Strawberry milkshake: Refreshing summer drink recipe

Summers is the best season for milkshakes, smoothies, and all refreshing drinks. While thinking about milkshakes and smoothies how can we forget about strawberries? 

Strawberries are the most favorite and popular fruit all over the world. When we think about strawberries many recipes come in our mind like strawberry flavor cake, juice, milkshakes, custard, jellies, etc.

Among various strawberry recipes, the strawberry milkshake is the most common summer drink recipe. A basic strawberry milkshake is a combination of strawberries, milk, and sugar. We are introducing a new type of strawberry milkshake recipe with one secret ingredient.  If you are thinking about how to make a strawberry milkshake or how to make a strawberry milkshake without ice cream then this summer drink recipe is the perfect solution for all of you.

This strawberry milkshake has made with ingredients that are easily available at home. The secret ingredient in this summer drink recipe is nothing but strawberry flavor custard powder which helps to make your shake thick and smooth.

Benefits to eating strawberries:

1] Prevents from heart stroke and any heart-related disease.

2] It has anti-aging as well as anti-oxidant properties.

3] Rich in vitamin C.

Preparation time: 30 min

Cooking time: 10 min

Total time: 40 min

Servings: 2-3

Ingredients to make strawberry milkshake:

2 glass milk,

1 tbsp strawberry flavor custard powder,

½ tbsp sugar,

1 tbsp strawberry crush,

5-6 ice cubes.

How to make a strawberry milkshake:

Let's see how to make this summer drink recipe step by step

1] Heat the pan and add 2 glasses of milk into it.

2] Once the milk gets heated add custard powder into it.

3] Stir well and turn off the gas.

4] once the prepared custard milk has cooled completely we can start to make a strawberry milkshake.

5] first add strawberry crush to the grinder.

6] Then add sugar.

7] Add ice cubes.

8] Now add custard flavor milk and blend it until we get a smooth texture.

Serving:

 1] Take a glass and pour the strawberry milkshake directly into the glass(do not strain).

2] Garnish with some strawberry crush or strawberry slices as the topping.

3] Serve chilled.

Note:

1] We can use fresh strawberries instead of strawberry crush.

2] Use fresh full cream milk always while preparing strawberry milkshake. Milk with full cream adds richness to your strawberry milkshake.

3] Though this is the recipe of a strawberry milkshake without ice cream. if you like to use strawberry ice cream then you can use it for topping.

This is how we can prepare a strawberry milkshake without ice cream. I hope your summer will get cool with this super tempting summer drink recipe.

Paneer kheer

If you are thinking about to make quick and easy dessert for winter, here is the winter special Paneer kheer Recipe. Main Ingredients for Paneer kheer Recipe is paneer, milk, dry fruits and one special ingredient khoya(mawa). Kheer is the ideal way to get a protein to enhance during fast. This Paneer kheer recipe will help you to stay healthy during winter.

Dry fruits like almonds and cashews can give you all the energy,  you need to sustain from morning to night. These nuts are loaded with flavors and nutritional value. Paneer helps us to fight with deadly diseases such as cancer and protects heart diseases. Milk helps in rehydration. Also being rich with Vitamin D is good for bone growth.

One can make this Paneer Kheer recipe as a dessert during various festivals like Diwali, Janmashtami, Holi. We can also make paneer kheer as a bhog/ Prasad during Navratri.

This kheer can be made with khoya(mawa), and it tastes excellent. Khoya(mawa) gives rich, creamy taste to this kheer.  It feels more like rabdi. If you love rabdi, you should make this paneer kheer. This Paneer kheer recipe is prepared with much few efforts than that required for rabdi. You can serve paneer kheer, hot or chilled. Let’s see how to make paneer kheer.

Ingredients for Paneer kheer Recipe

1. One tsp ghee,
2. 50 gm khoya,
3. Five cashews,
4. Four almonds,
5. 3 ½ cups milk full cream,
6. ¼ cup sugar,
7. ½ cup paneer  crumbled,
8. ¼ tsp cardamom powder / elachi powder

Procedure for Paneer Kheer Recipe

1. First heat a large kadhai.
2. Then add ghee and roast cashew and almonds in it.
3. Now add 3 cups milk in it and stir well.
4. When the milk gets the boil, keep the flame on medium. Stir occasionally.
5. Simmer till the milk thickens slightly.
6. Further, add cup sugar and crumbled paneer. Mix well.
7. Boil it till the paneer gets cooked well wholly.
8. Take 1/2 cup of milk in a bowl and add khoya to it.
9. Make paste.
10. Add this paste to the kheer.
11. Now add in cardamom powder and stir well.
12. Paneer kheer is ready to taste. Garnished with few dry fruits.
13. Serve paneer kheer hot or cold.

Note

• Always use fresh milk while making this kheer recipe.
• You can dry fruits of your choice.
• Also add saffron for additional flavor.

I hope now making kheer is not time-consuming work for you. So make your winter more special with this paneer kheer.

Coconut chutney

Coconut chutney usually served with fasting dishes like sabudana-wada, kuttu ka dosa, fasting tikkis. You can make this chutney for all type of fasts. Peanuts used in chutney. Peanuts make this chutney thick and tasty.

Usually, meduwada is serving with sambhar and coconut chutney.  Let’s see how to make coconut chutney for fast.

Ingredients to make coconut chutney

• Coconut ½ cup.
• Peanuts ¼ cup.
• coriander leaves 5-6.
• Green chili 1.
• Rock salt (sendha namak) to taste.
• Sugar to taste.
• Water as needed to make grinding easy.

For tadka

• Oil  2 tablespoon,
• Cumin seeds  ¼ teaspoon,
• Curry lives   3-4.

How to make coconut chutney

1. Take all ingredients in a grinder and make a smooth paste by adding water as per required.
2. Remove it to bowl.
3. For tadka heat oil in small pan.
4. Now add cumin seeds.
5. Add curry leaves and saute.
6. Next add this tadka to coconut chutney. Mix well.
7. Now serve your meduwada with this coconut chutney.

Note

1.  You can add meant leaves in chutney for additional flavor in other days.

Samak rice meduwada

Hello friends,
On the occasion of Ekadashi , one tasty and crispy fast recipes for you ‘Samak rice meduwada.’ Meduwada is a South Indian dish which I love to eat very much. Many people love meduwada. You can make meduwada in a different way using Samak rice for fasting.

It has similar taste and texture like rice. Samak rice is a suitable replacement for rice eaters. It is eat in every spiritual fast. Samak rice provides the nourishment and energy, contains 169 Calories per 174 g and high in digestible fiber. It is a source of minerals and vitamins, giving essential ingredients. We can make the number of healthy fasting recipes using Samak rice.

Samak rice meduwada is easy to make which can be prepared using some readily available ingredients. It tastes yummy when served hot with the coconut chutney. Enjoy meduwada for breakfast or as evening snacks. Hope you will love this new style of meduwada.

             

Ingredients:-

Samak rice - 200 gm,
Roasted Peanuts - 50 gm,

Medium size potatoes 4,
Green chilies - 7-8 small,
Cumin seeds - 2 teaspoons,
Salt - as per required,
Oil - for frying meduwada.

Procedure:-

1. Steam Samak rice(add little bit salt while cooking) and potatoes separately.
2. Grind peanuts in a mixer (Don’t make fine powder).
3. Now make the paste of cumin seeds and chilies.
4. Take steam rice in one bowl.
5. Add these smash potatoes to rice bowl and mix them.
6. Now add peanut powder, cumin seed- chilies paste and salt one by one to that bowl.
7. Mix properly.
8. Next divide this mixture into small equal portions.
9. Make small balls.
10. Next shape these balls like meduwada.
11. Heat the pan and add oil to it.
12. Fry meduwada on medium flame.
13. When they become golden brown on both sides pour it on a tissue.
14. Serve hot with coconut chutney.

Banana Milkshake

Ingredients:-

2 Bananas,

Milk :- 1 cup,

4 almonds,

4 cashew nuts,

fresh cream 1 tablespoon,

Cardamom powder 1 tsp,

Sugar 1 tablespoon.

Mehod:-

1] Peel the skin of banana.

2] Cut to pieces 

3] Add this pieces in mixer or blender.

4] Next add milk. Milk must be cold.

5] Add fresh cream, sugar,nuts and  cardamom powder one by one.

6] Blend it.

7] Serve cold.

 

Note:-

 If milk is not cold then you can add ice cubes. 

 

My episode of Aamhi sare khavayye

Hello friends,
               As I said earlier I have done noodles burger recipe for one TV show, so today I'm going to share that video for all of you. I have done shooting for Zee Marathi's "Aamhi sare khavayye". My episode was on 2nd may 2018 at 1.30 pm. It was great experience to shoot for Zee Marathi and  to share stage with host Sankarshan Karhade. Zee marathi is number one channel in Maharashtra state and this show is also very much popular. I hope you will like this videos. 

Biscuit Pudding

 Hello friends,

          Today I'm going to post pudding recipe for you. Which I have tried yesterday. Very easy, decorative and time saving. Rock your summer with this pudding. try it.

Ingredients: 

For biscuit crumbs :-
     500 gm Parle- G Biscuits and 4-5 Bourbon biscuit(Powdered),
     ½ cup Butter.

 For Custard:-
      500 ml Milk ,
      2 tbsp Custard Powder.

For Chocolate Custard:-
      ¼ cup butter,
      ¼ cup Cream,
      250 gm Melted Chocolate.

Other Ingredients:
       Chocochips

Preparation: 

1. In a pan melt butter & add the parle g, bourbon crumbs.
2. Cook it in the pan for 5 mins.
3. In a separate pan, take milk bring to a bowl & add the custard powder.
4. For the chocolate, take melted chocolate add butter & cream & whisk till smooth.
5. Make two parts of custard in 2 bowls.
6. Add this chocolate mixture in one bowl.
7.Now start layering. take 2 glass.
8. First take the simple custard at bottom of the glass, then add the biscuit crumbs & then layer with chocolate custard. And last add biscuit crumbs layer again.
9.Cool it for an hour.
10.Top with ice cream or chocochips and serve.