Honey is added for sweetness and blanched almonds for garnish. Serve blueberry banana smoothie immediately.

Makes: around a Glass of Blueberry Banana Smoothie. Ingredients: Blueberries 1/4 Cup Chilled Milk 1 Cup Ripe Banana 1 Honey to Taste Sliced Blanched Almonds for Garnish Method of preparation: Peel and the banana and roughly chop it.

Blend all the ingredients in a blender smoothly. Pour into a serving glass and serve immediately.

Notes: Make sure to blend the blueberries well. Suggestions: Adjust sweetness with honey.

Variations: Substitute honey with sugar if you wish. Other Names: Blueberry Banana Smoothie (less)

It is then mixed with boiled sweet corn and soaked peanuts. Dressing is prepared with lemon juice and herbs.

Serve tendli carrot salad chilled. Makes: around 2 Servings of Carrot Salad.

Ingredients: / Ivy Gourd 8 app. Carrot 1/2 Small Sweet Corn 1/8 Cup Raw 2 Tbsps a big Pinch Lemon Juice 1 Tbsp few Sprigs Crushed to Taste Salt to Taste Olive Oil 1/2 tsp Method of preparation: Wash, remove ends and chop the tendli into small pieces.

Peel, remove ends, wash and finely chop the carrot. Boil the sweet corn till just soft and strain.

Wash and very finely chop the cilantro leaves. Soak peanuts in warm water for couple of hours and strain the soaked peanuts.

In a mixing bowl, mix together lemon juice, cilantro, crushed black pepper, mint powder oil and salt. Whisk well and stir in chopped tendli, carrot, sweet corn and peanuts.

Taste and adjust seasonings of necessary. Serve tendli carrot salad chilled.

Notes: Make sure to chop the vegetables to same size. Suggestions: Adjust the amount of ingredients according to your preference.

Variations: Finely chopped cucumber can also be added for extra juiciness. Other Names: Carrot Salad (less)

Enjoy your interesting combination shake! Recipe: Sharmis Passions RELATED RECIPES Eggless Banana Walnut Muffin Coffee Cake Cauliflower walnut soup Banana smoothie Banana walnut cake Ingredients: 1 cup - chilled milk 1 tsp - instant coffee powder 3 to 4 whole walnuts Vanilla essence, just a drop 2 tsp - honey 1 tsp - chocolate chips Vanilla icecream - a small scoop (less)

Enjoy your interesting combination shake! Recipe: Sharmis Passions RELATED RECIPES Eggless Banana Walnut Muffin Coffee Cake Cauliflower walnut soup Banana smoothie Banana walnut cake Ingredients: 1 cup - chilled milk 1 tsp - instant coffee powder 3 to 4 whole walnuts Vanilla essence, just a drop 2 tsp - honey 1 tsp - chocolate chips Vanilla icecream - a small scoop (less)

Honey is added for sweetness and blanched almonds for texture. Serve blueberry almond smoothie immediately.

Makes: one Serving of Blueberry Almond Smoothie. Ingredients: Blueberries 1/4 Cup Chilled Almond Milk 1 Cup Honey to Taste Sliced Blanched Almonds 1 Tbsp Method of preparation: Blend all the ingredients in a blender smoothly.

Pour into a serving glass and serve immediately. Notes: Make sure to blend the blueberries well.

Suggestions: Adjust sweetness with honey. Variations: Substitute honey with sugar if you wish.

Other Names: Blueberry Almond Smoothie (less)

In a blender add all the ingredients except mint leaves and blend till smooth. Serve chilled in tall glasses and decorate with mint leaves.

RELATED RECIPES Coffee walnut smoothie Banana smoothie Tropical smoothie Strawberry cups Strawberry soda Ingredients: 250 g - fresh strawberries 2 cups - yogurt (beaten) 2 tsp - sugar 1/2 tsp - nutmeg powder 8 to 10 - ice cubes (crushed) 2 tsp - lemon juice fresh mint leaves to garnish (less)

Add all other ingredients. Blend till smooth.

Chill well before serving. Or add crushed ice if desired.

Making Time : 10 minutes Makes : 2 servings RELATED RECIPES Mango rasam Mango and bengal gram pickle Pachrange achar Mango Burfi Mango chamandi Ingredients: 1 ripe mango 2 cups fresh curds chilled 1/4 cup water 1/4 tsp. cardamom powder 3 tbsp.

sugar 2-3 ice crushed (less)

Remove from the flame and drain. Remove the skin of the almonds and grind to a fine paste.

Boil the milk in a thick bottomed pan. When the milk begins to boil add the almond paste and the sugar and cook for 5 minutes over a low flame stirring continuously.

Remove from the flame..

Add the dissolved saffron and the crushed cardamoms. Allow to cool and serve chilled.

RELATED RECIPES Badam ragi malt Khajoor chawal ki kheer Moong dal kheer Badam ki barfi Carrot kheer Ingredients: 1/2 cup Almonds 2 cups Milk 3 tblsp Sugar 5 crushed Cardamoms A pinch of Saffron (Kesar), soaked in lukewarm milk (less)

They are then mixed with whisked thick plain yogurt. Finally the raita is seasoned with fried whole spices and red chillies.

Serve pear raita chilled with biryani or with roti etc… Makes: around 2 Servings of Pear Raita. Ingredients: Raw Pair 1/2 Plain 1 Cup Salt to Taste Talimpu: 1/4 tsp 1/4 tsp 1/4 tsp Broken Dried Red Chiles 3 – 4 Oil 1 tsp Method of preparation: Wash pear, remove ends and julienne the pear.

In a mixing bowl, whisk yogurt with salt. Stir in pear and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan, add all talimpu ingredients in order. When mustard seeds start spluttering, remove from heat and add to above pear bowl.

Mix well and serve pear raita with biryani or roti. Notes: Make sure pear is raw enough.

Suggestions: Adjust spice with red chillies. Variations: Check other raita Other Names: Pear Raita (less)

Add 3 cups of water to the big cucumber pieces and cook until soft. When it softens, blend and cool the mixture.

Add the curds, milk and salt and beat well. Heat the butter and fry the finely chopped cucumber and the capsicum for 1 min.

Add to the chilled soup. How to serve: Pour the soup into the individuals bowls and add 1 to 2 ice cubes.

Top with chopped mint leaves and serve. RELATED RECIPES Khamang kakdi Sweet potato cucumber cheesecake served with black pepper ice cream Quick cream of chicken soup Cream of tomato soup Noodle Soup Ingredients: 1 kg - cucumber, peeled 1/2 litre - fresh curds 1 cup - milk 1 tbsp - capsicum 1 tbsp - butter Salt to taste Mint leaves few for topping 3 cups - water (less)