Iced Ginger Watermelon Juice

This refreshing drink is ideal for a hot Summer's day.To make it into a mocktail, any aerated drink like Sprite or lemon soda can be used intead of water.You can even mix orange soda too. Try it! This recipe is for one or two servings.

Ingredients	Quantity
Deseeded Water Melon Pieces	3 cups
Grated Ginger	1 tbsp
Lemon Juice	1 tbsp
Sugar	2 tbsps or less
Water	2 to 3 cups
Mint Leaves	3

Method

1. Take one cup of watermelon pieces and add lemon juice,ginger and sugar and one cup of water and blend it in a blender to a smooth consistency.


2. Take this blended mixture and pour it into ice cube moulds and freeze them.


3. Take the rest of the watermelon pieces and water and blend it in the blender into a smooth juice.


4. Refrigerate this juice till the frozen water melon juice is ready.


5. To serve, take a goblet and add the juice and three or four frozen cubes and decorate it with mint leaves.


6. Note: Instead of water, any aerated drinks like Sprite or lemon soda can be added.

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Mango Ginger Garlic Chutney

Since it is the mango season this chutney can be prepared and preserved for three or four months. To stay longer, it can be kept in the refrigerator.

Ingredients	Quantity
Grated Sour Mango	1 cup
Ginger	50 gms
Garlic	50 gms
Red Chilly Powder	3 tbsps
Roasted Fenugreek Seeds (Methi)	1 tbsp
Cumin Seeds	1 tbsp
Salt	to taste
Oil	6 tbsps

Method

1. Powder the roasted fenugreek seeds and cumin seeds together.Grind the cleaned ginger and garlic to a fine paste.


2. Take oil in a pan and add the oil and heat it till it smokes and remove from he heat.Cool it till it is warm.


3. To this oil add grated mango,ginger garlic paste,methi and cumin powder,red chilly powder and salt and mix well.Cool the mixture and store it in a clean bottle.If the mangoes are sour it will stay longer.


4. This delicious chutney can be served with hot rice or with dosas and utappams.

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