Musk Melon / Cantaloupe Juice – CCC

This month, we are doing the Mega Marathon titled – The Indian Food Odyssey – 30 dishes from 30 Indian states. The blogosphere is flooded with a whole lot of delicacies from each state and so I thought I will keep it simple for the  Cooking from a Cookbook Challenge. Now being the hottest time of the…

Nam Mengluck | Thai Basil Seed Drink Recipe

Last year when I did the A-Z blogging Marathon, I came upon a brilliantly colored drink called Butterfly pea flower drink,native of Thailand, in a blog called- Pranee’s Thai Kitchen. At that time, I has also bookmarked this simple beverage from the same blog… In this particular post, she recollects how she used to run…

Tamr Hindi | Egyptian Tamarind Juice

For the past two posts I have been talking to you about my undying love for Egypt. So I will stop with that and move on to one of the favorite Egyptian beverages. Summers are supposed to be very harsh and this beverage when served chilled is supposed to tasty extremely delicious and is considered…

Pineapple Juice and The Music of the Life and Soul….

I sat there in the balcony sipping the cool pineapple juice. It was not too sweet.I like it this way.I made a mental note to add a little bit of sugar before Raaga comes back from college.She likes it a tad sweeter… Raaga,my darling teenage daughter, is in the most unpredictable and roller coaster phase…