Monday, October 10, 2011

Cucumber Mint Cooler

Cucumber mint cooler1

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.

Cucumber mint cooler3

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 :)

Cucumber mint cooler2

Written by:
Nithya
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39 comments:

Archana said...

delicious.


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Radhika said...

Very eye soothing and a first class thirst quencher Nits.

Priya dharshini said...

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

Panchamrutham said...

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

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KrithisKitchen said...

Miss ilaneer here :( But never missed to make a cucumber cooler.. Loved you clicks!!
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Charishma said...

lovely clicks and looks so refreshing
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kitchen queen said...

verrrrrrrrry refreshing chilling and soothing.

Nisha said...

Nice drink

Nisrine said...

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

MyKitchen Flavors-BonAppetit!. said...

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

Unknown said...

Very refreshing and colourful..

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Kalyani said...

refreshing drink and delicious too ......

Prema said...

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

Rekha shoban said...

healthy drink! very cool idea!!

Amelia said...

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

Sushma said...

thats a nice addition to the regular cucumber cooler..

Rinku Naveen said...

Looks so refreshing! Love that colour too..

Sudha Sabarish said...

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

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said...

Wow super presentation with mouth-watering cooler:)

Unknown said...

Nice thirst quencher....Refreshing drink too!

Meena Kannan said...

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..

Divya Kudua said...

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

Kalyani said...

how refreshing ! grt clicks !


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Jeyashris Kitchen said...

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

Aruna Manikandan said...

Nice refreshing drink dear :)

Unknown said...

Yum, that looks great !!!

Angie's Recipes said...

Excellent clicks! The drink looks very healthy and delightful.

Suja Manoj said...

Refreshing and healthy...looks awesome

Kanchan said...

too refreshing and cooling snap !

Shri said...

Definitely cool pictures. Love Mint in the recipe!

Soundspicy said...

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

Ambreen (Simply Sweet n Savory) said...

So refreshing & tempting clicks, looks gorgeous.

Bhavia said...

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

Priya Sreeram said...

lovely blend of flavours there !

Unknown said...

Very refreshing drink.

Sobha Shyam said...

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

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

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

Santosh Bangar said...

eyecatching refreshing cooler

Ali said...

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

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