Dry fruit milk shake

I have a summery recipe lined up for today . I felt it was more appropriate to publish a recipe with a bit more substance that is fit for this weather. Something that’s....mmmm,  classy and juicy.

 

With the temperatures soaring, I’ve been on a major chilled fruit juices kick.  This is just a simple, fun way to forget the weather. With different sweet and sensational fruits, we surely can experiment with flavors, color and shapes all summer long. Yes, ingredients vary little from recipe to recipe depending on the choice of your fruits, yet altering the proportions you can surely create surprising variations in flavor.

I believe milk shakes or smoothies are the quintessence of summer. Equipped with either milk or yogurt, these chilled treats are a breeze to make. You just have to plop your favorite fruit into the blender, work it for a few seconds and sip, sip, sip those scorching hours away.

Ready for a fruity  & a nutty plunge? How about a glass of cheerful explode-in-your-mouth juiciness infused with the exotic flare of fragrant rose water, and with a sweetly tart crunch of the nuts?

 

Here’s my version after a few tweaks to the original recipe.  A few dry fruits can be easily substituted with fresh fruits for an equally delicious taste. Also, try swapping milk with yogurt to vary.

INGREDIENTS:

 

1 cup milk

2 tbsp warm milk mixed with 4 to 5 saffron strands (kesar)

2 tbsp fresh rose petals Or dried rose petals

1 tbsp. sugar

10 almonds peeled

6 cashews 

6-8 pistachio

5 - 6 walnuts

2 tbsp. dates (deseeded)

2 tbsp. basil seed (sabja seed) which are soaked in water for 2 hours

Some ice-cubes

 

HOW TO MAKE:

 

1) Soak basil seeds in water for 2 hours Or until they swell.

 

2) Soak all the dry fruits in hot water for ten minutes. This helps them get blended easily. Remove them from water before popping them into the blender.

 

3) Combine milk, ice-cubes, saffron infused milk, almond, cashew, rose petals, cashews sugar, almond, pistas and dates . Grind all until they all are blended well.

 

4) Now serve into tall glasses with ice cubes. Top it with soaked basil seed.

 

5) Garnish with chopped almonds, dates, figs  and pistas and a few rose petals for a royal drink.