Watermelon Juice

A soothening drink to beat the Summer Heat. Nothing like having fresh fruit juice than those store brought with preservatives isint !
Ingredients :

• Fresh Watermelon 
• Sugar

Method of preparation : 

• Cut the watermelon just the red part of it into small chunks (seeds also) and put them into a juicer
• Add about 3 to 4 spoons of Sugar into this and run the mixer for a min. 
• Filter out the juice using a coffee filter. 
• Can be stored in the fridge for a day.

Note : Adjust the sugar as per the sweetness of the fruit.
Also Known as : Kalangari Pandu Juice, Kalangari Juice, Darubusani Juice

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Mango Lassi - During the New year Dinner

After a great meal one glass of Mango Lassi happened to be great during the New Year Dinner. On 2nd January we had invited an Indian couple friends for Dinner. That happened to be like a perfect dinner to begin the year. 
Drink : Black Berry Juice / Wine
Starter : Chicken & Potato 65
Main Course : Chicken Biryani
Side Dish : Cucumber Raitha
Dessert : Gulab Jamoon & Mango Lassi
Movie : Madagaskar and Wild Hogs (Comedy)
We had planned the menu and made everything well in time and also fast before the guest arrived. The satisfaction when everything turned out well was incredible. 
I do not have the pics of rest of the items that we made so I am posting just the Mango Lassi recipe : 
Ingredients :  (for 3 glasses of lassi)
Mango Pulp : 1 glass
Yogurt / Curd : half glass
Water : 1.5 glass (or use ice cubes)
Sugar : 6 - 8 table spoons
Blend all the ingredients in a blender / juicer for 3-4 min and serve. It tastes good and looks great when served immediately after preparation. However you can store it in the refrigerator as well.

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Muskmelon Juice (Cantaloupe)

This is one of the quick to make juice variety. Way back when the mixiers were not much common at home. This juice could be made by hand. Now we conveniently make it in hand. Muskmelon is also called Cantaloupe I recently read that Muskmelons are rich in potassium, that may help control blood pressure, regulate heart beat and possibly prevent strokes. Potassium-rich diet helps keep salt from raising blood pressure and may also reduce the risk of developing kidney stones and possibly age-related bone loss. Muskmelons are also abundant in vitamin C, which help prevent heart disease, cancer, and other chronic conditions.

Ingredients :
Muskmelon : 1 No.
Sugar : 1 cup
Elichi : 1 No.
Water

Method of preparation : Peal off the skin of the musk melon. Remove the seeds. Cut the melon into small pieces and put them into a mixer/blender, add Sugar, Elichi and 2 cups of water. Blend it fine and serve.
Remains good when refrigerated for a day.

If you have to make it by hand, then cut the melons into as small piece as possible and then squeeze them fine. Remove the bigger chunks from the juice before serving.

*Add water depending on the consistency of the juice you require.
*Buy ripe melons for juice

Recipe Marathon # 2 - check out my co-marathon runners 1. DK 2. Siri 3. Srivalli 4. Ranji 5. PJ 6. Curry Leaf 7. Medha 8. Priya 9. Bhawna 10. Raaji 11. Anu 12. Kamala 13. Roopa 14. Divya Kudua 15.Rekha 16.Divya M 17.Lakshmi 18.RaagaLakshmi Venkatesh 20.Sripriya 21.Viji 22.Kamalika 23.Pavani

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Banana Milkshake

It just takes 2 min to make this... energizes your body real quick
Ingredients
# 2 Bananas
# 200ml Milk
# 2 scoop of Vanilla Ice cream
# 8 tbl spoon Sugar
Preparation Method :
Peel the bananas and cut into small pieces and put into a blender with rest of the ingredients and blend for about a min and there we go... The Banana Milkshake is ready.
Serves 3 glasses. Should be served immediately after preparation else the milkshake would discolour (even when refrigerated)

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