SuvaiArusuvai - Veg Recipes of India

Ingredients: Pistachio - 1/4 cup (unsalted) Sugar - 1/2 cup   or Honey - 4 tbsp Milk - 3 cups Ice - 1 cup Method: Grind pistachio and sugar or honey. Add 1/2 of the milk and crushed ice and blend together. Add this to the remaining milk and serve chilled.

Papaya is one dish that is rich and Vitamin A. It helps in reducing heartburn and gives soothing effect for acidity. Ingredients: Ripe Papaya - 1 no. Milk - 1/2 litre Sugar - 1/2 cup Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp Banana - 2 nos Cashew nuts - 8 nos Almonds - 8 nos Method: Soak almonds in warm water for about 1/2 an hour and peel off the skin. Soak cashewnuts separately. Grind both the nuts to a fine paste. Peel and deseed papaya. Cut into cubes. Peel and cut bananas into slices. Blend papaya, banana and the nuts paste along with sugar and milk. If the milkshake is thick, water can be added to make it thinner. Serve it in tall glass with small pieces of papaya and banana. Diabetic patients can avoid sugar.

Ingredients: Chickoo - 5 nos Condensed milk - 1/2 cup (optional) Milk - 2 cups Sugar - 1/2 tbsp Ice Method: Peel chickoo and cut into small pieces. Remove the seeds. Cut one chickoo into small pieces. Add 4 chickoo, milk, sugar, and 1/4 cup of condensed milk to a blender and blend properly. Add the shake to tall glass and add 1 tbsp of condensed milk on top and a few chickoo pieces. Add one or two ice cubes and serve chilled.

Ingredients: Orange Juice - 1 cup Pineapple Juice - 1 cup Milk - 2 cups Fresh cream - 1 cup Sugar 1/2 cup Ice cubes - 12 nos Pineapple - 3 rings Orange - 1/2 Method: Chop the pineapple into small pieces. Deseed the oranges and cut each segment into 4 portions. Mix orange juice and pine apple juice. Add sugar to it and blend it well. Add milk to it and blend again. In a tall glass add 2 ice cubes and fill it with the mixture. Add a few pineapple pieces and 1 portion of orange piece on top and add 2 tbsp of fresh cream to it. Serve chilled. Makes a great dish for party.

Ingredients: Milk - 1 cup Jelly - to serve 4 people Vannila Ice cream - 1/2 kg pack Method; In a blender add milk and ice cream and blend well. When it frosts add the jelly and blend again. Serve chilled in tall glass. Note: Strawberry or mango jelly goes well with Vannila Icecream.

Ingredients: Vanilla Ice cream - 1/2 kg tub Milk - 3 cups Fresh cream - 3 tbsp Dessicated coconut - 1/4 cup Sugar - 1/2 cup Method: Add 1 cup of milk, 8 scoops of ice cream, sugar, dessicated coconut and cream to a blender and blend well till it comes to a creamy texture. Fill a tall glass with this mixture upto 3/4th. Add milk and 1 scoop of ice cream and serve it with a straw. Decorate the rim of the glass with wafer biscuits.

Ingredients: Strawberry - 10 to 12 nos Sugar - 1/4 cup Milk - 2 cups Vannila Ice cream - 1 scoop (optional) Ice cubes - 2 to 4 Method: Add Strawberry and sugar to a juicer blender and blend it thoroughly. Add milk and ice cubes and belnd them again till they frost. Serve in a tall glass with a topping of Vanilla Ice cream. This quantity makes about 3 cups of milk shake.

Ingredients: Milk - 3 cups (whole Milk) Sugar - to taste Almonds - 10 to 15 nos Cashew Nuts - 8 nos Ice cubes - 4 to 5 nos Caradamom seeds - 1/2 tsp Method: Grind cashew nuts, Almond seeds and cardamom in a blender. When they are powdered, add the milk to the blender and mix thoroughly. Add the ice cubes to the blender and blend till the milk frosts. Add sugar and serve chilled. Note: If this is served in summer, heat the milk and add the powdered nuts to the milk and serve warm. Great energy drink.

Some thing different and something yummy. Though pure coffee lovers may not approve this, still, it tastes good. Ingredients: Milk - 1 cup Instant coffee - 1 1/2 tsp Boost or drinking choclolate - 1 tbsp cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp Sugar - 1 tsp Whipped cream - 1 tsp Method: Heat the milk and add instant coffee powder to it. Add cinnamon powder, boost and sugar. Add whipped sugar and serve warm.  This can be served as iced coffee also by adding one or two ice cubes to it.

Acidity have become very very common ailment in the recent times. People tend to get it more easily due to the current lift style. Apple which keeps the doctor away, definitely keeps acidity away if it is taken with cinnamon. Ingredients: Apple - 2 nos Sugar - 2 tbsp Milk - 2 cups (chilled milk) Cinnamon Powder - 1 tsp Ice cubes - 4 nos Method to make: Peel and dice apples to cubes and grind it in a blender to a fine puree along with milk and 1/2 cup of milk. Add the cinnamon powder and the remaining milk and whip it well. Serve with 1 or 2 ice cubes. This makes 4 glasses of milk shake. Can be served with small cubes of apple on top. Health Benefits of Cinnamon Powder.

CBadam Milk is one of the favourite drinks in our household. To make any occassion special, either Badam Kheer or as a dessert Badam milk is served. This is one recipe that I learnt from one of my friend's mom which can be stored in fridge and use whenever needed. Ingredients: Almonds - 1 cup Saffron - 1/2 gm(fresh) Sugar - 2 cups Water - 1 1/2 cups Badam essence - 1 tsp (optional) How to make Badam Syrup: Soak almonds in hot water and peel them. Add 2 tbsp of warm water to saffron. Grind both almonds and saffron to a very fine paste. Better to avoid water but if needed, a little water can be added. In a heavy bottom pan add sugar and add 1/2 cup of water to make sugar syrup. Add the paste when the syrup starts boiling. Keep stirring so as to no lumps are formed. (Essence can be added when the mixture starts boiling again). Let it cool and refrigerate it. How to make Badam Milk using Badam Syrup: Add 2 tsps of syrup to warm milk. (Though no sugar is needed, if you ha

A very rich easy to make milkshake. This gives instant strength and energy too. Ingredients: Badam - 10 to 12 pieces (soaked and skin peeled) Crushed Ice - 4 cubes Pista - 8 to 10 pieces (unsalted) Butter Scotch Ice cream - 3 scoops Kesar - 1/2 tsp Cardamom - 2 nos Milk - 1 cup Method: Add milk, 2 cups of butter scotch icecream, badam, cardamom, pista and 4 cubes of ice. It is better to use a whipper rather than grinding it. Garnish it with pista pieces and Kesar strangs. This makes 2 glasses of milkshake. While serving add the remaining 1 scoop of icecream, (half scoop in each glass) and serve chilled.

Bored of the regular breakfast, want to try something healthy and refreshing, try out the following which is definitely filling refreshing. Ingredients: Banana - 2 Strawberries - 2 Papaya - 3 to 4 medium sized cubes Pineapple - 2 medium sized cubes Apple - 1 no (peeled and de-seeded) Honey - 1 tbsp Sugar - 2 tbsp (optional) Ice cubes - 2 nos Milk - 2 glasses Method : The above measurement will give almost 3 cups of fruit juice. Blend all the ingredients except milk in high blending speed in a blender. Pour 1 glass of milk and run the blender in whip mode for 2 to 3 times. Transfer it to a vessel and add the remaining glass of milk and serve it for breakfast.

Looking for a nutritious and delicious way to introduce fruits to your kids? Try this delightful Apple and Nut Smoothie, a perfect blend of apples, almonds, cashews, and honey. Packed with essential nutrients, this smoothie makes for a wholesome breakfast or evening snack for school-going kids. Follow this simple recipe to create a nourishing treat that your kids will love. Ingredients: 1 apple 1 almond (badam) 1 cashew nut 1/2 tsp honey Instructions: Prepare the Ingredients : Peel and core the apple, then cut it into small pieces. Place the apple pieces in a pressure cooker and cook until soft. Grind into a Smooth Paste : Once the apple is cooked, allow it to cool slightly. Transfer the cooked apple pieces to a blender or food processor. Add the almond (badam) and cashew nut to the blender along with the cooked apple pieces. Blend the mixture until smooth, ensuring that the nuts are finely ground and well incorporated with the apple. Sweeten with Honey : Transfer the smooth apple and

This is one recipe which is rich in Iron and Calcium. Kids will love it for sure. Ingredients to make 2 cups of dates milk shake: Dates - 1/2 cup (without seeds) Sugar - 4 tbsp Milk - 2 cups Ice cubes - 2 Vanilla Ice cream - 1 scoop Method to make dates milk shake: In a blender add dates, sugar, 1 cup of milk and grind it till it frosts. Pour in 2 tall glasses to half the level and add milk to remaining half and add 1/2 scoop of ice cream in each of the glasses. Can be served with wafers.

Ingredients: Pomegranate  - 1 no (big and ripe) Sugar - 2 tbsp Milk - 3/4th cups Ice cubes - 2 nos Method to make Pomegranate Milk Shake: In a juicer, add all the ingredients together and grind well till it frosts. Pour in a tall glass. Serve with a twig of mint leaf.

Ingredients: Instant Coffee Powder - 2 tbsp               or Coffee Decoction - 1/4 cup Chilled Milk - 1 cup Chilled Water - 1/2 cup Ice cubes - 4 Method: Add all the ingredients in a blender and blend it till smooth and frosts. Serve chilled in tall glass.

This is one milkshake that can be had either cold or hot. I dont make it with the coco powder that we get in the supermarkets, they give a bitter taste, instead I use a combination of choclate drink and Cadbury's Dairy Milk. Ingredients: Milk - 2 glasses Sugar - 3 tbsp Boost - 4 tbsp Dairy Milk Bar - (the Rs. 5 bar is enough for 2 glass) Water - 1/4 cup Ice cubes - 2 Method: Warm the water add boost to it and mix well. Scrap the Dairy Milk into pieces and add that to the warm water. Take a hard bottom vessel and add the milk, sugar and the choclate mixture and keep stirring till everything blends together. Remove from flame, let it cool. Take half of it and blend in a blender till it frosts. Mix it with the remaining. If you want it hot, heat the remaining mixture before adding the forsted mixture to it. If you are serving it cold, blend both together, add ice cubes and serve chilled. Alternatively, you can add choclate ice cream while blending. But avoid Dairy Milk.

Ingredients: Mango Puree- 1/2 cup Milk - 3/4th cup Mango Ice cream - 2 scoops Sugar - 2 spoons Method: Blend mango puree and milk and one scoop of mango ice cream along with sugar in a blender. Serve in a tall glass with the remaining scoop of ice cream.

Ingredients: Soyabean powder - 100gms Milk Powder - 100gms Baadam, Unsalted Pista - 50 gms Sugar - As per taste Cardomom - 2 to 5 Milk - 1 cup chilled Method: Mix and seive soya powder and milk powder to blend well. Dry roast baadam, pista and cardomom and grind them in a dry mixer. Mix it along with the soya bean mixlk powder mixture and blend well again. Add this powder and 1 tspn of sugar to one glass of chilled milk. Beat it in a juicer or hand blender and serve cold. Alternatively, it can be had in a glass of warm water and this helps in keeping a person awake but alert when studying for exams.