Summer Drink: Mint flavored Water Melon Juice

Hi all!

I know everybody loves water melon. I do. I ❤ water melon.

Even if you dont, and if your are too bored to remove the seeds, you can always make fresh juice. Today, I am going to show how easy it is to make water melon juice.

Usually I use mint but you can use other flavor like spear mint leaves, basil leaves, rosemary, cumin and such according to your preference. This works even better for those who really do not like or cannot drink enough water. This is a nurturing juice, and it is without sugar so you can drink any time and as much as you would like.

Ingredient  (For 6 tall glasses):

One ripe and juicy watermelon (about 3 kg)

Mint leaves (1 bunch)

Ice crushed as required

 

Prep time : 10 minutes

Directions:

Place you watermelon on a cutting board. Remove the outer cover. Slice it into small  chunks. Wash the mint leaves, place in a bowl.

Sliced watermelon and mint leaves.

How to make corn salad

Spring is here. So let’s welcome spring with this colorful, super energetic and lively salad. Making salad is really simple and easy.

Here is a photo of what I have in mind.

This is a beautiful juicy, sweet and tangy combination of corn, beetroot, cucumber, apple, and …. You can add whatever more you like to the list. Here’s my list and directions for this particular one in the photo.

How to make potato pancake (Riki kur/aluroti) With green chilly sauce.

Potato pancake is a popular heavy Sherpa dish, and is often served to honored guest. It is made up potatoes, eggs and flour and normally eaten with green chilly sauce. Traditional Sherpa sauce is prepared by using sour cream (Yak cheese). If you do not have sour cream, you can use mayonnaise sauce.  It is easy to make, delicious, and wholesome in taste.

Equipment Needed:

• Grater
• Wire whips
• Big spoon
• Spatula
• Pan

Ingredients:

• Potato 5kg
• Flour  1cup
• Egg 3 piece
• Butter as required
• Oil for spread as required
• Salt to taste

For chilly sauce

• 100 gm fresh green chilly
• 100 gm spring onion
• Sour cream (or mayonnaise) 100gm
• Salt to taste

Direction

Using a peeler, remove the skin from potatoes and place in a large metal bowl. Wash the potatoes. Using a grater shave the potatoes into a frothy pulp while being careful not to cut your hands. This can also be done with a blender. But it basically depends on whether you want to retain the juice or not.

Peel and wash the potato.

Grate the potato by using grater. But I prefer to use my own homemade grater, which is safer. I made a lot of holes in a steel plate by using fork.

Grating the potato.

Add flour to the potato pulp. Ensure that the batter isn’t too sticky. Mix egg and salt, and whisk well.

After grating potato

Heat a pan in medium heat and spread butter or oil in pan and place a generous amount of batter on the pan.

How to make Vegetable Noodle Soup!

Today we will learn how to make mixed Vegetable Noodles following this simple recipe. Popularly in  Nepal, we call it Thukpa.

Vegetable noodles is a very popular Chinese cuisine . I don’t think there will be anyone who does not like noodles. It is so easy to prepare and also tastes good. In this recipe that I am sharing, I have added lots of vegetables to make it  healthy. You can even use whole wheat noodles to make it super healthier.

Prep Time : 20 mins
Cook Time : 10 mins
Serves        :  6 people

Ingredients Needed

1. Chinese noodle/thukpa -200gm
2. Cabbage         -100gm thinly slice (Julienne)
3. Carrot             -100 gm julienne
4. Capsicum       -100gm julienne
5. Green bean    -100gm julienne
6. Zucchini         -100gm julienne
7. Mushroom    -100gm slice
8. Onion             -100gm chop
9. Ginger           – 50gm paste
10. Garlic            – 50gm paste
11. Green chilly – 3 piece
12. Tomato        – 200gm
13. light soya sauce -2 tbs
14. Mustard paste – 2 tbs
15. Vinegar           – 2 tbs
16. Salt to taste
17. Veg stock       – 1 litre
18. Black pepper to taste
19. Oil as required
20. For garnish, coriander leaf and spring onion stick

Preparation
Bring water to boil adding a tsp of oil and 1/2 tsp of salt.Then add noodles to the boiling water. Stir it now and then to prevent noodles from sticking together. Do not over cook the noodles. It should be cooked al dente. Test it by tasting the noodles. It should be firm but not hard.

Drain the noodles in a colander and run cold water over it to prevent it from sticking to each other.

Cut all the vegetables. chop coriander, tomato   (carrot, zucchini , cabbage, capsicum, mushroom green bean ) into thin slice julienne  as shown below and keep it aside. This is a very important step.

Make the ginger, garlic paste.

Direction

How to make coffee at home

This is by special request of Heema didi since she says she is clueless about how to make coffee. This is a recipe for normal coffee-instant coffee. I use Nescafe Gold but you can use any brand you prefer. Everyone at office are fond of Nescafe Gold.

So here is the how-to for two cups of coffee. We are making one black and one milk coffee in the photos. Change the ingredient quantity according to how many cups you want to serve.

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon Nescafe  Coffee
1 tablespoon sugar
2  tablespoon boiled water
1 cup boiling  milk for milk coffee and 1 cup boiling water for black coffee

You will also need something to whisk or mix the coffee like an egg beater or a fork, and a bowl to do the whisking.

Something like this for stirring

Directions

1. Boil the one cup of milk and water in the stove.