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Pomegranate milkshake for #worldmilkday!

Drinks, Smoothies | June 1, 2020 | By

Have a yummy pomegranate milkshake on #worldmilkday today.
20 years ago, World Milk Day was established by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations to recognize the importance of milk as a global food, and to celebrate the dairy sector. This fresh pomegranate milkshake is a must-have delight on a hot summer afternoon.

For the past couple of days, it had been pretty sunny and I was planning on using up the pomegranates. Having picky eaters for pomegranate at home this is what they would love having. Do try freezing the milkshakes into popsicles. They are super yum!

Pomegranate Milkshake 

Ingredients:

2 medium-sized Pomegranates (deseeded)
2 cups of chilled milk
1/4 cup of sugar (can use honey as well )
2 mint leaves (optional)

Instructions:

Deseed the pomegranate and put it in the mixer.
Add sugar and some chilled milk.
Blend for a few minutes. Add in mint leaves (Make sure you don’t overdo the mint flavor.)
Pour the remaining milk and mix well.
Strain the milkshake and discard the seeds and pour it into serving glasses.

Red red melony red!

Drinks, icecreams, veg | April 19, 2014 | By

 

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A few more days to go for the school spree to start off…and back to the busy bee schedules. It was wonderful to be at my hus’s house to celebrate Vishu. As usual a wonderful get together with my co-sisters nephews and nieces. Being married into a joint family the best part is when you all come under one roof for celebrations. Kids have a blastJ.  Being in Munnar and getting used to the cool climate the hardest part of moving over to tropical parts of Kerala during the summer really gets on your nerves.

 

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The start of Summer and you find Watermelons all piled up in most fruit shops and road sides. These bright red fleshy beauties makes you crave for more..Todays post is on Watermelon Popsicles..I have had the moulds for quite some time in my cupboard…..so the start of summer was a good excuse to set off my batch of popsicles..

 

 

 

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Watermelon popsicles
480 calories
124 g
0 g
0 g
2 g
0 g
413 g
5 g
119 g
0 g
0 g
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
413g
Amount Per Serving
Calories 480
Calories from Fat 4
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 0g
1%
Saturated Fat 0g
0%
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
Monounsaturated Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg
0%
Sodium 5mg
0%
Total Carbohydrates 124g
41%
Dietary Fiber 1g
5%
Sugars 119g
Protein 2g
Vitamin A
35%
Vitamin C
44%
Calcium
2%
Iron
4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Ingredients
  1. 2 cups of watermelon cubes desseded and de-skinned
  2. ½ cup of sugar
  3. Juice of ½ lemon
Instructions
  1. Blend the watermelon cubes, sugar and lemon juice in a blender to make watermelon
  2. juice.
  3.  Pour the juice in to the moulds and freeze them till they are set.
  4.  Once freeze slightly pour hot water over the mould and de mould them by pulling the
  5. sticks.
  6. Enjoy licking and slurping over your watermelon popsicles…
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calories
480
fat
0g
protein
2g
carbs
124g
more
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Nimi's Culinary Ventures https://nimisrecipes.com/

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Mint-lime coolers & cherished moments as an Entrepreneur!

Drinks, veg | April 13, 2014 | By

 

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The schools have all closed down for summer holidays……while most  the schools have about two months of vacations  ……we have just two weeks break before the start of the new year at school. We have our vacations during the monsoons (ie. During the months of June & July) …as going to school would be the most dreaded feeling when it rains cats and dogs. :P. The 4th of this month was our last working day at school .But I was all set for a rather new experience that was to take place on the 5th .Rushing back home after school and soon me and kids were all packing up and leaving Munnar to Perumbavur. A few days back I received a call from one and only prominent B-school in Kerala, SCMS school of Business studies-Cochin inviting me over to one of their program, Endeavour –Insights of Womenpreneurs (A one day workshop on Entrepreneurship) .I was a bit nervous on what my role would be there and on putting forth my query they answered, “We just want to know about your journey to success….”

Being at SCMS was an overwhelming experience and one among the most cherished moments of my life. Really appreciate the hospitality and positive ambience of the SCMS family .It was like stepping into a whole new world. It was a wonderful opportunity to share glimpses of my journey with the budding business magnets of tomorrow. I was so very much impressed with the atmosphere of this institute that I really wished for a moment to be a student… 😀

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It’s been scorching hot in most parts of Kerala with the sun blazing out in full wave length and you just want to gulp down juices –an escapade from the heat. Today’s post is very much dedicated to a healthy &refreshing Mint-lime juice.

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Mint-Lime Cooler
887 calories
231 g
0 g
1 g
6 g
0 g
1017 g
53 g
206 g
0 g
1 g
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
1017g
Amount Per Serving
Calories 887
Calories from Fat 12
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 1g
2%
Saturated Fat 0g
1%
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg
0%
Sodium 53mg
2%
Total Carbohydrates 231g
77%
Dietary Fiber 13g
53%
Sugars 206g
Protein 6g
Vitamin A
75%
Vitamin C
243%
Calcium
26%
Iron
69%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Ingredients
  1. 2 cups of water
  2. 1 cup of sugar
  3. Juice of 3 lemons (medium sized)
  4. 1 cup of mint leaves
Instructions
  1. In a saucepan boil water with the sugar and stir till it dissolves to make thin syrup.
  2.  Refrigerate this syrup till cool.
  3.  Grind the mint leaves into a paste by adding water and squeeze out the juice through
  4. a sieve and separate.
  5.  Stir in the lime juice and mint extract in to the sugar syrup and serve chilled with ice
  6. cubes.
  7.  If you need more sweetness you can add in more sugar.
Adapted from Nimi's Culinary Ventures
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calories
887
fat
1g
protein
6g
carbs
231g
more
Adapted from Nimi's Culinary Ventures
Nimi's Culinary Ventures https://nimisrecipes.com/
Beat the heat this summer with  Mint –lime juice 🙂

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Cinnamon Hot Chocolate to spice up the Monsoon rains!

Drinks, veg | August 4, 2013 | By

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                                         “Chocolate is nature’s way of making up for Mondays.”

                          Chocolate has become the most sought out fav among most.This energy booster is a real bliss to all sweet tooth fanatics.I am back to Munnar and back to work after our school Monsoon vacation.From the 22nd of last month its again into the busy bee schedule .This time the rains have been really hard.Came home on Friday night to find a large branch on the roof with a thud.Luckily it was caught up on the electric line with a portion falling on our house roof.So no power for about 2 hours and everything was cleared.Its been very windy out here more rains than last year.My hus was born and brought up in Munnar..he says its becoming the same old Munnar  that he remembers from his childhood with heavy monsoons. The laziest part of going to school in rain is that you never feel like getting out of your blankets. Me and my kids enjoy hot chocolate to the utmost after school ..they dont mind if its served even twice 😉 SK likes his cup of chocolate spiced with cinnamon.

Here’s the magic to Cinnamon Hot cholcolate..

2cups of whole milk

150 gms of dark chocolate

100gms white chocolate

1/2 tsp of Cinnamon powder

Whipped fresh cream(optional)

Chop the chocolate pieces and heat with milk  on medium flame.Whisk the milk with chocolate pieces till they melt.Add cinnamon powder and whisk and turn off the flame.Pour the hot chocolate into a cup and top with whipped fresh cream .Enjoy the rain with the warmth of your cup of chocolaty yum….!

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Beat the heat with Mango& Dates Smoothie!

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Mangoes these yellow beauties have always been my fav since childhood.I remember the fights that I would pick up to slurp the mango seed.This tropical fruit is high in prebiotic dietary fiber,Vitamin A , vitamin C ..etc

Be it ripe or green ones , I love playing with them in my food preparations.The school was closed for about 15 days before the new academic year started.Here in Munnar,  my sons normally have their vacation in June-July months when its pouring all day.The rains are pretty difficult to handle in Munnar when you have to board the bus cold & drenched.So the school closes during that time here as a relief to the kids.The 15 day holiday break flew out for me this time with my classes, printing of my new cookbook and Vishu celebration.Heres a snap from the Vishu Kani..

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Mango & Dates Smoothie

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Pulp of 3 medium sized ripe mangoes

6-7 dates ,deseeded

3 scoops of vanilla icecream

2 cups of milk

Chocolate shavings

sugar to taste

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In a juicer grind the dates and mango pulp with sugar first.Slowly add in the milk and vanilla icecream scoops and blend  well.Pour this in to serving glasses and top it with chocolate shavings.It is best served chilled.Beat the heat and freshen up with this mango fever!

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