Having a sudden guest to your house in this
summer and don’t know what to serve instead of tea or coffee. Shrikhand is a
great cool alternative which can be prepared in minutes. All you have to do is
to have hung curd prepared in advance. You can keep giving this cool and
healthy thirst squasher to your kids and family instead of chemical based cool
drinks.
Recipe Cuisine : Indian |
Recipe Category: Dessert
Preparation Time: 5 mins | Serves: 2-3
Ingredients:
Thick Curd / Yogurt
2 cups
Sugar
½ cup or required
Cardamom Powder
¼ tsp
To Serve:
Chopped Badam
1 tsp per serve
Procedure:
Hung
Curd:
1. Take a wide bowl and keep juice strainer
over the bowl.
2. Pour the curd over the strainer.
3. Close the strainer with plate.
4. Now keep this bowl with the strainer in a
refrigerator for 5-6 hrs or overnight.
5. Now you can get a thick cheese like curd.
How
to make Shrikhand?
6. In a bowl, add thick curd (from 5), sugar
and cardamom powder. Mix them well with whish or ladle.
7. Serve one scoop of this curd and top it
with chopped nuts.
Yummy and delicious dessert is ready to serve.
Note:
1. You can use any dry fruits for topping.
2. You can use powdered sugar instead of
granulated sugar.
3.
Adjust the sugar level according to your taste.
Parfait
is a French style layered dessert. We have to use different fruits and creams
for creating different layers. In this recipe, I used fruits and yogurt for
creating the layers. Parfait is always very attractive and kids gonna love it.
Parfait is the nice way to make kids have even fruits they don’t like. Just put
them in a intermediate layer.
Recipe Cuisine :
International / France | Recipe Category: Dessert
Preparation Time: 10 mins |Serves: 2
Ingredients:
Thick Curd / Yogurt
½ cup
Honey
1 tbsp
Sugar
1 tbsp
Chopped Fruits (mango, banana, papaya, etc.,)
¼ cup
Chopped Badam
1 tsp
Procedure:
1. Add
curd, honey and sugar in a bowl. Mix them well and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
2. Remove
the skin of the fruits and chop them into small pieces.
3. Take
a long glass jar, first add 2 tbsp curd and then add 2 tbsp fruits.
4.
Again add curd and fruits.
5.
Again add curd and fruits.
6.
Finally sprinkle chopped badam and serves it immediately.
Note:
1.
Fruits are your choice.
2. Add
2 tbsp of honey instead of sugar and vice versa.
We eat
cucumber mostly as it is. I came across this recipe and immediately tried it.
This soup enhances the taste of cucumber significantly. My family gobbled them
up quickly. Lebanese cucumber cold soup is nice refreshment for the summer.
Recipe Cuisine :
International / Lebanon | Recipe Category: Soup
We prepare Ice creams, popsicles, juices etc., during summer
to beat the heat. Milk based recipes always make us have more guilt free. Mango
Fro yo [Mango Frozen Yogurt] is a curd based recipe like ice cream but with the
touch of curd.
Recipe Cuisine : International | Recipe Category: Dessert
The three color combination of strawberry, White and Brown is
called Neapolitan and this color combination is used in Neapolitan Cake
Recipes. This
Neapolitan Yogurt Popsicle which uses the Neapolitan color sequence
is multi-color yogurt Popsicle stacked one over another. The Strawberry and
Coco combination is not only good for sight, but also in taste as well. Click here to view more popsicle recipes. How to make Neapolitan Yogurt Popsicle Full Video:
Recipe Cuisine : International | Recipe Category: Popsicle
1. In a
bowl, add curd and sugar. Mix them well with wire whisk.
2.
Divide the mixture into 3 equal parts.
3. Add
strawberry essence in one part and mix them well.
4. Add
vanilla essence in the second part and mix them well.
5. Add
coco powder and mix them well with third part.
6. Now
pour 2 tbsp of strawberry yogurt mix (from 3) in you popsicle moulds. Close the
moulds with cling wrap or cap. Then keep the popsicle mould in freezer for 2
hours or till the mixture becomes frozen.
7. Now
pour 2 tbsp of vanilla yogurt mixture above the frozen strawberry popsicle.
8.
Close the moulds with cling wrap or cap. Then keep the popsicle mould in
freezer for 2 hours or till the vanilla yogurt mixture becomes frozen.
9.
Finally pour coco yogurt mixture over the vanilla yogurt popsicle. Insert the
popsicle sticks and close the moulds with cling wrap or cap.
10.
Then keep the popsicle mould in freezer for 2 hours or till the mixture becomes
frozen.
11. Now
show the backside of the popsicle mould over the running water.
12.
Then carefully remove the popsicle from the mould using the popsicle stick.
Wow wow yummy and delicious
Neapolitan Yogurt Popsicles are ready!
Note:
1. Use
fresh strawberry pulp instead of essence.
2. Use
freezer safe moulds instead of Popsicle mould.
3. You
can use, use and throw cups also.
4.
Adjust the sugar level according to your taste.
Entire India is reeling under
heat wave as temperature is crossing 40 degrees centigrade all over the place.
Drinks like Lassi is very important to maintain health and increase energy
level. Kesar / Saffron Lassi is a lassi variant with great aroma and slightly
different taste.
Yogurt and Orange combination
gives a very sweet and sour taste to a mixed fruit smoothie. The Aroma of
Orange also makes the smoothie very tempting. A Bread Sandwich along with this
smoothie will be a very energetic and filling breakfast.
Recipe Cuisine : Indian | Recipe Category: Smoothie
Preparation Time: 7 mins | Yields: 2 cups
Ingredients:
Chilled
Yogurt / Curd
1
cup
Orange
Juice / Orange
1
cup / 2
Apple
1/2
Banana
1
Fig
2
Sappota
/Chikku
2
Procedure:
1. Remove the skin of the
banana and cut it into small pieces.
2. Peel the skin of the apple
and chop it into small pieces.
3. Peel the skin of the fig and sppotta and chop
them into small chunks.
4. Extract the juice from the
orange and keep it aside.
5. Grind all the fruits (from 1
– 3), orange juice and yogurt into a smooth paste using the blender or mixie.
Serve it immediately.
Note:
1. You can use store bought
orange juice also.
2. I have used chilled yogurt
but you can use without chillness.
3. I have used fresh orange juice and orange
pulp without seeds.
4. Use any fruits instead of
Apple, Fig and Sappotta.
