Guava cooler

This cool drink that can be made with ease.  When you have guests over, at dinner parties, kitty parties or just for yourself.  A drink which can be made within a few minutes and a few ingredients is a must try.  This can be made with fresh pink guavas.  So here goes my take on this cool guava drink.

INGREDIENTS:

Pink guava juice	250 ml
Chilli powder	1/2 tsp + 1/4 tsp (to coat the rim of the glass)
Salt	1/2 tsp + 1/4 tsp (to coat the rim of the glass)
Ice cubes	10-12
Lime juice	1 tsp
Lime wedge	To garnish

METHOD:

1.       In a mixer jar add the ice cubes and whisk it a couple of times,  Till u get crushed ice.

2.       Add the guava juice, salt chilli powder, lime juice to the crushed ice and whisk it again so that all the ingredients blend well together.

3.       Line the glass rim with a slice of lime and dip the glass in salt and chilli powder so as to cover the rim of the glass.

4.       Pour the juice in the glass garnish with a lime wedge and served chilled.

NOTES:

1.       As a variation and if you prefer, you could add a little bit of ginger juice to the guava juice.

Orange With Herbal Twist

After putting up all these posts, I thought why not put up some refreshing drink.  I know, you might wonder a refreshing drink is better in summer's but I beg to differ.  Anytime is a good time to have this wonderful cooler.  So I thought, taking a break from the other goodies let me put up something which is not only healthy but can be made in a jiffy with just a few ingredients.  So here goes my take on the recipe.  

Preparation time: 10 mins
INGREDIENTS:

Orange juice	400 ml
Mint leaves	10-12 leaves
Dry Basil	1 tbsp
Ice cubes	10

METHOD:

1.       If using fresh oranges, take out juice of 5 oranges.  Else canned or tetra pack juices are just fine. 
2.       In a mixer jar, add washed mint and basil leaves along with ice cubes and give it a whisk a couple of times.  Wherein, the ice cubes get crushed along with the mint and basil leaves.
3.       Add in the orange juice and blitz it again till it all blends well.
4.       Transfer the juice in the glasses and serve chilled.  Enjoy.

NOTES:

1.       I used Tropicana 100% orange juice.
2.       You could use fresh basil.  If so, then 10-12 leaves would be just fine.