Pineapple Mint Agua Fresca Recipe with step by step photos recipe - Agua fresca is a light and classic fruit drink popular in Mexico. It’s simply made by blending fruit with water, a little lime juice, sugar & with such a fun twist.


You can avoid sugar also if your pineapple is too sweet or use any other sweetener to taste in your drink.It reminds me of the sweet and fruity drinks which I had so many times in Australia.
so last weekend I tried and tested this recipe at home, when my few friends visit to our home..I just served them as a welcome drink, this is purely non-alcoholic drink.

This pineapple drink is such a fun twist on traditional Mexican drink, with the perfect combination of tanginess, minty, sweet and a tropical goodness with energizing flavor.

It is refreshing & family-friendly drink made with fresh pineapple, lime juice, mint and sweetened with sugar! This is become my family favourite drink because it is easy and take very less time to make. 
 
Is there any better way to quench your thirst with a chilled refreshing glass of cool pineapple drink in any season..So do try this awesome drink !!

Let's start to make this easy and quick recipe of pineapple agua fresca with simple step-by-step process with photos.

Prep time : 5 mins
Total time : 5 mins
Yield: 8 servings
Course : Drinks
Cuisine : Mexican
Author : Jolly Makkar
Ingredients :

Pineapple, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks - 1 medium sized
Sugar or honey or any other sweetener to taste ( I used fine white cane sugar)- 1/4 cup
Water - 2 cups
Fresh mint leaves - 1/8 cup plus additional for garnish
Juice of 1 lime

Preparation Method :

1. Combine sugar and pineapple in a bowl, cover and refrigerate for one hour.

2. After an hour, add the pineapple mixture, water, mint, and lime juice to a blender.
Blend on high until smooth.
 
3. Pour liquid through strainer into a pitcher, pressing on the solids. 

4. Serve over ice and garnish with a slice of pineapple an some fresh mint leaves.

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Jaggery Tea with step by step photos recipe - This is rich, milky, deeply coloured, steaming hot, and flavoured with grounded spices beverage. A cup of milk tea (chai) in morning always refresh your mood and put you on track of long hard day. 

Tea is one of the most popular hot beverages in World and especially in India. It can be prepared with milk or milk powder or without milk and various types of plain or flavored tea powders. 

This recipe prepares using with milk, jaggery, tea powder, water and flavoured with spices.  

What is Jaggery Tea?

The word chai just means tea. Jaggery chai, on the other hand, is a hot beverage consumed during winters. Jaggery = Gud | Chai = tea. i.e "Gud ki Chai".

Gud ki chai is an aromatic tea, it is served in small glasses and it's called "cutting chai" in India because it's so strong ("cutting" is the transliteration of the Hindi word for "half"). The green cardamom gives an earthy and comforting flavor. The fennel seeds are good for digestion.

Indeed, jaggery tea is a magical and versatile beverage for me. It always works for me. Not everyday or whenever I was ill, I used to drink hot cup of gud ki chai. 

As I have mentioned in my earlier post chai spiced banana bread, that I am big fan of chai. I can't start my day without a sip of tea. Chai cannot only wake me up but also soothes me and warm my soul whenever I feel down in the dumps!!

Every person has their favourite brew - black, milky, hot, cold, plain, jaggery, green tea, lemon tea and so on.

I have used Jaggery and chopped it into small pieces, you can add jaggery powder also or melted jaggery too. After adding jaggery into tea, make sure you won't boil too much your tea. 

Green Cardamom and fennel seeds are ground into a perfect blend to bring out the most original and authentic taste in Jaggery Tea. Don't miss this, give it a try at home I'm sure you loved it.

Let's see how to make gud ki chai recipe with step by step photos

Prep Time : 2 minutes
Cook Time : 10 minutes 
Total Time : 12 minutes
Course : Beverages
Cuisine : Indian
Servings : 2 person
Author : Jolly Makkar

Ingredients :

Toned milk /full cream milk - 1 cup
Water - 1 cup
Cardamom (crushed) - 2 no
Fennel Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Chopped Jaggery -  2 tbsp (adjust it according to your taste)
Tea Leaves - 2 tbsp

Preparation Method :

1. Crush the cardamom along with fennel seeds to a coarse mixture, set it aside.

2. Add a cup of water in a pan. Switch on the gas, then add crushed spice mixture and Add tea powder to it, Let it boil.

3. Boil for at least 2 minutes then add a cup of milk into it.

4. Boil for a minute, let it come to a rolling boil. Swirl the pan and simmer for a minute.

5. Add chopped jaggery and use a steel spoon, stir it once in the pan and then switch off the gas.

6. Strain the tea and serve hot with jeera biscuits and any namkeen/mixture.

This recipe is a part of A to Z recipe challenge, this is our 8th post for the challenge. We choose key ingredients alphabetically to cook and post a dish every alternate month.
This is my 9th dish in the A to Z challenge series,
A- Homemade Apple Jam (no preservatives)
B - Beetroot Carrot Sandwich
C - Black Chana Masala (chickpeas)
D - Dates, Almonds and Coconut Rolls
E - Breakfast Egg Muffins
F - Dahi Methi Poori (fenugreek)
G- Guava Cheese(Goan special sweet)
H- Honey Nut Brittle

This time alphabet is "J" so I choose Jaggery and I already have few jaggery recipes in my blog like jaggery dosa, jaggery pancakes, jaggery cake..so this I thought of sharing my favourite beverage that is winters special. 

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