AIKANTHIKA

Cuisine: Konkan region of India A delicious and attractive looking drink made with dried kokum that works wonders for your digestion. Traditionally served after meals. Ingredients: Coconut Milk - 500 ml Dried Kokum - 15 Garlic cloves - 5 Green chillies - 2 Curry leaves - 1 sprig Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon Jaggery - 1 teaspoon Water - 1 cup Salt - as required Coriander leaves - for garnishing Method: In a bowl, pour 1 cup of water and add dried kokum. Heat for 3 minutes and set

Ingredients: Fresh Turmeric Rhizomes - 3 inches Water - 250ml Cinnamon - 1 inch Honey - 3 teaspoons Lemon Juice - 15 drops Method: Wash the turmeric and chop into thin slices. No need to remove the peel. Pour water into a saucepan and add the sliced turmeric into it. Add cinnamon and boil for 5-8 minutes. Turn off the stove and add honey to it. Strain the tea and pour into tea cups. Add 4-5 drops of lemon juice into each cup and stir with a spoon. Serve hot.

Cuisine: Karnataka state of India A traditional age old drink from Karnataka, Ragi Halu / Finger millet Milk is an highly nutritious, healthy and delicious energy drink. A perfect drink to have every morning. Ingredients: Ragi / Finger millet - 1 cup Almond - 8 Water - 4 cups Jaggery (Joni Bella) - 2 teaspoons Green cardamom - 1 Method: Soak ragi and almond in water separately overnight. Next day, wash the soaked ragi and add green cardamom and 1.5 cups of water to it. Grind

Ingredients: Water – 3 cups Lemon Juice – 1 lemon Jaggery (Joni Bella) – 2 teaspoons Ginger crushed (optional) - 1/2 inch piece Method: In a big bowl, add water and lemon juice. Mix and then add jaggery and crushed ginger. Now, mix the sherbet with your fingers until the jaggery is dissolved. Strain the sherbet into juice glasses and serve.

Ingredients: Fresh Hibiscus flowers - 3 Water - 250ml Honey - 3 teaspoons Lemon juice - 15 drops Method: Separate the hibiscus petals from the pollen. Pour water into a saucepan and add hibiscus petals to it. Boil for 5-8 minutes. Turn off the stove and add honey. Strain the tea and pour into tea cups. Add 4-5 drops of lemon juice into each cup and stir with a spoon. Serve hot.

Cuisine: Thailand Ingredients: Water - 250ml Fresh Butterfly Pea Flowers - 15 Honey - 3 teaspoons Lemon Juice - 15 drops Method: Pour the water into a saucepan and add butterfly pea flowers to it. Boil for 5-8 minutes. Turn off the stove and add honey. Filter the tea and pour into tea cups. Add 4-5 drops of lemon juice into each cup and stir with a spoon. Serve hot.

Ingredients: Passion Fruit - 1 Water - 200ml Honey / Jaggery - 4 teaspoons Method: Take a small vessel and add water to it. Cut the passion fruit into half. Scoop out the seeds and pulp with a spoon. Add it to the water. With your hand, squeeze the seeds so the pulp sticking around them will get mixed in the water. Then add honey or jaggery and mix. Strain the Passion Fruit Juice into a serving glass and serve.