Tag Archives: Drinks

Sikanjvi/ Shikanjvi/ Limu Paani/ Home Made Lemonade

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A famous Pakistani summer drink …….

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 ltr. Water
  • 2 cups crushed ice
  • 2 large sized limes (sqeezed)
  • 1 tspn salt/ 1 tbspn salt
  • 1 tbspn sugar/ 1 tspn sugar

Procedure:

-Squeeze lime juice on a pro citrus juicer. Discard the residue and keep the juice. Add some salt and sugar in the juice and mix well.

-Take some water in a bottle or a jug and introduce this lime mixture to it. Close the cap of the bottle tightly leaving some space between the water and the lid. Shake well.

-Put some crushed ice into 6 glasses and pour this mixture into each glass.

-Top each glass with a mint leaf and serve chilled.

Kashmiri Chai (Pink Tea)

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Kashmiri Chai (Pink Tea) is a lovely, smooth and silky hot beverage that is usually served in Pakistan on any happy occasion after meals. Do try this and make your day …

Ayesha's Kitchen

Ayesha’s Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 2 ½ cups water
  • 4 cups milk
  • A pinch of saffron strands
  • 2 tbspns jasmine tea leaves
  • 1 big cardamom
  • 1 big piece of cinnamon
  • 2 cloves
  • 3 almonds
  • 4 green cardamoms crushed
  • Some salt
  • Sugar to taste
  • 1 small very small drop of pink food colour (OPTIONAL)

FOR GARNISH

  • Crushed or slivered almond
  • Crushed or slivered pistachios
  • Some mixed dried fruits

Procedure:

-In a saucepan, add all the ingredients given above except milk and for garnish and bring to a boil.

-Boil well for 10 minutes.

-Add milk and boil again.

-Strain this mixture and pour it into 4 cups.

-Place some mixed dried fruits on the saucer and garnish the tea with some crushed pistachios and almonds.

Tips:

-Use full cream milk for best results.

-Avoid using salted or roasted pistachios and almonds.

-Add a very little drop of pink food colour only if desired.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons easily.

Flu Fighter

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Flu Fighter is a citrus juice with a little bit of ginger extracts, its a guilt Free juice and beleive me its no. 1 as a Flu Fighter …

Ingredients:

  • Some oranges peeled and sliced
  • 2 lemons
  • 1 inch ginger
  • a pinch of black pepper (OPTIONAL)

Procedure:

-Peel oranges, lemons and ginger and cut them in quarters or pieces.

-In a high speed processor juicer, process all the Fruit pieces. It will automatically come out in a glass. Read user manual before using the juicer.

Outcome:

Now stir some black pepper if you want to and enjoy this perfect Flu Fighter juice.

Flu Fighter

Tips:

-Use professional high speed juicer not the citrus juicer or some other Food processor.

Servings:

This will serve 1 or 2 persons easily.