Homemade Recipes

Watermelon, Mint and Lime Slushie Recipe | 4 Ingredient Watermelon Slushie

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Watermelon, Mint and Lime Slushie Recipe | 4 Ingredient Watermelon Slushie | Watermelon Mint Slush | 4 Ingredient Watermelon Mint Slushie | Watermelon Mint Slushie

Let me introduce this refreshing mint and lime flavored watermelon slushie to you before this summer is gone. This watermelon drink is the perfect way to cool off on a hot day. Watermelons are so sweet, refreshing and abundant in the summer.

I feel watermelon and mint are made for each other, hehehe no seriously the combination of both in a drink gives more freshness to the drink and this is a great filling drink.

Using just four ingredients and no added sugar, this recipe is as simple as it gets. Watermelon is more than 90% water. So as decadent as it seems, it’s actually a low calorie treat!

Watermelon is in season now too, so this recipe is good for your health, taste buds and wallet! In Bangalore watermelon are always available in all 12 months, but during summer time watermelon is more juicy as well as more sweet.

So, this is my latest summer favourite. Just blend and serve this fruit-based slushy…How simple is that na.

This tangy, lightly sweetened watermelon drink is easy to make and made with fresh fruit will be your new go-to for slurping.

Nothing says summer like watermelon. They cool you off, hydrate you and fill your stomach on a hot summer afternoon. Also, they’re the perfect dessert for any BBQ or picnic menu.

A slushie is a cold treat which is perfect for keeping you cool on a hot day. The only ingredients you need to make a slushie are ice & fruit. Not including water or no sugar , you’ll only need four ingredients for this recipe. Isn’t it so cool 😎

Watermelon is a surprisingly healthy fruit. It has a high water content and also delivers many other important nutrients, including vitamin C.

Watermelon is a delicious and refreshing fruit that's also good for you.It contains only 46 calories per cup, but is high in vitamin C, vitamin A and many healthy plant compounds.

Fresh mint leaves add a unique taste and healthy aroma to any dish. It can also be eaten fresh. Mint is more than just an ingredient to a certain dish, or a drink. Apart from culinary purposes, mint leaves provide a list of health benefits and help prevent certain ailments.

You can try end number of refreshing and healthy drinks from my blog like
pineapple punch
roasted aam panna
mexican pineapple mint aqua fresca
cucumber lemonade
rose mint delight mocktail

Course : Drinks
Servings : 3 person
Total time : 10 to 15 minutes
Prep time : 5 minutes
Author : Jolly Makkar

Ingredients :

Roughly chopped, seedless watermelon - 3 cups
Ice cubes - 1/2 cup
Fresh mint leaves - 1/2 cup
Lime juice/Lemon juice - 1 tsp

Preparation Method :

1. Puree the watermelon by placing it in the blender until smooth. Pour into a bowl.

2. Place the ice, mint leaves and lime into the blender and mix on low, then high speed, until the ice is crushed to your liking.

3. Add the watermelon back to the blender and pulse quickly to combine.

4. Serve in chilled glasses and garnish with fresh mint leaves.

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Make this special drink on this weekend for your family, friends and loved ones. Enjoy with them !!
Don't forget to share your love (feedback) with us on my mail id jollyhomemaderecipes@gmail.com

HAPPY COOKING AND ENJOY !!

15 Minutes Recipes

Peanut Chutney Recipe, How to make Groundnut Chutney | Moongfali Chutney

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How to make Groundnut Chutney recipe with step by step photos - Peanut chutney or groundnut chutney is easy to prepare and goes well as an accompaniment with palak idli, dosa, uttappam and upma. It needs very less ingredients and can be made in a jiffy.

Though this chutney is not something that I grew up eating, I am from north-indian their people will eat peanut chutney with dosa when they go outside to have that. I loved it the very first time I ate it in Sagar Ratna(a popular southindian restaurant in my hometown Delhi).

The chutney has a creamy texture with a nutty flavor and goes well with all tiffin snacks.

Trust me, this recipe is really simple to whip up and it’s one chutney that could make your breakfast extra special. To make this peanut chutney, we start off with roasting the peanuts.

To make this delicious chutney, first vegetable oil is heated in a pan, to which peanuts are added and fried until slightly browned. Grind it with other ingredients salt and imli in a mixer with little water. Later on tempered with little oil and few herbs.

Your yummy chutney is ready in few minutes, you can enjoy it with any choice of your snack or moong dal dosa or rava idli or vegetable appe.

You can check other chutney varieties too that goes very well with tiffin items

kacche aam ki chutney
dates tamarind chutney
imli ki khatti meethi chutney
coriander chutney
coconut chutney
sweet n spicy tomato chutney

Cuisine : South Indian
Total Time : 25 min
Prep Time : 15 min
Cook Time : 10 min
Author : Jolly Makkar

Ingredients :

For Chutney :

Peanuts - 1 cup
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Garlic cloves - 4 no
Seedless tamarind/Imli- 1/2 lime size
Jaggery/gud - 1/2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Oil - 1 teaspoon

For Tempering :

Dried Red chillies - 1 no
Mustard seeds - 1/2 Tsp
Urad dal - 1 Tsp
Oil - 2 Tsp
Few Curry leaves

Preparation Method:

1. Heat oil in a pan, add garlic pods and ginger, saute for a seconds in a medium flame and remove.

2. On the same pan, add peanuts and roasted it till brown, once it is roasted you feel the nutty flavor from the peanuts,

remove it from the flame and cool it.

3. Once cooled, the fried peanuts and other ingredients tamarind, jaggery and salt are put into a grinder and mixed it. Some water is added to the mixture to make a delicious smooth chutney.

Tempering

1. This peanut chutney is tempered with a mix of mustard seeds in hot oil. Some urad dal and dried red chilli is also added and fried till brown. Next, the curry leaves are added. Finally the tempering is poured over the peanut chutney mix and served.

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breakfast

Green Gram Dosa and Peanut Chutney, How to make Moong Dal Dosa Recipe | Healthy Protein Packed Breakfast

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How to make Green Gram Dosa - It's a traditional south indian breakfast recipe which is made from moong dal and urad dal to makes it nutritious, stuffed with protein and incredibly satisfying morning meal a great way to start your day.

It usually accompanied with chutneys such as peanut chutney, coconut chutney, onion tomato chutney, coriander chutney.

This is also called to as moong dal cheela is crunchy dosa many people make thick dosa like adai and a few make it crunchy, you may make it in any way you like but we love too thin and crunchy.

Moong dal dosa is in the form of a pancake which is made by using moong dal and rice…Here in order to make this recipe with whole green moong dal and urad dal is soaked overnight and blended into a batter and fermented.

Green gram has lots of health benefits and making different green gram recipes like sprouts or khichdi which is very good for health.

Moong dal is obtained in two forms one is yellow moong dal and the other is whole green moong dal that is green gram and both the lentils are good for health and should be included in our diet frequently…

Recently I started two theme games, with my co-blogger vidya(which I already shared about it on my page HOSTING RECIPE CHALLENGES).

So this month, our event is Recipe swap..means A lot of times, we try bookmark our fellow bloggers recipes but never really find the time to try it. In this challenge, we have chance to try their recipes.

This time my partner under this challenge is very good person and a very talented blogger - Priya Satheesh ,who blogs at priyasmenu.com I loved most of the recipes from her blog, she recently created 100 chutney's menu that's incredible, will try chutney recipes next time.

This time I recreate her yummy Green Gram dosa with Peanut chutney recipe.

This green gram dosa is made from moong dal and urad dal which makes it very healthy and satisfying morning meal a great way to start my day. I have made few changes in dosa and peanut chutney too, just according to my family taste buds.

Thanks so much Priya for this great recipe, me and my husband really liked and enjoyed it :))

You can check the peanut chutney recipe with step by step process with photos here.

I have some other dosa varieties in my blog, you can check poha dosa and soft dosa.

Ingredients :
For Dosa :

Green gram / Moong Dal / Pachapayir - 1 cup
Urad dal - 1/4 cup
Salt

Toppings

chopped onion - 1 tbsp
chopped fresh coriander leaves - 1 tbsp
oil for frying the dosa

For Chutney :

Peanuts - 1 cup
Ginger - 1/2 inch
Garlic cloves - 4 no
Seedless tamarind/Imli- 1/2 lime size
Jaggery/gud - 1/2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Oil - 1 teaspoon

For Tempering :

Dried Red chillies - 1 no
Mustard seeds - 1/2 Tsp
Urad dal - 1 Tsp
Oil - 2 Tsp
Few Curry leaves

Preparation Method :

For Preparing Dosa :

1. Soak green gram dal and urad dal overnight in a water. Then soak and drained it.

2. Grind it in a mixer,adding with some water to make a smooth batter.

2. Add salt and ferment it for 6 hrs.

3. On a pan or griddle, smear little oil. With a big ladle or spoon, pour the dosa batter and shape it into a round by helping with ladle.

4. Sprinkle some oil in sides and in the centre..cook the dosa on low-medium flame only. Now sprinkle some chopped onions and fresh chopped coriander leaves.

5. Flip the dosa cook a couple of times till both the sides are well cooked and crispy.

6. Make all moong dal dosas in the same way. Serve moong dal dosa with peanut chutney or coconut chutney.

For Chutney

1. Heat oil in a pan, add garlic pods and ginger, saute for a minute in a medium flame and remove.

2. On the same add peanuts and roasted it till brown, once it is roasted you feel the nutty flavor from the peanuts, remove it from the flame and cool it.

3. Once cooled, the fried peanuts and other ingredients tamarind, jaggery and salt are put into a grinder and mixed it. Some water is added to the mixture to make a delicious smooth chutney.

4. This peanut chutney is tempered with a mix of mustard seeds in hot oil. Some urad dal and dried red chilli is also added and fried till brown. Next, the curry leaves are added. Finally the tempering is poured over the peanut chutney mix and served.