Monday, October 10, 2011

Cucumber Mint Cooler

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Hot, hotter and hottest are the 3 seasons in Chennai :( We really don't seem to have much of winter experience. Hence a body coolant is never out of season.

I have been exhaustively shopping this season and I rejuvenate myself with such simple yet interesting drinks everyday.

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Ingredients:

Cucumber - 1
Mint leaves - 20
Tender coconut - 1
Salt - for taste
Jal-jeera powder - a pinch

Cucumber mint cooler

Method:

Clean and wash the mint leaves. Make a puree of it by adding some water. Filter it in a fine sieve and collect the extract.

Peel and de-seed the cucumber. Grind it in the mixie and filter to get clear cucumber juice.

Break open the tender coconut and collect the water. Scoop and chop the tender coconut and reserve it aside.

Mix half a cup of tender coconut water with half a cup of cucumber juice. Add two tsp of mint extract, salt and a pinch of jal-jeera powder and stir well.

Top it with ice cubes and chopped tender coconut and serve chill :)

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Written by: Nithya
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39 comments:

  1. ArchanaOctober 10, 2011 at 8:56 AM

    delicious.


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  2. RadhikaOctober 10, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    Very eye soothing and a first class thirst quencher Nits.

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  3. Priya dharshiniOctober 10, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    Wow....Luv the pleasant green cooler..Awesome Shots..

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  4. PanchamruthamOctober 10, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    Ages since I had some tender coconut....U make me drool over here....awesome clicks

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  5. KrithisKitchenOctober 10, 2011 at 10:47 AM

    Miss ilaneer here :( But never missed to make a cucumber cooler.. Loved you clicks!!
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  6. CharishmaOctober 10, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    lovely clicks and looks so refreshing
    charishma

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  7. kitchen queenOctober 10, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    verrrrrrrrry refreshing chilling and soothing.

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  8. NishaOctober 10, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    Nice drink

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  9. NisrineOctober 10, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    This looks so refreshing and I wish I had a glass.

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  10. MyKitchen Flavors-BonAppetit!.October 10, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    Colorful Cucumber Coolant Dear.Deliciously presented click as well.Luv it.

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  11. UnknownOctober 10, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    Very refreshing and colourful..

    Cheers,
    Uma

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  12. KalyaniOctober 10, 2011 at 5:57 PM

    refreshing drink and delicious too ......

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  13. PremaOctober 10, 2011 at 6:54 PM

    wow such a refreshing cooler,love the colour combo dear,always rocking clicks...

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  14. Rekha shobanOctober 10, 2011 at 6:55 PM

    healthy drink! very cool idea!!

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  15. AmeliaOctober 10, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    Nithya, loves your cucumber cooler, very refreshing and lovely presentation.

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  16. Sushma October 10, 2011 at 8:56 PM

    thats a nice addition to the regular cucumber cooler..

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  17. Rinku NaveenOctober 10, 2011 at 9:50 PM

    Looks so refreshing! Love that colour too..

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  18. Sudha SabarishOctober 10, 2011 at 10:38 PM

    Wow what a healthy thirst quencher.Perfect one for summer season especially for chennai.Colour is really tempting.

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  19. Saraswathy BalakrishnanOctober 10, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    Wow super presentation with mouth-watering cooler:)

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  20. UnknownOctober 11, 2011 at 12:08 AM

    Nice thirst quencher....Refreshing drink too!

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  21. Meena KannanOctober 11, 2011 at 1:18 AM

    very interesting.......so simple, fast n luks cool, healthy too but tell me nithya have u added any coloring agent in this to make it complete green...anyways..u know b4 2 days i made a cocktail with apple, pomegranate n lemon, freeze n i had it as Popsicle, now down with throat pain...after seeing this post..never-mind-i definitely gona try n taste this for sure....thnx a lot for sharing nithya..

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  22. Divya KuduaOctober 11, 2011 at 3:17 AM

    reminded me of the lime mint cooler at fruit shop--sluuuurp!

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  23. KalyaniOctober 11, 2011 at 3:35 AM

    how refreshing ! grt clicks !


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  24. Jeyashris KitchenOctober 11, 2011 at 4:26 AM

    i am sure this is a perfect summer cooler, nice cooler

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  25. Aruna ManikandanOctober 11, 2011 at 6:51 AM

    Nice refreshing drink dear :)

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  26. UnknownOctober 11, 2011 at 8:20 AM

    Yum, that looks great !!!

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  27. Angie's RecipesOctober 11, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    Excellent clicks! The drink looks very healthy and delightful.

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  28. Suja ManojOctober 11, 2011 at 10:54 AM

    Refreshing and healthy...looks awesome

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  29. KanchanOctober 11, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    too refreshing and cooling snap !

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  30. ShriOctober 11, 2011 at 7:15 PM

    Definitely cool pictures. Love Mint in the recipe!

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  31. SoundspicyOctober 11, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    Lovely color and very refreshing drink..will try this for sure :)

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  32. Ambreen (Simply Sweet n Savory)October 11, 2011 at 11:14 PM

    So refreshing & tempting clicks, looks gorgeous.

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  33. BhaviaOctober 12, 2011 at 5:23 AM

    I made this..(jump jump jump)
    Thank you Nithya :)

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  34. Priya SreeramOctober 12, 2011 at 8:59 AM

    lovely blend of flavours there !

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  35. AnonymousOctober 12, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    Very refreshing drink.

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  36. Sobha ShyamOctober 12, 2011 at 1:20 PM

    cool drink and cool pics dear..a perfect cooler for our body..

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  37. Valarmathi SanjeevOctober 12, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    Wow....lovely color, looks so refreshing..like the second click very much :)

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  38. Santosh BangarOctober 13, 2011 at 5:53 AM

    eyecatching refreshing cooler

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  39. AliOctober 13, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    Looks so refreshing and soothing. Love the background color in your photography, nice photos.

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