Cherry Cola Float

Ingredients:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup maraschino cherry syrup, plus cherries for garnish
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 liter cola, chilled
• 4 ounces vanilla vodka, optional
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Method:

In a small pan over medium heat, add the sugar and 2 cups water and stir to dissolve. Bring to a boil, remove from the heat, and cool.

In the saucepan with the cooled sugar syrup, whisk in the maraschino cherry syrup, half-and-half, and vanilla. Pour into an 8 by 8-inch cake pan and freeze for at least 2 hours or overnight.

Fill 4 tall glasses 3/4 full with cola. Add 2 scoops of the frozen cherry mixture to each glass and top with a cherry. Add 1-ounce vanilla vodka, if using, to each glass.

Scrape the remaining frozen cherry mixture into a resealable freezer container and keep in the freezer for up to 1 week.

Pomegranate Breakfast Soda

Ingredients:

• 16 ounces pomegranate juice
• 16 ounces sparkling water
• 1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 tablespoon Sugar

Method:

• Mix the ingredients together in a pitcher and serve over ice.

LEMON BANANA LASSI

Ingredients:

Bananas, medium sized                                     3 nos.
Yogurt                                                              1½ cups
Honey                                                              5 tbsps.
Lemon juice                                                     1 lemon
Water                                                               as required
Ice                                                                   as required

Procedure:

1.Peel the bananas and cut into small pieces.
2.Whisk the yogurt and put it in a mixer. Add sliced bananas, lime juice and honey and blend well.
3.Add some cold water and ice to the lassi and blend it again.
4.Serve in a tall glass.

Fruit Punch

Ingredients:

Pineapple juice(canned)                                       30 ml.
Orange juice                                                        30 ml.
Mango juice                                                         30 ml.
Fresh cream                                                         15 ml.
Soda                                                                    10 ml.
Rose syrup                                                           A Dash
Ice cubes                                                              4 nos.

For garnishing

Sweet lime                                                           1 slice
Cherry                                                                 1 no.
Pinapple Slice                                                      1 no.

Procedure:

1.Put the ice cubes in a tumbler glass.
2.Add pineapple juice, mango juice and orange juice to the glass.
3.Add rose syrup and stir gently.
4.Float with beaten cream and top it with soda.
4.Served garnished with cheery, pineapple and sweet lime slice.

Strawberry Watermelon Punch

Ingredients:

 1 Pint Strawberries

 4 Cup Fresh Watermelon Juice

 ½ Tsp Pureed Ginger

 ½ Cup Sugar

Method:

 Wash and stem berries in cold water.

 Force through a food mill to separate seeds from the puree.

 Extract the fruit puree using nylon sieve.

 Combine all the Ingredients: in a jug, stir well and refrigerate for few hours.

Mango Drink Recipe

Ingredients:

8 Green Mangoes

 4 Cups Water

 1 Tsp Dry-Roasted And Grounded Cumin Seeds

 ½ Tsp Red Chili Powder

 1 Tsp Salt

 4 Tblsp Sugar

 3 Tblsp Chopped Mint Leaves

 12 Crushed Ice-Cubes

Method:

 Cook the mangoes in adequate water.

 Drain the water and peel the outer skin.

 Stone and pulp the mango.

 To the pulp, add water, sugar, salt, chili, mint and cumin.

 Whisk thoroughly.

 Serve chilled with crushed ice.

Badam Milk Shake

Ingredients:

 4 Cup Milk

 1 Cup Water

 3 Tbsp White Poppy Seeds

 4 Tbsp Minced Raw Cashews

 3 Tbsp Shredded Dry Copra

 ½ Cup Sugar

 Cardamom Seeds

Method:

 Roast poppy seeds in low heat.

 Mix the poppy seeds, cashews or almonds, coconut and water in a blender.

 Add 2 cups of milk and again blend in the mixer.

 Pour the mixture through a strainer over a pan.

 Press out as much as liquid as possible.

 Add the remaining milk and cardamom seeds.

 Boil the milk to the boiling point stirring constantly.

 Add sugar and remove from fire.

Cold Coffee

Ingredients:

 2 Cup Cold Milk

 ¼ Cup Water

 4 Tsp Instant Coffee Powder

 4 Tbsp Cream

 2 Tbsp Sugar

 Crushed Ice

Method:

 Boil water and dissolve instant coffee powder and sugar and allow it to cool.

 Blend all the Ingredients: together.

Lemon Juice

Ingredients:

 2 Lemons

 4 Cup Water

 Dates

 2 Tbsp Sugar

 2 Tbsp Honey

Method:

 Cut the lemons in halves crosswise, remove the zest and squeeze out the juice.

 Cut the dates into very small pieces.

 Boil the dates in water for 10 minutes.

 Remove from stove and allow it to cool.

 Add lemon zest and sugar.

 Stir well and strain.

 Add honey and stir again.

Prawns Masala Recipe

Ingredients:



Prawns   - 500 gm
Onion   - 1
Ginger   - 1 piece
Garlic   - 5
Tomato   - 2
Red Chili Powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder - ½ tsp
Oil, Curry Leaves - As required
Salt   - As required



Method:

Clean the prawns and keep aside.

In a pan heat oil, add sliced onion, ginger garlic paste and sauté well. Add red chili powder, turmeric powder, sliced tomato and sauté.  To this add prawns with required salt and water.  Close the pan and allow it to cook.  When cooked add curry leaves and remove from fire.

Kerala Duck Curry

Ingredients:

Duck - 1 kg
Tomato - 1
Onion - 3
Chilly powder - 2 tbsp
Coriander powder - 2 tbsp
Ginger - 1 piece 
Green chilly - 5
Garlic - 3 cloves
Turmeric powder - ½ tsp
Garam masala - 1 tbsp
Coconut oil - 1 desertspoon
Mustard - ½ tsp
Curry leaves - 2 stem
Salt - As required
Coriander leaves for garnishing


Method:

Clean Duck and cut into pieces.

Slice Onion, Ginger, Green chilly and Garlic.

Make a paste of Chilly powder, Coriander powder and Tomato. 
Heat oil in a kadai, splutter mustard and the sliced items, sauté well.

Add Curry leaves, tomato paste and stir.

Add duck pieces, salt and water.

When the Duck starts cooking add Garam masala.

Keep in low flame till the Gravy becomes thick.
 
Garnish with Coriander leaves.

Fish Molee, Fish Moly

 Fish Molee is a famous kerala fish curry made with fried fish cooked in coconut milk. The word molee itself literally means "stew". It is a mild stew suitable for those who like mildly spiced food. Those who like more spice can increase the number of green chillies. The fish curry can be had with white rice, puttu,  vellaiappam   

                               

Ingredients 

For Marinade

Fish Fillets - 4

Salt - 1 tsp

Chilly powder - 1 tsp

Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp

For Gravy (Stew)

Green Chillies - 2
Onion (medium sized) - 1 (sliced diagonally)
Ginger - 1 " (sliced)
Garlic - 2-3 pods (sliced)

Pepper powder - 1 tsp
Coconut Milk - 2 cups (Tastes best with fresh coconut milk)
Curry Leaves - 1 string
Oil - 3 tblsp
Lemon Juice (or vineger) - 1 tblsp
Salt - to taste

Method 

1. Wash the fish fillets thoroughly and then marinate with turmeric powder, chilly powder and salt. Keep it aside.
2. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the fish fillets.
3. After a few minutes, or when fillets turn light golden brown in color, remove the pieces.
4. In the same oil, fry onions, curry leaves, garlic and ginger till they get cooked.
5. Add sliced green chilies and fry for a minute.
6. Add water, lemon juice, pepper powder and salt to the above.
7. Boil the mixture and then lower the flame.
8. Add coconut milk and simmer the gravy for 3 to 4 minutes until it becomes thick. Do not let it come to a full boil. Just let it simmer.
9. Now add the fried fish fillets to the above and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
10. Fish Molee is ready. Serve it with white rice, puttu, vellaiappam, appam, idiyappam etc.