Plum Iced Green Tea

Scorching hot summer weather calls for a cold glass of tea or lemonade. This plum iced green tea is superb for the summer months, plus it’s simple and gives a nice twist to your typical iced teas. Drop the chopped plums into the same teapot, and then just wait for the tea to cool enough to be placed in the fridge. I kept this iced tea more on the tart side as I really like it that way, but feel free to add more sugar (or a liquid sweetener if you prefer) if you’d like a sweeter tea. The green tea with the mint and plum was so refreshing.Find more interesting recipes regarding Beverages here.

Prep time	Total time	Serves
5 mins	15 mins	4 persons

Cuisine: American

Recipe Category: Drinks

Ingredients Green tea bags -4 Water -5 cups Ice cubes –as needed Lemon zest -2 tsp Ripe plums -5 -6 no’s Mint leaves -3 sprigs Lemons -2 no’s (juiced) Honey -1/4 cup Sugar -1/2 cup

Method:

1. In a large saucepan, bring 2 cups water to a boil. Remove from heat, add the tea bags, and let steep for 10 minutes. Discard the bags and allow the tea to cool to room temperature. Add the lemon zest and mint leaves and leave to sit for 5 minutes. 

2. On stove top in a medium pan, add in the plum fruit, honey and water. Bring to a boil then turn heat down to low leaving it to simmer for 10 minutes. Remove fruit from heat and Pour the cooled plum mixture through a fine sieve to separate juices from pulp and skins. 

3. Add the juice from the lemons and plums.Leave to chill in the fridge for an hour and then serve with sliced lemon and mint leaves.

 Served with

Ice cubes, lemon wedge, and fresh plum slices.

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Dill leaves(Sabsige Soppu) Dal –Karnataka recipes

Dill leaves are otherwise known as Sabsige Soppu in Kannada which has a special place in the special diet and is a rich source of calcium. These leaves come from the healthy green vegetables family, but are not as popular as the other greens because of the strong pungent smell. The masala's when combined with toor dal  make this North Karnataka dish an intoxicating combo with rice or roti.

 

Prep time	Cook time	Serves
15 mins	20 mins	4 people

Cuisine: Indian

Recipe Type: Dal varieties

Ingredients Toor dal -1/2 cup Chopped Dill greens -1 ½ cups Onions -1/2 cup Tomatoes -1/2 cup Chilli powder -1 tsp Turmeric powder -1 tsp Dhania powder -1 tsp Black pepper powder -1 tsp(Optional) Green chillies -2 nos (Slited) Garlic pods -6 to 8 cloves Salt – to taste Oil- 2 tbsp Mustard seeds – 1tsp Cumin seeds -1 tsp Hing - pinch

Method

1. Pressure cook toor dal, dill, a pinch of turmeric  and  2 cups of water till just soft and don’t cook it mushy.Wash and cop dill discarding the thick fibrous stalks.

2. Heat oil in a vessel and add the mustard seed. When the mustard starts dancing around, add cumin seeds, garlic and hing.

3. Add the chopped onion, a pinch of turmeric and some salt. Cook till onion turns soft.When done, add chopped tomatoes.  

4. When it gets mushed up, add chopped onions and required quantity of salt to it and fry till done. Now add chilli powder, dhania-jeera powder and turmeric powder and just give a stir.

5. Add chopped dill leaves and cook  on simmering the flame till done. Add in the cooked dal to the dill mixture  and pour some amount of water to it and bring to a boil.  Check for salt.  

5. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with rice and also with roti/chapati.

Serve with

Roti or rice.

Beetroot poriyal

Notes

Fry cumin seeds and curry leaves in a little ghee and add it to the dal.

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Jal Jeera Drink- Indian Flavoured Lemonade

Jal Jeera is an Indian spicy appetizer drink mostly enjoyed in summers. The best part about this healthy drink is that it can have numerous tasty and healthier versions based on your taste buds and preferences or even based on the availability of the ingredients .Jal jeera translates literally to cumin water, in Hindi.

On a scorching sunny day, drink something cool and good for digestion i.e. Jaljeera. We get jaljeera powder also in stores. We can mix it with chilled water and serve immediately. This one is very easy and healthy drink, when you want to change the taste and get rid of summer thirst then try this drink.There are many ways to make Jaljeera and usually it is served before the meal as an appetizer.

Many restaurants which have full thali meal on their menus, serve Jaljeera at the beginning, as it aids digestion. Jaljeera or Cumin based drink effectively quenches your thirst along with increasing their appetite. It even combats Sunstroke, indigestion and dehydration because of its cooling effects.

Prep time	Total time	Serves
15 mins	20 mins	4 persons

Cuisine: North Indian

Recipe Category: Beverages

Ingredients  Roast and grind: Cumin seeds -4 tbsp. Pepper seeds -2 tbsp. Asafoestica(Hing) -1/2 tsp  For the concentrated green syrup: Pudina( Mint leaves) –1/2 cup Coriander leaves -1 cup Spice mixes (Homemade) -1/4 cup Black salt -1/4 tbsp. Dry mango powder (Amchur powder) -1 tsp Grated ginger -3 “ Tamarind pulp -2 tbsp. Lemon juice -1/2 cup Sugar -1/2 tbsp.  For the Jal Jeera mix: Chilled Water or soda -1 litre Ice cubes -2 trays of ice Eastern Jal Jeera Powder -4 tbsp. Eastern cumin powder -3 tbsp. Salt – to taste Black pepper powder -1/4 tsp Grated Lemon zest -1 tsp For garnishing Unsalted Boondhi –handful Few mint sprigs

Method

1. Dry roast the asafetida for a few seconds till fragrant. Roast the cumin seeds and pepper seeds on a hot tawa until golden brown, remove and crush it into powder. 

2. Pluck the coriander leaves and mint leaves from their stems. Wash them thoroughly. Blend all the ingredients except lemon juice in blender jar.

3. Grind the mint leaves,coriander leaves,grated ginger,roasted cuimn powder,tamarind extract with sufficient water into a smooth paste.

4. Soak tamarind into water for half an hour, and then mash it. Add few tablespoon of water in the rest of the pulp and squeeze the pulp. Keep aside.

5. Take a big bowl and add this mixture in water and add lemon juice. Now one tray of ice cubes with sufficient amount of chilled water or soda, black salt, rock salt, salt, mango powder, sugar and cumin powder.Enjoy your drink.

Served as

Garnish with boondi balls, mint leaves and lemon wedges, sprinkle some chaat masala for added flavour.

Notes

We can store this for further use also.

You can chill the whole drink in refrigerator for couple of hours or have it with ice cubes.

 

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