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Orange Ginger Juice

Orange is a citrus fruit and an excellent source of Vitamin-C. The fruit can be eaten as is or you can extract juice from it. Cold Orange juice is very refreshing and it energies you during hot weather. This recipe adds a little flavor of ginger to orange juice and it tastes awesome. Honey is optional in case your oranges are little sour, then add to make it sweet or else you can just skip it. Hope you enjoy this blend for orange and ginger.

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Watermelon Strawberry Drink

Watermelon is a seasonal fruit available during summer and very good to avoid dehydration. My family loves watermelon in all forms either eating as fresh cut fruit or juice. This recipe is a blend of watermelon and strawberry added with some lemon juice and spices. This refreshing drink is perfect for hot summer weather and give you a big relief from the hot weather and keeps you hydrated. This lovely naturally red color drink is very simple to make, although the sweetness of fruit is more than enough but if you wish you could add either sugar or honey to complement the sweetness.


Fruity Kala Khatta (Chuski)

Kala Khatta is a tangy sweet syrup which is poured on the crushed ice to make a dish called Gola. It’s like a ice candy and enjoyed by licking it. It is also called Chuski. Kala khatta is made from Indian blackberry (Jamun) which is generally available in frozen form in Indian grocery stores. You can also use fresh Jamun if available. You can also make it more flavorful by adding additional fruits to it like watermelon and raw mango. This would give a refreshing feel to your taste buds.  Beat the heat this summer while indulging in this tangy refreshing taste.

Rasogulla

Mouthwatering Rasogulla is a famous Bengali sweet prepared from milk paneer and sugar. In Bengal, people welcome their guests with this delicious sweet. Bengali marriage ceremony is incomplete without rasogulla. It’s all time my family’s favorite sweet. For making rasogulla, we need fresh soft paneer, so we have to make it at home. Kneading process of paneer is very important for making soft and spongy rasogulla. The paneer balls are cooked into sugar syrup and flavored with rose essence and green cardamom powder. It’s a great dessert and tastes awesome.

Rasmalai

Rasmalai is most popular Bengali sweet made up of mainly Milk and Sugar as ingredients. This is mainly used as dessert however one can eat whenever you like. Sweet lovers would love this delicious sweet. The process is pretty simple however needs to be timed well at certain stages to get the right recipe.