Watermelon Lemonade

 It's the best of summer when you can have lemonade and watermelon at once. Be sure to taste the watermelon first. If it's very sweet, reduce the sugar.

Ingredients: 
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
4 cups cubed watermelon
3 cups cold water
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
Ice cubes

Method:

• Squeeze lemons into a large pitcher; add squeezed lemon quarters. Add sugar & stir until sugar is dissolved. Keep this aside. (The lemon juice here is concentrated)
• In a blender, puree watermelon in batches until smooth; pour through a fine-mesh sieve into pitcher (you should have about 8 cups of juice).
• Take a Clean serving glass add 2-3 ice cubes, add the watermelon puree 3/4 the glass , followed by the lemon juice 5-6 tbsp. Stir to combine. If needed add few crushed mint leaves for flavor.

Sharjah Milk Shake

A yummy milk shake that is very nutritious and filling too. Sharja milk shake with dates as its main ingredient along banana gives it an exotic flavor. Sugar can be added less here, as dates and banana add to the sweetness in the drink.

Banana -1,  Chilled Milk – 1 cup (Keep raw pasteurized milk in freezer until chilled), Boost or Any Chocolate Flavored Drink Mix (I used Chocolate horlicks) - 1 big tsp, Sugar – 2 small tbsp
Cardamom crushed – 1, Water -1/2 cup.

• Add Bananas,Sugar,Water,Cardamom and Chocolate horlicks to a mixer and blend well.
• Now add chilled milk and blend for just 2 seconds.
• Sprinke 1/4 tsp of sugar to the mixture and mix it lightly using spoon.

Rich Choco-Mango mood shake

Chocolate milkshake is an ideal drink to recover from a tired days work and also boosts performance. Its an enticing drink which will sweeten up mood ;)

Serves 2 people:
Mango  pulp for topping, Milk - 2 cups, 3 big tbsp chocolate powder, Sugar - 3 tsp, Ice crushed - 2 small cubes

• Blend the above ingredients well in a mixer, except mango pulp .
• Pour it into glass.
• Add Ice cubes if needed.
• Now slowly pour mango pulp using a spoon along the walls of the glass, & also swirl it along the top.
• Enjoy the drink...Am sure you will love it.

Strawberry shake

6-8  hulled strawberries
1/2 cup ice cubes
2 cups milk
1 cup strawberry custurd mix (mix well 2-3 tbsp strawberry custurd powder in 1/4 cup milk. add it to 1 cup boiling milk and mix well till it become thick) Keep aside for cooling.
2 teaspoons sugar


In a blender combine strawberries, ice, milk, strawberry custurd mix (can also use strawberry ice cream)  and sugar. Blend until smooth. Use vanila/ any icecream scoup as topping. Serve chill.