Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Entries for Indian Traditional Summer Coolers Contest- April 2010



1. MANGO MOCKTAIL by Padmini Seshendra


Raw Mango 100gms (cut into pieces)
Mint leaves 2 tbsp (finely chopped)
Jaggery powder 2 tbsp
Salt 3/4th tsp
Rock salt pinch
Cumin power 1/2 tsp
Water 2.5 cups
Crushed ice 1 cup


  • Peel the mango and cut into pieces and add one cup water and boil the mango.
  • Put boiled mangoes, mint leaves, jaggery, salt, rock salt and cumin powder into food processor or blender for 15 second.
  • Add 1.5 cups of water and blend it for another 5 seconds.
  • Add crushed ice cubes and serve into mocktail glasses.
2.MINTY SWEET LASSI by Rashmi


Ingredients:-
2 table spoon full of plain yogurt or dahi
2 tea spoon sugar or if u like more sweetness add a spoon more
1/2 spoon salt
1 large glass water and 2 to 3 ice cubes
2 to 3 leaves of Mint and a dash of lemon juice like 2 to 3 drops for little sourness

Process:-
nicely finely beat the curd and then add sugar salt and lemon juice and whisk it finely
then add water ice cubes and garnish with mint leaves and lemon slice
Vola!! Refreshing Sweet Mint Lassi is ready to be served .

3.NIMBU SHARBAT by Usha Rao


Ingredients:
1 Lime
2 cups water
8 tsp Granulated Sugar (adjust to taste)
1/8 tsp Salt
Ice Cubes

Garnish:
Lime slice
Salt and Sugar

Preparation:
In a bowl take two cups water and dissolve salt and sugar in it. Squeeze lime juice into sweetened water and mix well. Taste the juice and adjust sugar according to taste. Serve immediately.
To make it look fancy, wet the rim of the glass. Mix sugar and salt together and put it on a cutting board or a plate. Dip the rim of the glass in the sugar & salt. Pour the sharbet into the glass, add ice cubes, put a slice of lime to the rim of the glass and serve immediately. I used chilled water so did not add any ice cubes to my nimbu sharbat.

4. MANGO LASSI by Sowmya Arun



Ingredients:

1cup Plain yogurt/curds
1cup Mango pulp/fresh mango puree
2tsp Sugar(if mango pulp is sweetened u can avoid extra sugar)
a pinch of salt
a piece of fresh mint for garnish.

Method:

Add all the ingredients except mint leaves and blend it till the mango and yogurt is mixed together about 2-3 minutes.Then pour it into a glass and garnish with Mint leaves and is ready to drink.

Note:- Ice cubes can be added while blending to make it a chill drink or u can make it and refrigerate before serving.

5. WOOD APPLE or Belada Hannu Panaka by Deepthi Sangameshwar

Ingredients:
Wood Apple - 1 Medium Sized
Jaggery - 3 Tbsp
Water - 2 Glass
Cardamom Powder - a pinch

Method:
Break the hard shell of wood apple and take the soft pulp.
Next take water in a bowl and add the wood apple pulp and squeeze the pulp in water.
Then add jaggery and mix. Add cardamom powder.
finally filter out the seeds from juice.
Serve chilled









Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Contest for the month of June 2009 - Interior Decoration

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Entries for the Interiror Decoration Contest June 2009
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Organisers: - Padmaja Prakash & Ujwala Mohan

Contest duration: - From 6th June to 21st June.

Entries available online: - On 22nd June

Winner declaration: - On 29th June

Number of Entries received: - 3

First Place: - Raji Mahadev

Second Place: - Shruthi Hebbur

Third Place: - Sumana Subramanya


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Entries as per the order they were received in
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1. From Shruthi Hebbur: -


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2. From Sumana Subramanya: -



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3. From Raji Mahadev: -


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