Beat Heat Waves With These Refreshing Drinks

Heat waves and sun strokes are very common in Summer season in India, leading to dehydration of our body. The beverages available in the market in bottled form may suit us or not but they are not healthy for our bodies. Here’s a list of some traditional Indian chillers:-

1. Aam panna :-
Very easy to make. It needs few unripe mangoes and some spices. All we need to make this aam panna is take the pulp out of the green mangoes & add spices to it. Serve it chilled.

2. Thandai :-

Traditional drink, made with mix of dry fruits, seeds and few spices. As the name suggests the drink is used for cooling of the body during summer peak. Very popular on holi and mahashivratri.

3. Sattu sharbat :-

This delightful beverage originating from Bihar is known for its cooling properties. It is popular across the country and has its own variations in states like Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.Sattu can either be served sweet by mixing it with sugar and water or with jeera, hara dhaniya, green chillies and kaala namak.

4. Jigarthanda :-

Jil jil Jigarthanda, a very popular cooling drink from Madurai, has meaning in its name which is not so subtle. Jigar means heart and thanda means cold, something which cools the heart. Main ingredients for preparing jigarthanda are Badam pisin or almond bark gum, Nannari syrup, ice cream & Reduced milk.

5. Paan gulkand milkshake :-

The recipe uses fennel seeds and gulkand which gives this shake a very cooling & refreshing taste. And if you happen to love paan then this will give you two benefits at once, taste and cooling effect. Serve the milkshake with some vanilla ice cream, chopped nuts like pistachios & cashews.

6. Bel ka sharbat :-

Bel fruit is also known as bengal quince, stone apple & wood apple. Bel sharbat is prepared by removing the pulp and mashing the fruit creating a mixture which is strained and then sugar or honey is added.