Aam ka Panna (Raw Green Mango Drink) is a refreshing mango drink that is made from raw green mangoes and some mild spices. This chilled drink is great for hot summer days as it has a very nice cooling effect.
Course Drinks
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Aamras, Amchora, Kairi Panna, Raw Mango Drink, Raw Mango Juice, Refreshing, Summer Drink
Buttermilk, or chaas or chhachh in Hindi, is a very common drink in most Indian households, mainly during summers due to its digestive properties and helps to keep the body cool. This refreshing yogurt drink is a perfect blend of yogurt and spices like cumin powder, hing, ginger, green chilies, and salt to enhance its taste and healing properties that turns out to be an ideal summer cooler, that can be consumed every day, either by itself or after a meal to aid digestion and treat stomach ailments.
Buttermilk can be enjoyed plain just with roasted cumin powder and salt. Adding spices and fresh herbs makes the most refreshing, tasty summer drink, called masala chaas/buttermilk. Traditional Chaas is made with herbs like mint and coriander leaves. I wanted to give this traditional chaas a twist by adding in the most commonly used herb, which you would have not thought of its addition with buttermilk, apart from pestos and pastas. Yes! Basil and buttermilk would make an awesome combination. A soothing flavor of basil in buttermilk is definitely a drink to relish.
Basil is a flavorful, leafy green herb that is most widely known and grown herbs in the world. It’s a member of the mint family, and many different varieties exist. Sweet basil is the most common, others include Lemon basil, Cinnamon basil, Lettuce basil, and Thai basil. This Chaas recipe is made using sweet basil.
Sweet basil is a light green color with a rounded cup-shaped leaf, very popular in pestos, salads, and marinades, as it has a milder taste and aroma compared to the Tulsi leaves. This aromatic herb is not only popular in food seasonings but also used in herbal teas and supplements which may provide a range of health benefits. Basil is easy to grow, grows well outdoors in the summer. Homegrown Fresh basil leaves are always handy to use in your cooking.
Beat the summer heat with this refreshing basil-yogurt drink.
Did I miss to tell you about one more special addition to this Chaas? 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.
The addition of basil leaves to buttermilk, not only adds a unique flavor to buttermilk also with loads of added on health benefits. You will definitely love this basil flavored buttermilk, do give a try!!
Basil Chaas | ಮಸಾಲ ಮಜ್ಜಿಗೆ | Indian Summer Drink Recipe | Spiced Buttermilk with Basil
Chaas, an Indian traditional Buttermilk drink with a perfect blend of yogurt and spices turns out to be an ideal summer cooler. This refreshing yogurt drink would be the best home remedies to reduce body heat and aid digestion. Here is a unique way of making chaas using basil leaves, to make it even more flavorful and healthier.
Ready to slurp the goodness!?!
Course Drinks
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Basil, Buttermilk
Prep Time 5minutes
Servings 2
Author KaviRuchi
Equipment
Hand Blender
Ingredients
1cupCurd/Yogurt/Dahichilled
1CupWaterchilled
½Green Chili
½Garlic(clove)-optional
½inchGinger/Adrak
½tspSaltBlack Salt/Kala Namak
¼tspHing/Asafoetida
¼tsproasted Cumin/Jeera Powder
6-8Basil Leaves
Instructions
In a blender jar, add in basil leaves(rinsed), cumin powder, hing, salt, ginger, garlic, green chili along with little curd, blend until smooth.
Next, add the remaining curd and chilled water, blend again until smooth and frothy.
Serve immediately or chill in the refrigerator to serve later. Enjoy Chaas after a meal to aid digestion.
A perfect summer Cooler!! BEAT the HEAT !!! with Basil Chaas..
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Notes
Mint leaves can be used in place of basil leaves if basil is not available.
You can add basil fresh, dried or frozen — though fresh basil has the best flavor.
While adding fresh basil, take only the leaves — not the stem.
If fresh basil is not available but you only have dried, use just 1/3 of the measurement, as dried is more concentrated.
To make it tastier, add 2 Tbsp finely chopped red onion before serving.
Add Black Salt for added on health benefit. If unavailable, regular salt will do.
Adding garlic is purely optional.
Add more or less of green chili as per spice level required.
If you are looking for more cooling beverages for this summer do check…
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!!
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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…
This nectarine fizz is perfect to celebrate new beginnings. The combined flavours of sweet nectarine, lemon and mint are delicious to be served in a mocktail or spiced up to be a cocktail version.
Every new year brings something different, new learning. It is the anticipation that keeps us going. The Learning spirit and the overall smiles that come out of it. I look forward to this part of the year when get my loved ones talking and good vibes going. To celebrate this time, we have nectarine fizz. It is a simple drink made with fresh nectarine, mint, simple syrup and sparkling water.
Understanding nectarines
The smooth-skinned slightly tangy sweet fruit that classically appears during summer is the nectarine. This soft stone fruit is similar to peaches. What they miss is the fuzzy skin. This prunus species is slightly smaller than a peach in size with soft flesh. Usually, you get them as yellow flesh or white flesh both taste almost the same.
How to choose a nectarine?
Nectarines are soft fleshed sweet fruit. This is under the category of stone fruits. The red-skinned fruit is firm to hold, but the ripe fruit is slightly yielding to a small press. You can also look for the freaked look on the skin for the ready-to-eat ones.
Ingredients for the nectarine fizz.
Nectarine: chooses your nectarine, wash and slice off the flesh. The seed is kind of clingy but hard. Remove it. You will need about half a nectarine per person for this stonefruit mocktail. Mint leaves: the freshness of the fizz is from the mint. If you don’t have any choose rosemary and add this while boiling the simple syrup to flavour it. Simple syrup: this is a boiled solution of one part sugar and one part water. This is easier to use than stirring sugar without diffusing the soda! If you are using rosemary then add a couple of stalks to the boiling syrup to infuse. Cool and store it in the fridge. Club soda: infused carbonated water what I have used. It has a slight tang with a touch of saltiness. You can use sparkling water in its place.
Keyword no cook recipes,, stone fruit recipes, vegan
Prep Time 20minutes
Servings 4glasses
Equipment
blender
Ingredients
1mediumnecatrine
1.5tbspsimple syrup
1.5tbsplemon juice
soda water
ice cubes
Instructions
Slice the flesh of the seed and add the soft flesh to the blender.
Add the simple syrup, lemon juice and mint leaves and blend smooth.
Add ice to the serving glass and pour 1/4 of the content into the glass.
Pour the soda water over, till it is almost full.
Stir gently.
Share with family and friends and enjoy.
Let’s put a party platter together.
We are putting a platter together to nibble as we watch the fireworks. On the platter, we have crackers, sliced Foccacia, cream cheese with chives, strawberries, some blackberries, grapes, olives and sundried tomato and cashew dip. The nectarine fizz drink will go well with it. So that’s our plan.
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