4 prescription Indian drinks - video recipes at home

The Indian Vedas teach that the convenient location, good drink and a friendly word - is the minimum that is necessary to offer the visitor. This case will be useful different recipes of Indian beverage: milkshake "dynno-almond milk", cold or hot tea with basil, mango cocktail. These cocktails will please even those who have never tried Indian cuisine!

Basil is one of the sacred plants in India, where it is called tulsi. The plant is used for holding a series of rites and sacraments of Hinduism and associated with the god Vishnu, who even depicted with garlands of basil leaves. According to ancient custom, any gift is awarded with due respect only when accompanied by basil leaves. Is an effective means of bronchitis and the common cold, is widely used in Indian cuisine, particularly for soft drinks, as described hereinafter, or added to soups, stews, fish and sweets. It can be cooking or sprinkle them with food, but when frying the basil loses its delicate and deep flavor.

Summer tea with basil

RECIPE SUMMER TEA WITH BASIL

from the book "Indian cuisine. Step by step"

It is necessary: ​​

2 tbsp. l. Indian tea leaves

600 ml water

2 h. L. dried basil leaves

Sugar to taste

2 h. L. lemon juice crushed ice

4 slices of lemon to decorate

HOW TO PREPARE:

1. Make a tea by putting the leaves in boiling water.

2 Add the basil and remove from heat. Cool and strain.

3 Mix this decoction with sugar and lemon juice.

4 Serve in a large glass with crushed ice. Garnish with lemon and fresh basil leaf.

Winter tea with basil

RECIPE FOR WINTER TEA WITH BASIL

from the book "Indian cuisine. Step by step"

It is necessary: ​​

2 pcs. cardamom

2 pcs. carnations

1 tbsp. l. cumin seeds

1 tbsp. l. fennel seeds

600 ml water

2 tbsp. l. dried basil leaves

Honey to taste

HOW TO PREPARE:

1. Remove the seeds from the cardamom pods and grind them with cloves.

2 to fry the spices with cumin and fennel.

3 When will begin to smoke, add the water and basil leaves. Put in boiling water, reduce heat and simmer for 2-3 minutes.

Dynno-almond milk

RECIPE "DYNNO-almond milk"

from the book "Indian cuisine. Step by step"

NECESSARY

75 g of sunflower seeds or melons

1 tablespoon poppy

1, 2 liters of milk

10 pieces. saffron

2 tbsp. l. honey

2 tbsp. l. ground almonds

1 PC. crushed almonds, 3 pcs. ground cardamom (with pods)

1 pinch of black pepper

HOW TO PREPARE:

1. Soak in water melon or sunflower seeds for 30 minutes.

2. Drain and blend in a blender with poppy seeds and 1 tablespoon milk.

3. Soak saffron in 1 tablespoon hot water for 5 minutes.

4 Boil the milk with the remaining ingredients.

5. While stirring, add the mixture of seeds in water and saffron. Serve very cold.

Summer mango

RECIPE "summer manga"

from the book "Indian cuisine. Step by step"

It is necessary: ​​

4 green mango

100 g of brown sugar

1/2 h. L. salt

1 tbsp. l. ground cardamom

HOW TO PREPARE:

1. mango Put in a pot of water and bring to boil. Reduce the heat for 30 minutes. Then cool.

2 Remove the peel and seeds and put the flesh into a bowl.

3. In another pan with 250 ml of boiling water to put sugar.

4 When the sugar has dissolved, add the mango pulp and continue to cook for 10 minutes.

5 When begins to thicken, remove from heat and add salt and cardamom to taste.

6. Dilute with cold water.