CUCUMBER LEMONADE

Cucumber lemonade is the best ever drink which cools your body. Its the perfect refreshment to beat the heat. Its also good for weight  and also helps increase your metabolism. Addition of mint provides an extra boost of antioxidants and provides a unique flavour that really makes this drink soo delicious.

INGREDIENTS

1 Cucumber

5 to 6 Mint leaves

1 tsp Grated Ginger

Half of Lime juice

Sugar or Honey for sweetness

1 cup Water or Sparkling water

METHOD
In a blender, add sliced cucumber, mint leaves, honey , ginger and water. Blend well. Strain the juice and add lemon juice. Mix well.
Serve chilled with ice cubes.

Enjoy!!

FRENCH CROISSANTS

It was a great pleasure trying out Croissants for the first time which is just similar to the puff pastries. The dough is  layered with soft butter and then folded and rolled many times. The best combo breakfast with croissants is the butter or jam. And the fun part is you can shape them as you like :) The texture of the croissants should be soft and airy on the inside and golden coloured crusty look on outside :)

Now coming back with the recipe, I got the recipe and followed the same to same steps referring sallysbakingaddiction site. Please click Here to know the ingredients -

Enjoy!!

ORANGE PEEL KA PICKLE

Its Orange season yeyyy😋. So this time, I tried something with the orange peel :) Yup u hear it right its Orange peel :) We make pickle out of Lime peel so taught Y cant b with orange peel ;) The result came out quit good but the flavour of the peel was extra bitter than the lime peel. People who love bitter flavour would love this pickle :) Along with that, the crunchiness of ginger and green chillies makes the pickle perfect.
Note : Cut the cleaned orange peel into pieces. Apply salt and refrigerate them for few days or till the peels turns soft. Then its ready to make :)

INGREDIENTS

1 Cup cutted Orange peel (cutted into small pieces)

1/4 Chopped Ginger

3 Green chillies

2 tbsp Kashmiri chilly powder

2 tsp Coriander powder

Pinch of Turmeric powder

1 tsp Vinegar

3 tbsp Gingelly oil

Hing as per required

Salt to taste

METHOD

Heat oil in a pan. Add marinated orange peel with little salt and stir for a min followed by ginger and green chilly. Once the peel pieces becomes tender, add chilly powder, turmeric pd, coriander pd and hing. Mix well for another few min till you get a nice aroma of fry ed masala. Switch off the flame add vinegar and mix well thoroughly. Transfer them in a dry cleaned container jars. Serve with curd rice :)

Enjoy!!

BELGAVI KUNDA

In north Karnataka, Belgaum kunda is one of the most popular detectable dessert. Myself being a Milk lover,  I fell in love with this sweet when I tasted for the first time when one of my best friend from belgaum visited our place. Within few days, I was just tempting to have kunda so decided to give it a try 😋

This is a milk sweet where milk is reduced, curdled and is cooked with caramelized sugar to get that bright golden colour :) Now let me tell you in advance ie huh ...All you need is to have lots of patience just to stir the mixture for the longer time 😅😅😅

INGREDIENTS

1 Liter Milk

1 Cup Curd

1 Cup Sugar (This includes 1/2 cup sugar for caramelizing )

Cardamon powder

Fried Dry fruits for garnish

Ghee (optional)

METHOD
In a deep bottomed pan. Pour the milk and bring it to boil. Reduce the flame and stir occasionally so that it does not stick to the bottom. Once the milk reduces to the 1/3rd of the original  quantity, add  1/2 cup of sugar and curd. The milk will start curdling and the whey will separate out. Keep stirring it under medium flame.
In another pan, under medium flame, add rest of the sugar. The sugar will start caramelizing. Make sure it does not get burnt. Immediately pour them into the curdling milk mixture and stir well till the consistency comes like solid mass. Add fried dry fruits and cardamom powder and serve :) Drizzle ghee on top if you prefer :)

Enjoy!!

SOYA BURGERS

Soya burgers are the mini meals for kids. They just love them to have soon after coming from school if I am right because my gal is just crazy of burgers :) These soya patties are very healthy and super simple to make. Veggies like grated carrots, peas or sweet corns anything what kids love can be incorporated. Its then ended up placing fresh veggies, mayo & cheese which is of course another fav ingredient. So don't wait for long to try out this recipe ;) Go ahead

INGREDIENTS

Ready made Burger Buns

Mayonnaise

Cheese slices

Onion slices

Tomato slices

Lettuce (optional)

1 tbsp Oil

INGREDIENTS FOR SOYA PATTIES

2 Cups Minced Soya

1/2 Cup Boiled Potatoes

3/4 Cup Breadcrumbs

1 tbsp Grated Ginger and Garlic(fresh)

1/2 Cup Chopped Onion

2 tbsp Coriander leaves

1 tsp Red chilly flakes

Pinch of Garam masala or curry powder

1 tsp Lime juice.

Salt to taste

METHOD

In a bowl, mix all the ingredients listed above one by one for making soya patties. Mix well and divide them into 4 big patties or according to the size of ur buns.

Heat oil in a tawa or grilled pan. Shallow fry the patties on both the sides till crisp or until the colour changes brown. Keep them aside and place cheese upon each hot patties. Don't skip this process as it tastes very good when the cheese gets a bit melted on patties :)

Now cut the buns into half. Spread 1 tbsp of mayonnaise on each base and place some onion slice, tomato, lettuce on them. Upon that cheesy soya patties, some seasoning and cover them with another half of the mayo buns.

Secure with a toothpick and serve immediately :)

Enjoy!!