Jeera Chaas Recipe | Cumin Buttermilk | Navratri Vrat Recipes

Jeera Chaas or Cumin Flavoured Buttermilk is easy and quick beverage during (vrat/upwas/navratri) and completes the meal aka vrat (navratri) ka khana or even normal any meal, buttermilk is must during summer but since we are battling haze here so I am making cumin buttermilk almost every day to serve with lunch and we like cumin flavored butter milk very much and it's very easy to prepare

Paneer Ka Raita | Paneer Raita Recipe | Easy Raita Recipes

Paneer Raita or Cottage Cheese Raita is easy raita recipe made with few ingredients easily available in our pantry. Paneer raita makes great side dish with paratha or variety rice, pulao well. And like most of the raita we can also customize this paneer raita suit our needs or to bring variations to routine, this raita also works great as quick snack specially during summer days or as a side for any thing, for paneer lovers will like this easy, no-cook raita for sure as we can fix this in 5 mins.

Carrot Raita | Gajar Raita | Easy Raita Recipes

Carrot Raita or Gajar Raita is easy raita recipe made with few ingredients easily available in our pantry. Carrot raita is slightly few raita with carrot crunch and it's gets paired along any paratha or variety rice, pulao well. Like most of the raitas we can also customize this carrot or gajar raita to make it more interesting like adding chopped onion, tomato, capsicum, cucumber etc which makes simple raita more crunchy and filling.

Mango Halwa | Mango Sheera | Mango Sooji Halwa (Kesari) Recipe

Mango Halwa, Mango Sheera or kesari is sooji (semolina) mango halwa is delicious halwa with addition of mango purée which takes humble sooji halwa to all new level. Adding fruits to normal sooji halwa is always great idea like I have already posted beetroot Sooji Halwa, Apple Sooji Halwa and using mango in halwa is no exception at all, I wanted to post this delicious mango sheera for very long time but it was not happening we always too busy to finish off hot mango halwa to take any pictures :)

Vegan Mango Milkshake | Mango Almond Milkshake Recipe

Vegan Mango Milkshake or Mango milkshake with almond milk is easy, delicious milkshake recipe and the almond milk takes this super easy milkshake to all new level. This vegan mango milkshake is more light and refreshing than diary mango milkshake, mango with almond it's wonderful combo and there is no overpowering almond flavor in this milkshake, mango still is the king here.

Salted Cucumber Lassi | Namkeen Kheera Lassi Recipe

Salted Cucumber Lassi or namkeen kheera (kakdi) lassi is easy, quick lassi recipe with addition of cucumber, mint leaves, coriander leaves (cilantro) and ginger to take humble lassi to all new level. If you like lassi then you will love this one too, salted lassi is good option over sweet version of course we would all agree that and top of that cucumber goodness is just wonderful in this super delicious lassi.

Mango Iced Tea Recipe | How to Make Mango Iced Tea

Mango Iced Tea, yes it's mango iced lemon tea great way to bear summer. Iced tea with goodness of mango and touch of lemon makes this tea very refreshing and perfect sip during any time of day during specially during these hot days. If you like mango and tea then you should try this and you will love this easy mango iced tea too, specially for people whom can't give up tea even during summer it's great way to enjoy tea and that's what I am doing most of the afternoon, late evening I serve normal hot tea.

Mango Milkshake | Mango Milkshake Recipe | Mango Recipes

Mango Milkshake is easy, delicious made with few ingredients it's a must milkshake during mango season at our home. As I mentioned in my mango juice post I am making mostly mango juice, this milkshake, lassi or eating mango just as fruit rather doing anything else during these hot days. Like most of the milkshake this mango milkshake is also very easy and quick to prepare and it can serve as a drink or even as quick snack or breakfast.

Masala Urad Dal Wadi | Badi | Vadi | Wadiyan | Masala Badi Recipe

Masala Urad Dal Wadi or badi as we call it is also known as wadiyan, vadiyal, vadiyalu. Wadi is summer essential in most of the North Indian house and prepared with different dals, spices with basic concept of grinding dal, spices and sun drying remains same over generations now. Once wadiyan is done it's a bliss for year along to make aloo badi sabzi or add vadi with any curry it makes the curry extra delicious.

Orange Sweet Lime Juice | Ganga Jamuna Juice Recipe | Summer Drinks Recipes

Orange Sweet Lime juice or also popularly known as Ganga Jamuna Juice is refreshing juice made with orange, sweet lime or some times sweet lime is replaced with lime. One can find this orange sweet lime juice in most of the juice shops, restaurants served as ganga jamuna and what's this called ganga jamuna I have no idea but this used to be one of my favorite juice to order always. Punch of orange with sweet lime is simply amazing and it can brighten up you day in no time.

Beetroot Raita | Cukandar Raita | Easy Raita Recipes

Beetroot Raita is easy, no-cook, no-oil raita recipe which we can do in jiffy to get colorful looking raita to serve along any pulao, biryani or variety rice, paratha etc. I have already posted beetroot pachadi an Kerala style raita where beetroot is cooked and also coconut used. This raita is very simple with few ingredients a recipe which I wanted to posted for a very long time and finally it's happening now.

Ripen Mango Dal | Mango Dal Recipe | Dal Recipes

Ripen Mango Dal is easy dal recipe made with ripen mango and season with cumin seeds, garlic, onion for a flavorful dal. Mostly made mango dal is made with raw mango but you have to try this with ripen one's it adds little sour and sweet taste to the dal, it's also one of good way to using ripen mango if they are sour. Since the mango is ripen it's takes almost no time to cook other than the dal cooking time so if you haven't tried yet then do try this dal.

Mango Juice Recipe | Summer Drinks Recipes

Mango Juice is like any other juice very easy and quick to prepare, it's also one of best way to deal with hot summer I personally think. I have been mango juice a lot these days to deal with hot day and nights. A tall glass of chilled mango juice can do wonders when we suffer with heat, mango juice is made with minimal ingredients. Instead of buy mango juice or drink from outside use this mango season to fullest and make your own economical and healthy drink at home.

Beetroot Buttermilk (Cukandara Chaas) Recipe | Summer Drinks Recipes

Beetroot Buttermilk or cukandara chaas is easy, quick buttermilk recipe with addition of beetroot and few extra ingredients to take usual buttermilk or chaas to all new level. Beetroot not only make the buttermilk more pretty but it also taste yum and of course added nutrition of beetroot. I love beetroot and that's a known fact here, in my house there are hardly any days when I don't have beetroot in stock.

Vendakkai Mor Kuzhambu | Okra Moor Kulambu Recipe

Vendakkai Mor Kuzhambu or moor kulambu is mildly spiced yogurt base South Indian curry, mostly served with steamed rice as side. Mor kuzhambu made with variety of vegetables, fritters and the base curry or gravy recipes remains same with little variations. Mor kuzhambu is like answer to North Indian Kadhi and it's also curd base and chana dal is used instead of besan, both do taste little similar too.

Capsicum Raita | Shimla Mirch Raita Recipe | Easy Raita Recipes

Capsicum Raita or Shimla Mirch raita is one of the easy raita recipe, it taste unique and different from normal cucumber raita, onion tomato raita etc. Capsicum adds good crunch and flavor to this raita and it's also very quick to prepare with minimal ingredients. We can customized this capsicum raita in various way and add along other any other vegetable of choice, tri-color capsicums to make it more interesting and fun.

Neer Mor Recipe | Spiced Buttermilk Recipe | Summer Drinks Recipes

Neer Mor, neer more or spiced buttermilk is easy, quick buttermilk recipe with addition of few extra ingredients to take humble buttermilk or chaas to all new level. Buttermilk is great option to keep our-self hydrated during hot summer days or we can serve this as appetizer, beverage too, I made spiced buttermilk, masala buttermilk and other few variations specially to serve with lunch during weekends or to complete a thali menu.

Cucumber (Kheera) Raita | Vellarikka Pachadi | Easy Raita Recipes

Cucumber raita is popular raita recipe also known as kheera raita or vellarikka pachadi with little different method of preparation but the basic idea of cucumber and yogurt remains the same :) Cucumber raita I wanted to post for long time but it was not happening until I made it for lunch recently with paratha and also since now Chaitra Navratri going-on I wanted to post something fasting related recipe, this raita is versatile we can make this during fasting/vrat or even normal days with just change of salt.

Onion Tomato Raita | Easy Raita Recipes

Onion tomato raita is one of the easy raita recipe and it taste very good with sweetness and crunch from both onion and tomato. Raita is one versatile accompaniment which we can have with any paratha, variety rice, biryani, pulao etc. This onion tomato raita goes well with pulao, biryani very well and adds extra zing to the main dish.

Papaya Milkshake | Papaya Recipes | Summer Drinks Recipes

Papapya Milkshake is perfect for any day but during this hot summer it's even better to have. We get papaya regularly and I keep the papaya outside for longer time to get it ripen well, other than eating papaya just as fruit we can also make some juice, milkshake etc to make it more interesting and hydrate our-self well during hot summer days.