Pomegranate Milkshake | Pomegranate Juice

Pomegranate Milkshake, delicious drink made from pomegranate seeds and milk.In general, i like to eat fruits as it is, making juices/smoothies/milkshakes with fruits excepts citric fruits are very rare at my home. Only make them when there are in bulk or need something to drink along with my morning sandwiches. I would like to document such a rare thing here  for future reference. Nothing special in the recipe, regular milkshake with fruits, milk and sweetener. 
In my opinion, all kinds of edible fruits are good to our health in one way or another unless we're prone to anything in particular, so adding lot of sugar in fruit juice seems as crime to me for making the healthy food as unhealthy. No offense !!! just my thoughts, therefore i'm always using natural sugar like honey or maple syrup in moderation for my drinks. Those who knew me personally could laugh by the lines i had said before, because i have such a strong sweet tooth, but somehow i can't withstand the idea of drinking juices/smoothies with lot of sugar. Ok, now let's see how i have made this pomegranate milkshake.

Pomegranate Milkshake

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Serves : 1 
Recipe Category: Milkshake | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Pomegranate Juice,Pomegranate Milkshake,Pomegranate Smoothie,Summer drinls, Pomegranate Milkshake, delicious drink made from pomegranate seeds and milk.

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Ingredients
Pomegranate - 1 small
Milk - 1 cup
Honey/Maple Syrup - as needed

Procedure

Put everything in a blender and grind them into smooth. Drain the juice to remove the seeds.That's it, Pomegranate Milkshake is ready.

Notes:

• Depends on the sourness of the pomegranate, add more or less of sweetener
• Use chilled milk for great taste.
  

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Fig Milkshake | Dried Fig Smoothie | Smoothie Recipe

Fig Milkshake, a healthy and creamy milkshake made from the dried figs. This milkshake is one of our recent favorite drinks, it tastes so good on its own and quite filling too. Actually this milkshake was inspired from the dates milkshake. 

When we were in Bangalore, ST was quite fond of dates milkshakes that were available in his office canteen, even he noticed how it was prepared in the canteen and told me, but as i'm not a big fan of dates in drink, i never attempt to make it at home.

Now coming to figs milkshake, whenever we go to Costco, we have the habit of buying MORE. Sometimes I wonder how the bag that looks so small in the store has turned into a huge sack at home !!! It's just me or anyone else who has the same experience. 

That's how a large bag of figs got into my pantry, after munching them for a while, I was really bored . That's when I remembered the dates milkshake and prepared the same way, replacing dates with figs and it turned out so creamy and delicious. Guess this is the perfect & delicious way to finish the remaining figs!!!!  

Fig MilkShake

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Serves : 2 
Recipe Category: Smoothie | Recipe Cuisine: General
Fig Milkshake, Dried Fig Smoothie Fig Milkshake, a healthy and creamy milkshake made from the dried figs.

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Ingredients
Dried Fig - 6
Warm Water - 1/2 cup
Honey - 1 to 2 tsp
Milk - 1 to 1&1/2 cup 

Procedure

Soak the figs in warm water for 20 mins, then add into the blender jar along with the soaked water and honey.

Blend into smooth paste, then add milk into jar and again blend it until all combine together.

That's it, Yummy and creamy Fig Milkshake is ready.

Related: How to make Strawberry Lemonade 

Notes:

• Soaking the figs helps to grind them easily.
• Don't discard the soaked water, it has lot of flavor.
• Adjust the milk as per the consistency you want.
• If you want mild sweetness to your smoothie, you may not need the honey, just the sweetness from the figs is enough.
  

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Mango Mastani | Mango Milkshake with Icecream | Summer Beverage

Mango mastani,  a delicious & creamy cold beverage made from mango. Actually it is nothing but a mango milkshake topped with ice cream. It was originated from the city, Pune,India and now it's quite popular all around the country. 

It's one of the easiest drink to prepare and it taste absolutely delicious, for all mango lovers out there, if you haven't tried it before, you must try this delicious drink.  

And also it's very versatile, depends on the available ingredients in your pantry, you can topped it with any nuts or dried fruits. Here i have used only pistachios and sliced mangoes for toppings, but you can add any nuts or cheeries  or even tutti frutti to make it even more appealing.

Related: How to make Tutti frutti from the watermelon rind

Mango Mastani | Mango Milkshake

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Serves : 1 
Recipe Category: Cold Beverage | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Mango Mastani, Mango Milkshake, Mango Drink Mango mastani, a delicious & creamy cold beverage made from mango. Actually it is nothing but a mango milkshake topped with ice cream.

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Ingredients
Mango - 1 
Milk - 1/2 cup
Sugar - as needed
Vanilla ice cream - 1 scoop
Any nuts for serving

Procedure

Peel the mango and cut the flesh into small chunks, put it in blender jar and add sugar.

Add the boiled and chilled milk and grind into smooth puree, then pour into the serving glass.

Add a scoop of ice cream to the top and garnish with nuts and chopped mangoes.

Tada, Yummy,creamy Mango Mastani is ready.

Related: How to make Mango Falooda

Notes:

• Depends on the sweetness of the mango, add more or less sugar as per your liking.
• Use less fiber mango for creamy mango mastani.
• You can use tutti frutti also for garnishing. 

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Apple Cinnamon Milkshake | Apple Milkshake | Apple Smoothie

Apple Milkshake, an easy & healthy milkshake that you can have it on even breakfast itself.It's so fulfilling and very tasty.Put all the ingredients in the blender and within few secs,you're milkshake is ready.In this recipe,you can use whole or %2 or no fat milk.I have used whole milk to get rich taste and even you can top up with vanilla icecream for extra richness.

Apple Milkshake

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Serves : 1 
Recipe Category: Drinks | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
Apple - 1 
Chilled Milk - 1/2 cup
Honey - to taste
Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp

Procedure

First wash the apple well and then cut into small pieces. Put it in the mixie jar along with milk.Then add the honey and blend into smooth in mixie/blender.Pour it in the glass and sprinkle cinnamon powder on the top.That's it, Tasty Apple MilkShake is ready to serve.

Notes:

• Instead of honey, you can use sugar or any sweetness as per your liking.
• If you want dominant cinnamon flavor, add extra 1/4 tsp of cinnamon powder while blending.
• If you prefer,peel the skin of the apple.

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