Bangalore has been seeing increasingly intense summer for
the last few years, thanks to the depleting green cover in the name of
globalization and city expansion. While we can keep complaining about this, how
about chilling with a cool summer drink made from the choicest mangoes of the
season?
*Here’s a quick and simple recipe from the king of kitchen,
Sanjeev Kapoor:
Ingredients
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Lemons
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4
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Drinking soda
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as required
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Honey
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8 tablespoons
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Sugar
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4 teaspoons
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Fresh mint leaves
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20-24
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Ice cubes
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as required
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For mango ice cubes
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Mangoes,chopped
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250 grams
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Sugar
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1/2 cup
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Lemon juice
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2 teaspoons
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Fresh mint leaves
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6-8
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Method
To make ice cubes, combine mangoes, sugar, lemon juice and mint leaves in a blender jar and blend into a smooth puree. Pour the mixture into ice tray and freeze till set.
Cut each lemon into 8 pieces, deseed and put into tall glasses. Add 1 tsp sugar, 2 tbsps honey and 5-6 mint leaves to each glass. Crush all these with a wooden muddle.
Add 2 plain ice cubes, 2 -3 mango ice cubes and again 2 plain ice cubes. Fill the glasses with soda and serve immediately.
To make ice cubes, combine mangoes, sugar, lemon juice and mint leaves in a blender jar and blend into a smooth puree. Pour the mixture into ice tray and freeze till set.
Cut each lemon into 8 pieces, deseed and put into tall glasses. Add 1 tsp sugar, 2 tbsps honey and 5-6 mint leaves to each glass. Crush all these with a wooden muddle.
Add 2 plain ice cubes, 2 -3 mango ice cubes and again 2 plain ice cubes. Fill the glasses with soda and serve immediately.
*Source and image credits: www.sanjeevkapoor.com
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