Panakam / Indian energy drink

Ingredients:

Jaggery (powdered) - 1/4 cup

Tamarind paste - 1/2 tbs

Juice of 1/2 Lemon

Dry ginger powder (sukku) - 1/4 tbs

Cardomom powder - 1/4 tbs

Edible camphor - pinch (optional)

Salt a pinch

Method:

Dissolve the powdered jaggery in 1/2 cup of water.

Add all the remaining ingredients to jaggery water + 1 1/2 cups of water.

Drain the drink thru a seive for any dust. Serve chilled.

Simple Healthy drink for the hot summer. I am submitting this to Kurinji kathambham healthy summer event.

Avocado / Butter pear milkshake

Avocad milkshake - stomach filling recipe. More suitable for or after breakfast / dinner. Most of us heard about Dorito - Salsa combination with this american fruit. Here comes a delicious milkshake. Learnt this recipe from my hubby... Thanks!!

Ingredients:

1. Avacado
2. Milk
3. Powdered sugar
Method

1. Cut the stem portion and peel off the skin of Avocado. Slice the flesh portion and put it into the blender. Discard the seed.
2. Pour milk till the fruit slices are immersed. For one Avocado add 2 tbs of sugar. Grind well till the fruit flesh is shiny and creamy.

Mango milk shake

Yup... Simple and delicious!

Ingredients:

1. Riped Mango - 1
2. Honey or sugar - 2 tbs
3. Fresh unboiled milk - 1/2 glass (in which u r going to serve the milk shake)

Method:

1. Peel the mango and cut the flesh portion into a mixie / blender jar. Let the mango juice which sheds while cutting, drop into the blender jar.
2. Add sugar or honey & milk and grind for 7 mins. Thats it. Serve immediately or after refrigerating.