Tulsi / Holy Basil Sherbet

Summer means the seasonal fruits and the coolers that come into mind and not even a single day at our home go without some juices. The family prefers to live on some chilled homemade drinks. I always ensure that I make use of the herbs of our own and give them some healthy coolers to…

Kokum Sherbet – A Goan Summer Cooler

Hi all 🙂 In my summer coolers series, here is a very refreshing cooler that is popular in Goa, Kokum Sherbet. Kokum (Garcinia indica) which has a lot of medical benefits. It is used in Goan/Konkan recipes. You can make this concentrate and store it in the refrigerator. A must try coolant during scorching summer….

Ice Apple Sarsaparilla Sherbet

Summer is the season where we get lot of delicious fruits and the nature by itself has ensured that it gives us natural coolants to beat the heat. One such wonder fruit is the fruit of Palmyra Trees (Panai Maram in Tamil). The fruit is called as Ice Apple or Palm Fruit (Nungu in Tamil)….

Suco De Caju – A Brazilian Cooler

A cooler native of Brazil. Suco De Caju…sounds fancy??? It’s none other than our Cashew Apple Juice or Mundhiri Pazha Juice. Happened to cross cashew farms on my way back to Chennai and got these fruits which are available this season. Botanically it is not the true fruit but just the stalk of the fruit…

Variyali Sherbet / Fennel Sherbet

Days are getting hotter and we are literally being roasted by the rays of sun. We have lot of native Indian Coolers that are made with the common ingredients that are available in kitchen to cool our system naturally. Most of the recipes are almost forgotten and rarely made these days due to modernization and…

Komal – Gujarati Summer Cooler

And the harsh, unrelenting Summer Season is here and we do yearn for some cool at the same time natural drinks to hydrate our body and quench thirst. We have lot of native drinks that are made during the season made out of familiar ingredients which are healthy. One such drink which is a signature…