Mango Lassi

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Ah we are knee deep in summer, and what better way to beat it than with this lassi. And mango being my perennial fave...you will find my place flooded with either fresh mango or the next best thing, its pulp. This lassi is very easy to make and tastes heavenly.

Ingredients:
850 gms can mango pulp
4 tbs yogurt
6 tsp sugar
1 1/2 cup milk
Ice as needed

Method:
Blend the mango pulp with the milk and yogurt in Vitamix. Add sugar and ice and blend till it becomes thick and creamy. Serve chilled!

Cantaloupe Dessert

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There are a lot of fruits come summer in the grocery stores and the most ideal and also my favorites are Cantaloupes. Here goes the recipe.

Ingredients:
1 cantaloupe, cut in 1 in cubes
2-3 cups Half and Half or whole milk
sugar to taste

Method:
Boil the milk and let it cool, refrigerate for an hour.

Cantaloupes sitting in the sugar syrup

Scoop out the seeds and cut the cantaloupes in a bowl and sprinkle sugar, mix in well. You can avoid putting the sugar, but since I have a sweet tooth...I prefer them with it. Also because cantaloupes are not very sweet, the sugar gives them the added flavor.

In a serving bowl, take cantaloupes and splash in desired milk. Serve cold.

Double Ka Meetha

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Now let me tell you something...this was my first attempt at making double ka meetha on my own and I must say that I did good...infact I did very good :) At first I was apprehensive but I finally gave in since I wanted to make it for my hubby on his BIRTHDAY!!!

Anyways, I looked for the recipe all over the net and bugged my aunt with innumerable calls. And finally made it with a combination of everyone's ideas...


Just out of the oven

Ingredients:
clarified butter/ghee/olive oil
12-15 bread slices with their corners intact

Milk Khowa mixture:
4 cups milk
250 gms khowa
a pinch of saffron

For sugar syrup:
2-3 cups sugar
2 cups water
1 tsp ground cardamom

Garnishing:
10-15 almonds, cashews and pistachios each


Method:
Heat ghee in a pan and deep fry the bread slices till they turn a lovely golden brown. Place them on paper towels to remove excess ghee. Set them aside.

Boil the dry fruits in batches, slice them in thin strips and deep fry them seperately.

In another pan bring water to a boil and add sugar and cardamom and keep stirring until the syrup turns sticky...keep this aside too.

In yet another pan bring milk to a boil and add saffron, slide in the khowa and let it simmer till the mixture thickens.

Preheat the oven on 350 degrees.


Place bread slices in a baking dish, pour the sugar syrup and top it off with the khowa milk mixture. Keep repeating by placing the bread slices in layers. Finally sprinkle half of the dry fruits on it and bake for 10 min's.


Spoon it out in serving bowls and garnish with the remaining dry fruits.