Peshawari Lassi

Lassi From Pakistan?  Ok can be made any where in the world!!

Its easy and yummy too

Ramadan is moving too fast ever than expected, every day with a new news to make us sad and worry about is making all the joy of Ramadan Vanish away!! Sadly Muslims and so many innocents are suffering.
Nothing much can we do about it but to pray for quick relief for the ones suffering and Sabr to the sufferers.
10 more days left and this Gracious month shall leave us. Do Remember all of us in your prayers.

On the board I have Today Recipe By Reema Of Rimzy's Kitchen In Fb!!
She has already given me a lovely post of Ande ki mithai (On popular post) and Tomato Jam. Her Chicken dum biriyani which I made was just awesome!! Her Love for Food Is never ending and sometimes I just love to Grab her recipes to my blog so that her recipes can reach others as much as possible :)
We have made a policy of sharing recipes whole heartedly  to everyone!! Thanks to the wonderful facebook groups and lovely friends around there!! 

In Ramadan Im too slow to blog, but making sure to share some worthy recipes from other bloggers and friends. This also keeps reminding me that I have recipes in my to-do list!!

Ingredients:
Curd -1 cup
Water - 1/2cup
Almonds - 1tbsp
Cashew nuts - 1tbsp
Sugar to taste
Salt a pinch
Ice Cubes as required 

Method:
- Blend Almonds and Cashew with little water and make an smooth paste. 
- Mix in the other ingredients and blend well till the sugar is dissolved
- Serve it chilled with some ice cubes and sliced almonds on top

Notes:
- If the curd is sour add 1/2 cup of milk to reduce the sourness
- You can add fresh cream to make it more rich in taste

Impression:
Reema's mom loved the taste as it was not very sweet and was creamy.
Her niece Rida announced everyone that who ever dint like should pass on the drink to her. She also said she was having a royal drink and it should be made again for her :)

What a lovely drink to beat summer heat this Ramadan!!

Thank you Reema For Allowing me to post your Wonderful Recipe Here!! And For sure I'am going to look forward for many more recipes from you to share here :)

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Mango Custard Drink

This is an amazing drink which happened to be created by accident.

Im extremely sorry for the low pic quality, my cam is on trip with my bro in his vaccination trip, and Im still happy I got my webcam to do the job (Something is better than nothing) My webcam was the only source to click pics in the initial days of blogging and it never let me down :)

My Purpose to utilize mango was to make a dessert, I decided to make mango custard as my uncle and aunt was here last night. But as the process took place it became more Like a drink and I'll tell you how :)

Ingredients:

Full Cream Milk - 1/2 liter

Mango - Large Size (chopped finely)

Cornflour - 1/4th cup

Sugar - 2-3 tbsp

Cornflakes - 3/4th - 1 cup

Method:

- Boil milk with 1 cup of water.

- Dilute cornflour into a paste and keep it ready, As milk boils add this paste by constantly stirring the milk so that no lumps form.

- Add in sugar and and cook for another 2-3 mins. 

- You will have nice thick consistency custard with u now.

- Set this aside for cooling

- When the temp drops, add in cornflakes and finely chopped mangoes to the prepared custard (as you add mangoes take them little by little squeeze it in ur fist lightly let extra juice come out to flavor up the custard and remaining chunks of mangoes in hand be added to custard too, Like this do it with all chopped mangoes)

Let it for cooling.

After sometime was a shocker custard has lost its consistency to much liquid now which was more like a drink with mango chunks squeezed in....

Ok so lets make this accidental drink more drinkable I though :)

To this I added

Pinch of saffron

Elaichi Powder - 1/2tsp

Sliced almonds - 1tbsp

Honey - 1 - 2 tbsp depending upon taste, As sugar added to above custard was too less.

Mix all the mentioned above and allow it to cool atleast for 4-5hrs for flavors to infuse

Serve it chillied

Notes:
- Use sweetest Mango if u got it really boosts the taste
- Since base of the drink lies with cornflour it has a unique texture, which cannot be got when done with milk alone
- You can use condensed milk for richer taste
- Serve along with cornflakes 
- Can use vanilla custard powder instead of cornflour 

You Gotta Believe me this was the most wonderful drink with mango after mango lassi. All the flavors got infused so well it gave a unique taste to the whole thing.

This drink got appreciation and liked by all at home!!

I had this with cornflakes in the morning when I woke up for fasting and I couldn't believe my taste buds were actually having a great treat.

May be next time when I make this on purpose (not accidental)

I'll serve it along with some crispy cornflakes on top so that all of us can have double treat of munching some crisp along with mango chunks and gudness of milk

If you ever happen to come in such situations like me do not panic, we never know things happen with us for something much better.....

Ever u happen to try this Pls give ur feedback on how it turned :)

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Royal Nutty Rose Milk

Rose is Something Which Attracts many people just by its Name, And when its with milk??? Yumm flavored and Healthy Drink Packed Together!! Some Indian Flavors Like Rose, Kesar, Badam Etc Gives a sense of Royalness in their taste so as this drink with a little of its intro playing its part at my home :)

I know its not new for many of us! But yet many still are not aware of this yummy drink!! My relatives who ever taste this have a question always on "how do u make this?" And my aunt who lives in orrisa,  her family is completely crazy, This drink is a must make when they visit us! Though its simple I still dint get why they arent able to make it themselves well gud for mom she is always in demand for many of her cooking skills ;)

Today Im sharing this fav drink of my family and clicked pictures today not because we had some guests or Im trying to beat Chennai Heat in Cool Winters which never enters Chennai lolz. But Since we are in the beginning Of New Islamic Year which is Called Muhrram my family and relatives have a ritual to make and chilled drink on 6th day and Recite Fatiha (Prayer) distribute the drink among Family Friends & Relatives and Also to Poor needy or the one very thirsty. I actually do not know the root of the reason why this is done but ok no Questions on something I dont know! When I tried to know from mom what drink our relatives make at Village? she says nothing I was almost shrugging my shoulders and asked her then why we do this? She said we had been doing since long, She dont have an answer and Im sure my relatives who follow it also dont know why they do certain things, Many muslims do this and many dont!! so lets not think and get on with this yummy drink :)

Serves - 4 - 5
Level - Very Easy

Ingredients:
Milk - 1 liter Full Cream
Water - 1cup
Sugar - 5- 6 tablespoon According To your taste
Rooh Afza - 2-3 tablespoon or any brand of Rose Syrup
Almonds - 1 tablespoon
Pistachio - 1 tablespoon

Method:
- Blanch and Slice Almonds and Pistachio in advance or you may do later too.
- Boil Milk & water in a pot and Add Sugar Less than Sweet Enough for your taste 
- Boil the milk in low for 3-4 mins till the sugar melts into the milk and gets cooked for a while (this step is important)
- Cool down the milk and Add Rooh Afza mix it ( Add enough just to give rose flavor and light pink color) Also see notes!!
- Add in blanched and sliced nuts 
- Chill it and Serve!!!

Enjoy the Drink by Crunching Nuts In Every Sip

Notes:
- Full Cream milk gives a richer taste. If you are diet conscious you can used skimmed milk too
-  Adding sugar to boiling milk and cooking for a min or 2 gives the whole thing a very rich taste. The density which we will obtain by doing this will increase the taste to a different level. But its optional!!
- If you already have chilled milk add in powdered sugar, as granulated sugar may not dissolve soon.
- You may proceed consuming the drink without nuts too but nuts give such a nice flavor in every sip we hardly can avoid.
- You may skip nuts and add soaked basil seeds this again is an amazing combo!!
- My relatives who sent their had added chorinji as well.
- The reason why I said to add sugar lesser than your sweet level was that when we add rose syrup it will have certain amount of sugar consistency and that will balance the taste.
- Light pink color is more appealing and gud to taste flavor wise compared to more rose syrup added which become dark pink and too much rosy and heavy in flavor.
- We always prefer Rooh afza when it comes to rose syrup as it gives the perfect taste of natural flavor which we are used to. We had tasted other brands rose syrup and essence such as Himalayas etc but never got  better taste out of it.  But still this should not become a reason for u to not try out this drink :) 
- If you like you may add some rose petals while serving for the Real kind of royal look but I dont assume it much sensible as many people may not like to having rose petals Disturbing their drink, Specially when u have nuts along to munch

This is just a perfect Drink for all time and Occasions.
If you ask me to describe this drink in short?? I would just say
A Royal Treat!!!!
So What are you waiting for? Try out this Royal Nutty Drink Yourself and Know the Difference!!

Also do let me know how you liked it :)





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Spiced Up Papaya Juice!!

Oh Really????
Ahhhhh Yesss!!!
Ummmm Hmmmmm
Lets Make a Try Would be Better Than gulping down as it is,,
Hmmm Hmmmm Ok Go Ahead Lets See

Dont worry I love Talking to myself For Some better Reasons lolzz!!!!

But Seriously Yeah?
Yes Very Much Serious!!! Lets Try Have been seeing in blogs for quiet sometime Papaya juice Had been doing rounds, But one problem!! Im love to eat papaya chunks mixed with chaat masala I make sure I have my portion eaten satisfied!!!!

This papaya was bland umm hmmm and chat masala mixed a little, Little wasnt enough until I realized Chaat masala got over lolz!! Gud That It Did,,,, Right things Happen At Right Time :)

And yes I just had to head towards my Juicer ;) other things will follow up!!!

Get Set Go!!!
I knew what to do, Blend in all the chunks Add some water sugar and here comes my brain talking again, Lets Spice It up coz already chat Masala is there into it

So this is what I did :)

Ingredients:
1 cup papaya
1-1.5 cups water Depending on consistency you like
Sugar As you like depending on sweetness of the fruit too
Pepper powder - A dash
Chat Masala - a Dash
Jal jeera Powder - A Dash Again
A Few Drops Of lemon juice (optional)


Method:
- Blend in papaya chunks to pure, making sure all particles get well blended
- Add in water sugar dash of spices blend in again.
- Add Lemon juice if you like!! I omited as I wanted more of papaya flavor with spice
- Tastes best when served chilled!!!

My Yummy Glass Of Drink Is Ready!!!!

Notes:
- If your planning to serve immediatly run in ice cubes into juicer / serve along with ice cubes
- I personally felt It should be allow to rest for a while to chill, so that the spices get fused up well with the juice.
- Make sure you add right amt of spices/ just a dash,  else you might not like the juice we just need some flavorings to refresh thats it!!!


Many A Times I feel I need Something Sweet Spicy everything together which can satisfy my need to eat something, And this Juice I felt was perfect for such carvings!! Best Thing Was I Had Kept A Portion Of This Drink For My Bro and he certainly drank the whole thing without uttering a word he is a picky eater and biggest critics of mine :)

Lately ive been doing lots of fusion cooking Or rather say Con Fusion Cooking Anything you can call, But These Thing Come when I dont want anything to go waste :) That is when I come up with fusions.
So Here On Adding Label of DESI VIDESI FUSIONS


Hoping that You Guys Try It Out Sometime & Let Me Know!!!







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Almondy Rooh afza Lassi

My Bloggy Baby Is One Month Old Today!!!
Before a year I dint knew what r blogs, as I would come across something interesting I would immediately subscribe for their email updates. Happily was following every blogs updates happy to try them out as well. When I started Studying blogs and their nature how it works, I found so many bloggers for food blogs alone???? surprising bloggers posting and re posting recipes it was all strange to me. Many A time I tot of having my own blog but dropped my plan seeing so many other blogs existing with no reviews from audience, Wat a sad moment for bloggers when they take pain to post something and there is no comments for appreciation left. I would take pleasure to comment on such blogs but at same time it would discourage me from owning my own blog.

Until one fine morning I came across Nabanita Das's blog Esho-Bosho-Aahare and read some encouraging articles there. She is such a kind soul to reply my comments via mail and make me understand how blogs work. She also encouraged me start a new blog as well. Which I started without even thinking for a moment. Though the reason was different for this move but after entering the blogging world all other things looks secondary. What is more important now is Im enjoying myself and also participating in events. After knowing everything abt this bloggy world the only thing came to my mind was!! What the hell I was doing past 5years??? 5yrs coz thats when I started social networking lolz. Thank you Nabanita for showing me the door of this world its more than an eye opener for me.

Past is past lets talk about present. And the Present is Im suppose to share my post here :)
Its so hot mom makes sure to bring fruits from market and ask me to make juice. If not juice Moor/ Buttermilk. But Sunday needs to be a little special. So I had set Curd a day ahead. I was fully in plan to make lassi for Sunday. Little bit confused regarding the flavorings. Previously made Kesar Elaichi Lassi which turned out great!!! I dint had kesar elaichi combo then so I shifted my plans to Rooh afzah. Still I wasnt sure how it might turn out, Did some googling and was ok to make a start. So here It goes

Ingredients

Curd - 1.5 - 2 cups
Milk - 2 cups
Water - 1.5 to 2 cups
Sugar - 2 table spoon +/-  according to your taste
Rooh Afzah - 2 tablespoon
Roasted Almonds - 2 tablespoon roughly chopped

Method:

- Blend In Curd, Milk, Water and Sugar I used my tall juicer. Adjust the consistency by adding more milk or water if you find it very thick or sourness is more.
- Remove in a Big Bowl Add in Rooh Afza and mix check for sugar, sourness add more ingredients which suits your taste best.
- Refrigerate The drink and serve chill
- Mix in almonds before serving (see notes)

Notes:

-No Rock Hard Rules to be followed while making this, Be Easy To your taste
-After adding everything lassi was still little bit of sour which got corrected when I served along with Ice cubes.
-Since almonds R not blanched and peeled adding almonds from bfr itself might leave the skin after getting soaked up. The skin of almonds might float on top making it overall disaster.
- If you dont want to use roasted almonds then simply blanch the almonds and slice them up still will taste crunchy munchy
- If you want More Pinker Version add more and more of rooh afza till you reach the right pitch. But here again you will need to adjust the sugar by reducing it. Coz adding more milk or curd (white) would only make the hue light pink and not dark.

It yielded 4 tall glasses of lassi for my family. Adding ice cubes floating on top gave a majestic look to the whole thing.

Impression:

Yummy Almond Rooh afza Lassi. With Perfect blend to beat the summer heat.
And Crunchy Almonds complimenting the whole subject :)
Every Sip Was Just Wonderful :)


Im in a platform to explore more n more things from expert bloggers here :)






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Mango Rose Falooda

Falooda Falooda Falooda!!! I never knew what is falooda, until I tried myself at home, Majority of the recipes I post here is sadly my 1st attempt to make as well as taste :) I never had tasted this delicious thing anywhere outside simply that I wasnt much fond of neither was the exposure much to the outside world. So finally I had a Chance To Make it at home and Enjoy. Only after Sipping falooda I realised What I had missed all these years, having such a drink is is just relaxing and soaking in the calmness :D 

This drink must be fav among all age groups im damn sure about it :), Eating jelly, sipping milk with richness of ice cream, the basil seeds crunchiness and trying to get noodles floating in it is all together a different experience Right???
Lets Stop the history and geography now, lets get started with the recipe :)

Cooking time : 5- 10 mins
Level: Easy
Preparation Time - 5 mins
Serves - 2
Ready in - Assembling takes less than 2 mins :)

Ingredients

Milk: 2 cups
Vermicelli or rice noodles: handful
Rose Syrup or rooh afzah : 2-3 tbsp
Basil seeds: 1 tbsp soaked in water
Vanilla icecream for serving (optional)
Homemade jelly (any flavour.....cut in to small cubes...optional)
Some chopped nuts (i used pistachios n cashewnuts)

Method

Boil the noodles in water, drain the excess water and let it cool in the fridge. Soak the basil seeds in water for abt 45 min, they will puff up and double in size.....then boil them for 5 min n drain.

In a glass add cooked noodles or vermicelli (cool), and basil seeds, rose syrup / rooh afzah, pour in cold milk n mix.add jelly cubes n nuts. top it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream if desired. Enjoy!!!!

Notes

- I used 2 tbsp rose syrup n rooh afzah according to taste until u get ur desired sweetness or add some sugar while boiling milk and add  little bit of rooh afzah or rose syrup for flavoring.
- You can use any flavor of jelly
- Full fats milk will give much rich flavor.


1st pic I have used Rose Syrup which gives a very rich color to the drink and lots of rose flavor

2nd pic I have used rooh afzah for flavoring and added sugar to milk so the color is light in appearance. 

Also i wanted to experiment on the flavors on how rose flavors goes with mango ice cream :) 
it was just excellent and worth to try :)

Dont forget to  serve in tall glasses every one wants more of course

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