Mint flavored tea

ingredients:

• 16 mint leaves
• 2 tbsp. Coffee curved green tea in bulk
• 8 sugar cubes.

method:

Pour boiling water into your teapot to rinse and empty it.

Add loose tea in the bottom of the pot, add a cup of boiling water and discard the water.

Add the mint leaves, cover them with sugar, to protect the mint leaves and prevent them from turning brown with heat water.

Add boiling water, let infuse for 5 minutes and serve to give movement back and forth in the teapot, to ventilate the drink.

Mango lassi

ingredients:

• 2 ripe mangos
• 500 g low-fat natural yoghurt
• 100 g ice cubes
• runny honey or 1 tbs sugar.

method:

Cut the juicy flesh off the mangos (the riper they are, the better), leaving the stone in the middle and trimming away all the skin. Place the flesh and any juices into a liquidiser with the yoghurt, ice cubes, 1 tablespoon of honey.
Blitz until smooth, have a taste, and add a little more honey, if needed. Serve straightaway.

  Coffee With Six Fragrant Spices

ingredients:

SPICES:

• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black peppercorns
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground green cardamom seeds
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground clove

COFFEE:

• scant 1 cup freshly roasted coffee beans
• 4 cups boiling water
• hot milk, to taste
• sugar, if desired.

method:

Combine the spices with the coffee beans in a grinder and whirr until the beans are finely ground.

Bring 4 cups of water to boil.

Put some milk-a cup or more-in a small saucepan over a low flame to heat. Do not let it come to a boil.

If you are making the coffee in a filtered maker: Pour the coffee mixture into the paper-lined brewing cup. Pour about 2 ounces of boiling water over the coffee to allow the grounds to "bloom." Then slowly add the rest of the water, allowing it to drip through the grounds into the pot below.

Or (for Mikekey) if you are using a French press: Put the coffee and spice mixture in the bottom of the press pot. Pour in the requisite amount of boiling water, put the top in place and let the mixture steep for 4 to 5 minutes. Press the plunger down.

Pour the spiced coffee into cups and add hot milk (and sugar) if desired. Serve at once.

Grape Juice

ingredients:

• 1 quart concord grape juice (or white grape juice)
• 2 tablespoons sugar (I used honey) or 2 tablespoons honey, to taste (I used honey)
• 2 tablespoons orange blossom water (do not omit)
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, to taste (original recipe specified 1 teaspoon) or 1/2 small whole cinnamon stick
• ice cube
• of fresh mint, for garnish

method:

Mix together everything except for the ice cubes and mint.

Chill and when ready to serve pour the juice over ice cubes and garnish with fresh mint leaves.

Almond and Banana Smoothie

ingredients:

• 4 tbsp blanched and de-skinned almonds (badam)
• 1 cup roughly chopped bananas
• 1 1/2 cups chilled milk
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 8 ice-cubes

method:

Combine the almonds, bananas and ½ cup of milk and blend in a juicer till the mixture is smooth and frothy.

Add the sugar, remaining 1 cup of milk, vanilla essence and 8 ice-cubes and blend in a juicer till the mixture is smooth and frothy.

Pour equal quantities of the smoothie into 4 individual glasses.

Serve immediately.

Juice anti cholesterol

ingredients:

• 1 medium sized orange seperated into segments
• 1/4 medium sized papaya ;cut into pieces
• 1 banana; cut into piece.
• crushed ice to serve.

method:

blend all the ingredients using little water (if required)till smooth;strain the juice using a strainer or a muslin cloth:Add some crushed ice in 2 glasses and pour the juice over it :serve immediately.

Cocoa drink

ingredients:

• 1/3 cup chocolate cereal.
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder.
• 1/2 cup whipped cream
• 4 tablespoon milo or ovaltine
• 2 cup cold water
• 2 ice cubes.

method:

open the ready mix choco malt drink and mix with cold water;add ice cubes;chop cereal and add them in the drink.finely decorate with whipped cream and some chocolate cereal.

Avocado juice

ingredients:

• 1avoca
• 1/2 l milk 
• 3 table sp sugar

method:

Mix all ingredients and present