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(290)Masala milk.

Ingredients

  • 250 ml. Whole or Toned milk, either hot or cold.
  • 1 tbsp. Masala Milk Powder.
  • 1 – 2 tsp. Sugar( optional).

Method

  1. Heat milk in a steel pan with 2 tsp. sugar.
  2. Once it starts boiling add masala milk powder. Stir continuously and boil this milk for 2-3 minutes.
  3. Serve hot milk with love and smile.
  4. You can also use chilled milk instead of hot milk.

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(259)Ukalo

Milk Kadha

Ingredients

Method

  1. Wash and pluck holy basil leaves and mint leaves from its stalk and keep aside.
  2. Wash lemongrass leaf and cut it into small pieces and keep aside.
  3. Wash and grate ginger and keep aside.
  4. In mortar mortar and pestle break all dry ingredients into small pieces.
  5. In a saucepan boil water with dry as well as green ingredients for 5 minutes on slow flame. If you have ukalo ready mix powder then use 1 tsp. ready mix powder in 2 cups along with green ingredients like Basil, Lemongrass and Phudina and do not use ginger with ready mix as it contains Ginger powder.
  6. After 5 minutes add milk and sugar and again give 4- 5 boils on slow flame.
  7. Serve hot with dry snacks like namakpare, sakkarpara or as you wish

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(48) Turmeric Milk

Serves 2. 250 ml each.

Ingredients:

  • Milk 500 ml.
  • ¼ tsp. Turmeric powder.
  • ⅛ tsp. Carom seeds(Ajwain)(optional).
  • ½ tsp.Ghee(optional).
  • 2 tsp. Sugar (optional).

Method:

  1. Heat milk and sugar up to boiling.
  2. Side by side heat tempering vessel with ghee.
  3. Once ghee melts add carom seeds.
  4. As soon as crackling sounds starts ,pour it into milk.
  5. Give one more boil and turmeric milk is ready.
  6. Ideally to be served hot as it is or first strain and then serve.
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(43) Green Gram Soup

Moong Osaman

Serves 2 150 ml.each

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup whole Moong.
  • 300 ml. Water
  • ½ inch grated ginger
  • 2 halved lengthwise and deseeded green chillies.
  • OR
  • ½ tsp. Black pepper powder.
  • 2 tsp.fresh lemon juice.
  • 1 tsp. Salt.
  • ½ tsp.turmeric powder.
  • 1 tsp. Sugar.
  • 1 tsp finely chopped coriander.

Tempering Ingredients

  • ½ tbsp. Ghee.
  • 1 tsp. Cumin(jeera).
  • 2 Cloves.
  • ½ inch Cinnamon stick.
  • 5-6 Curry leaves.
  • 1 pinch Asafoetida.

Method

  1. Wash and rinse moong 3 times ,add 300 ml water , place moong pot in pressure cooker and cook upto 3 whistles.
  2. After pressure releases,bland moong in blander and strain with the help of strainer.
  3. Add all spices in moong soup and boil on slow flame. Side by side heat tempering vessel and ghee in it. Add cumin( jeera) and wait for cracking .After crackling sound add Clove, Cinnamon, Asafoetida and curry leaves.
  4. Boil for 5 more minutes . Serves hot. Enjoy with steamed rice, pulao, biryani , khichadi, dalia or whole alone as diet food.
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(26) Masala Tea

serves 2 person 150 ml each

Ingredients:

  • 150 ml water.
  • 200 ml milk.
  • 5-6 Phudina leaves.
  • 9-10 three inches long lemongrass leaves.
  • One pinch of cardamom powder.
  • One inch grated ginger.
  • 2 tsp. tea powder.
  • 4 tsp. sugar.

Method:

1) In sauce pan take water and all ingredients except tea pd. and milk and boil for 3-4 mins on slow flame

2) Boil on slow flame for 1 min. after adding tea powder

3) Add milk and again boil till colour changes from light brown to brown.

4) Strain tea in 2 cups and serve steaming hot refreshing tea in the morning, afternoon or evening with love and smile .

Masala tea

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(23) Fajeto

Mango Soup

Serves 4 person 175 ml each

Ingredients

  • 400 ml water.
  • 6 mango’s seeds and skins remaining after extraction of pulp ( Aam ras )
  • 2 tsp. Salt.
  • 2 tbsp.Sugar.
  • 1/2 inch grated ginger.
  • 2 green chillies halved lengthwise and reseeded.

Tempering ingredients:

  • 1/2 tsp. Cumin (jeera).
  • 2 Cloves (lavang).
  • 1/2 inch Cinnamon ( dalchini).
  • 8-10 curry leaves.
  • 1 tbsp. Freshly chopped coriander leaves.
  • 1 tbsp.ghee.

Method:

(1) In one big bowl take 400 ml. Water

(2) Squeeze and wash thoroughly skins and seeds of Mangoes in this water and drain it. Let 2 of the seeds remain inside for enhancing the sour taste.( Skins can be put to good use by transferring it to compost bin. And seeds can be Sun dried for further use in the making mouth freshner.

(3) Add to this salt, sugar, grated ginger and green chilli.

(4) Boil on slow flame for 5 mins.

(5) Side by side put tadka pan after adding ghee. as soon as ghee melts add jeera wait for crackling sound . Cloves, Cinnamon and curry leaves and finely chopped coriander leaves in it.Boil for 5 more mins. and mango soup is ready.

(6) Enjoy this soup with rice, chillas, biryani, pulao or as you want. you will like both type hot as well as cold. Cold mango soup is a refreshing drink in hot summer days.

Fajeto

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(05) Kadha (Immunity booster)

Kadha or kadho is a traditional Indian drink, often consumed as a chai or tea and is considered to be effective against cough and cold and seasonal flu. Made with Indian herbs and spices, Kadha is a natural immunity booster and is said to be the best remedy against fever and sore throat. It also cures cough and is loaded with antioxidants.

Serves 4  (200 ml.) each

Ingredients

  • 800 ml. Water .
  • 4 tbsp. Sugar.
  • ½ tsp. Ginger powder ( Sunth).
  • ½ tsp. Pipramul powder (Ganthoda).
  • ½ tbsp. Cumin seeds ( Jeera)
  • ¼ tbsp. Carom seeds (Ajwain)
  • ¼ tsp. Cardamom powder (Elaichi).
  • 8-10 strands of Saffron ( Kesar).Pinched and crushed with finger and thumb. Only during cold season.
  • ⅛ tsp Cinnamon powder.
  • 2 Cloves powder
  • 8- 10 Holy Basil leaves

Method:

1) Take water in big vessel

2) Add all ingredients , stir and put it on fast flame

3) Stir occasionally and boil it like tea

4) Switch off flame after 5 mins of boiling

5) Serve this kadha every day morning, afternoon or at bedtime in Monsoon ,Winter or during corona or in throat infection, allergy due to seasonal changes, flu, cough, cold. No need to strain. Serve with love and smile.

Gujarati Kadha (Tasty Water)

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