Monday, June 28, 2010

Color Mania #9: Blue Lagoon & Blue Curacao Jelly

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BLUE - it ended up being a mind boggling color when it comes to food. There is hardly any choice to make. But then here is my blue now :)

Blue Curacao syrup is the key ingredient that I used to bring the vibrant color to celebrate the blue of life ;)

Thanks a million to my friends, Parita and Pari for suggesting me blue curacao. It was a brilliant idea and I enjoyed it so much. Parita gave me the blue lagoon recipe as well. A special thanks to you dear :)

Blue curacao is a combinational citric syrup which contains sweet lime and orange together with synthetic color and additional flavoring too. Its not totally natural, but then its okay when it comes to making mocktails that we rarely relish. :)

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color mania

Color Mania #9: Blue

Did you know: -
  • Blue is considered one of the additive primary colors.
  • Blue, blue-green, and green are sacred colors in Iran, where they symbolize paradise.
  • In India, paintings of the god Krishna often depict him as having blue skin.
  • In the United States, post office mailboxes are typically blue.
  • In Mexico, blue is the color of mourning.
  • Powder blue is often used in products to promote cleanliness and purity.
  • Owls are the only birds that can see the color blue.
  • The 1993 film "Blue" consists entirely of the color blue with narration and soundbytes.
  • Mosquito's are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.
Aqua blue is my favorite color and I used to go to college by my blue scooty, with a blue bag and a blue helmet too :) A friend of mine used to tease me saying that she would easily identify me even from google earth ;)

Blue Curacao

Ingredients:

Blue curacao syrup
Vanilla Ice cream
Plain soda

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Method:

Fill in 1/4 of your serving glass with curacao syrup. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream to it. Finally fizz the soda on top of it and mix it just once and quickly serve it :)

The blue color is damn attractive and vanilla goes awesome with curacao. :)

Enjoy the yummy blue lagoon :) Happy making :)

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Blue Curacao Jelly and Crush

I was badly wanting to make something interesting with blue curacao syrup. So came up with the jelly idea which I can use to make a blue dessert :)

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Method:

Get a pack of plain jelly crystals or china grass crystals or gelatin. Proceed making jelly according to the instructions behind. Include the curacao syrup along with water and measure according to the pack instructions.

Adjust the water measurement according to the consistency of jelly that you want. I used more china grass crystals to make thick and firm jellys and used less crystals to make the crush consistency of jelly :)

Play with it as you like to make different dessert toppings :)

Top the jellys with ice cream of your choice and enjoy the bluey dessert :)

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Written by: Nithya
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47 comments:

Sailaja Damodaran said...

What an idea? Great click & very interesting.Learnt a new ingredient.

Anuradha said...

Oh wow... wow... wow... Lovely bright color! The froth in the picture is sooo tempting.. Simple and classic recipe with little ingredients and it looks delicious!!! 9 Colors over and What next nithi?

Pari Vasisht said...

Nithi I am glad that you liked the blue curacao. It's extremely hot here and the lagoon is just too inviting.

Nivedita Thadani said...

Hi
Lovely color. Lovely pictures. Lovely jelly!! and you too.
Brilliant idea.
Hats off to your work.

Suma Rowjee said...

One of the best food pics here !! Looks fabulous!!

Srivalli said...

Mind blowing pictures Nithi..superb!..I know we are close by but this seriously makes me wish we are next door!..

Parita said...

Oooooh wow girl..light blue is my favorite color and i must say hats off to you got your jelly idea..it looks amazing!

Nandinis food said...

Wow! The jelly is truly eye-capturing! I'm unfamiliar with the blue curacao though. I must say that I can't control myself from being exciting and I'm sure it must be energizing!

divya said...

Oh wow... wow... wow... Lovely bright color! The froth in the picture is sooo tempting..

Swathi said...

Blue color looks really nice I love them.

Suji said...

Perfect nits..looks amazing..

Love
Kairali sisters

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Just Heavenly looking Blue Lagoon. The drink must have been so delicious and heavenly.

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

Unknown said...

Awesome cyan blue.....havent heard abt it...looks yum esp the jelly pics are soo soo nice Nithi...Keep up so wat color next black ah?!

subhashini said...

Oh my God what a lovely colour.Its my fav colour and that too in food.Very innovative

Dipika said...

Awesome - Awesome - Awesome....
What a beautiful color...n nice clicks Nithya....I am very much fond of ur photography now..:)

Gr8 creativity..good going dear!!!

Aps Kitchen said...

WOw..Awesome... Lovely!! words r not enuf to xpress niths........... I can have it ne season............. WOW again

Unknown said...

Nithya, how beautiful, I don't think I have seen this lovely blue ever in food items, amazingly wonderful looking.

Preeti Kashyap said...

Nithya...blue lagoon is sooooo inviting ...perfect for summer!

Unknown said...

WOW!! What a lovely color, Nithya!! Brilliant pictures too..

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

Dear,
I can't take my eyes out of these lovely clicks. u r very talented. Keep on rocking.

Pavithra Elangovan said...

I love curacao drink.. it tastes so good. Good choice for blue color.. And I have tasted this when we went to the vegas trip.. All the pictures are very good.

Suja Manoj said...

Wow lovely blue..beautiful pics.

Rachana said...

I love blue curacao and this drink is so inviting :-) and the blue dessert looks gorgeous!

Menaga Sathia said...

வாவ்வ்வ் சூப்பர்ர் நித்யா!! எனக்கும் ஸ்கை ப்ளூ ரொம்ப பிடிக்கும்...ரொம்ப நேரமா போட்டோவையே பார்த்துட்டு இருக்கேன்..

Panchpakwan said...

Evething looks so beautifull..

Mangala Bhat said...

wowow! Yummy! Very colorful ...My fav color Nithya ! :)Mindblowing pics!

Prema said...

Like to see the blue on ur space,My fav colour.Recipes r too gud and yummy...
Photography is excellent!

VineelaSiva said...

Nitya no words to say its new to me.will try when i got the syrup.U have a very creative ideas dear.

Faiza Ali said...

That looks lovely Nits...I can't take my eyes off the pics...Awesome !!

sathya said...

Awesome clicks, love the colour !
Tempting dish !

Shabs.. said...

God, u r so good!i hated blue,red colured drinks, but urs looks real good!!!believe me......and that thing, curacao, is new to me.....i dono how u came up with this!!!!!truly awesome.....shocked me.

Nitha said...

Lovely colour and awesome clicks...

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

so finally u got the recipe for blue mania. stuning pictures nithya. delicious looking with minimum ingredients. cannot take my eyes from those cool pictures

kbr said...

looks good

Shanthi Krishnakumar said...

Finally, you got it, lovely colour and awesome unimaginable clicks

chef and her kitchen said...

The color looks amazing..I like this color very much....nice clicks too dear,...

Priya Suresh said...

Amazing!!beautiful clicks, cant take my eyes from the click..fabulous!!

Malar Gandhi said...

Oh man, you are so creative...very pleasing to my eyes...simply gazed at ur pictures...can't eat something that is so pretty:):)

GEETHA ACHAL said...

எப்பொழுது போல அருமையான குறிப்பு..கலர்புல்லாக படங்கள்...

RV @ Food for 7 Stages said...

This is stunning Nits.. Blue is my favorite color.. I used to wonder how they get this blue color drinks in some restaurants... now I know how to do this at home.. Making it fizz style with soda makes it much more refreshing...

AdukalaVishesham said...

wow beautiful color.. we are instantly drawn to the pics... simple dishes with stunning color...

Dhanya Ganesh said...

Wow..Nithya Awesome clicks. I luv blue color. Looks delicious and colorful.

Sanjana said...

I love blue curaco cocktails, so I know I would love this!

Sarah Naveen said...

oh my !!! oh my!!
awesome dear... i cant take my eyes off from the pics...color mania!!!

Suganya said...

Lovely blue color... great pics....

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

Lovely color and great pic and lovely recipe. Looks fabulous.

Raks said...

The first and last pictures are really mind blowing,love this colour a lot! SO cool!

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