best body coolants, the seeds that are most nutritious when soaked in water and consumed. When soaked, the seeds get a nice soft-jelly like texture outside and crunchy inside with a bland flavor. Yes! you might have guessed by now, they are Sabja/Basil seeds, that are rich in antioxidant with numerous health benefits.
Check out the recipe of basic lemonade with sabja and its health benefits…
My lemonades are never complete without the addition of sabja. So make your watermelon lemonade drink more nutritious and refreshing with the addition of mint and sabja.
Did I miss to tell you about one more special addition to this juice? Its addition of black salt. Black Salt or Kala Namak is a popular cooling spice from India and is used as a laxative and digestive aid. Black salt is often added to drinks or salads or chats recipes. Just a pinch of black salt under the tongue is believed to be very helpful in treating nausea. It has a slightly sour flavor, so the addition of black salt to any drink would make it so refreshingly good. The drink would get an add-on health benefit with black salt. Ready to slurp the goodness!?!
Watermelon Mint Lemonade with Sabja | ಸಬ್ಜಾ ಕಲ್ಲಂಗಡಿ ಪಾನಕ | Summer Special | Watermelon Cooler
A refreshing and healthy lemonade drink made with Watermelon, Mint, and Sabja turns out to be a perfect cooler for summers. Slurp the goodness & stay hydrated with watermelon Cooler.
Course Drinks
Keyword juice
Prep Time 5minutes
Soak Sabja 10minutes
Total Time 15minutes
Servings 2
Author KaviRuchi
Equipment
Blender
Ingredients
1tspSabja Seeds / Basil Seedssoaked in ¼ cup Water.
2cupsWatermelonchilled
5-6Mint Leaves
Juice of 1 Lime
1TbspHoney
pinchBlack Salt
Ice Cubes
Instructions
Soak a tsp of Sabja Seeds in ¼ cup water for about 10-12 mins.
Blend watermelon, mint leaves, honey, lime juice, and a pinch black salt to smooth consistency.
Pour into a chilled glass, add soaked sabja and ice cubes. Garnish with mint leaves and watermelon slice.
Serve immediately or chill it for later use.
BEAT the HEAT !!! with Watermelon Lemonade…
Video
Notes
Sabja Seeds are easily available in Indian or Asian grocery stores and are commonly known as Sweet Basil seeds, Falooda seeds or Turkmaria seeds.
Add more or less lemon juice and sweetener according to your taste and preference.
You could skip adding salt however adding a pinch of black salt enhances the flavor of watermelon lemonade.
Other flavors you could try apart from mint leaves, is grated ginger/rose syrup.
Flavor lemonade according to your choice and enjoy the Summer Drink! Stay healthy & hydrated!
If you want to know HOW TO SELECT & STORE WATERMELON, check out…
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