Red Cocktail

 

Every week I tell myself this week I will post very often as I have so muchrecipes waiting for me to post but then sitting and writting something here that is really hard, especially I am lazy and then I am not good at writting.
But I have so much recipes and pics for these dishes in a file in my computer i think I should post more often, otherwise what is the use in doing all the work taking the pictures etc.

As usual I was in fb and then saw Aparna adding a delicious Toddy Picture in a fb group we are in and I was like wow that looks good and she gave the link to her place and I saw how yummy it was and that inspired me to do the post.

As she was posting for Simone's event which I always wanted to join but I forget or something else happens etc...

So I ratteled in my maps and saw I haven't posted this one, and very excited I say to myself yeah I will do this in my blog and looks for the recipe in a hurry, but I don't find the recipe in none of my cocktail book, not that we have so many cocktail book we just have four.

But then you know when one looks something in a hurry one don't find it.

So I will post the recipe in the weekend as I know it was a easy drink to make and also know I made them from one of the books we have.

 



Black Berry Margarita

In August Shyama was doing Summer job and she was lucky enough to get a summer job in the City Hall public Library ( this is is second year) .

She loves working there as she like people who she works with.

All her friends do summer job for a month, that is normal here.

I guess it is also good for parents as we never have to give pocket money for her and anwyway she is really carefull with her money, she is like she is saving up for going for a world trip after her studies :-)

Anyway it was 31st of August and her last day of work and we decided evening we should celebrate her last day of work with a cocktail and some snacks. And here we love any excuse for a party.

So I made these Black Berry Margarita .

Recipe is for 1 person

 



3 tbsp of blackberry sauce ( I used some 250 gm of blackberry, added a splash of water and then puredd it and ssieved it so you don't have the seeds) with this much i could make 6 glasses, i didn't weigh so can't give you the excact amount i used,plus keep few aside so that you can decorate it when you serve them)

50 ml Tequila

20 ml Triple sec ( i used this, but if you don't have this you can also use Cointreau)

10 ml lime juice

10 ml sugar syrup ( the recipe said 20 ml, the first glass was made with 20 ml and we thought it was a bit sweet so when we did the second serving used only 10 ml)

Shake all the above ingridients in a cocktail shaker and pout into a Margaritta glass with loads of crushed ice.

My ice was not crushed that good as i was too lazy but when i make next time I will sure crush it more.



Going fully Blue

F/4 - Exposure 1/250 sec - ISO 250 used 50mm lens

If you see our drink cabinet ( well you can't call a cabinet as all the drinks are kept inside a big shelf) one would think we are the biggest boosers, which is far from true, we do love a glass of wine on weekend ok couple of glasses of wine then :-) and now and then we make a cocktail, aslo we make always cocktails when we have friends over.

And one game we play with one of our good friends is they have to guess what all drinks are in the cocktail and it is so funny , they will be smelling, tasting just to find what all drinks are in the drink and by the time they almost got all the drinks in it , it will b efinished so mostly we go for second :-)

So we have so much drinks and liqueurs because every time we take the cocktail book we end up buying something new as we alwasy seems to need some new drink when we make a new one.

f/3.5 - Exposure 1/250 - ISO 250 used 50 mm lens

I am sending this to Aparna's monthly photography challenge this month, which is Less is more, So let's keep it simple

I do agree to it as if there is no props etc.... you really see the food than getting diverted to what all is surrounding the main ingridients.
But said that I do love my props, and I am coninuously buying props when ever I see something which I like.
There are shops in my town I go at least once a week, well just say more than once sometimes thrice, not tha tI buy every time props, I just go and check if they have something special and then sometimes I buy them if my budget allows me that month :-) ir I wait and buy another time .

 Blue Hawaiian Cocktail:

30 ml White rum

20 ml curacao blue

40 ml pineapple juice

20 ml cream of coconut ( coconut cream from a tin)

extra pineapple juice for dipping the glasses

Desicated coconut for rim of the glass

2 piece of fruit for decoration

Dip the rim of the glass in the extra juice and dip it to the desicated coconut.

Now add the rum, pineapple juice, curacao blue, cream of coconut into a mixer with crushed glass and mix it.

Pour the mixture into the prepared glasses and garnish with the fresh fruits.

Recipe is for one glass or one person.

Mango Cocktail

When ever I go to facebook I see my Indian friends mentioning that they went to the market and bought juicy ripe mangoes and here I am with no Indian shop aroung so don't have the opourtunity to get hold of the fresh juicy mangoes.

So I just drool in the pics they post of juicy mangoes.

Few days back I went to the supermarket and I found they had this Mango fruit syrup from Monin and I coudn't resist buying them as we do make a lot of time coktails on weekends or when we have guest.

On the bottle itself they had this recipe for Vodka cocktail and Vodka is one of our favourite drink as till now that never give me headache :-)

If you don't have this syrup I am sure you can make this cocktail with fresh mango pulp which i am sure would be much more tastier.

For a 120 ml glass.

30 mlLe fruit de Monin Mango

40 ml Vodka / Gin / Rum ( I used Vodka)

10 ml lemon juice ( Used lime)

Few cubes of ice

Put everything in a shaker , shake and then strain and serve.

Brazillian Night

My teenage daughter plays violin in the Youth/Adult orchestra and hubby conducts that Orchestra.
So every friday evening they have rehersals and when both of them comes home after the rehersals , the first question mt daughter ask is what is the sanck tonight and hubby asks is there any special drinks .......
mostly it wil be red wine, but when I am in a cocktail mood then the bottles from the shelf comeout and I will be shaking and stirring ( trying to be a real bar woman) to make some yummy cocktail.

So this is what I made on one of those cocktail mood friday evening.
The basic recipe is from the Mangaroca Batida De Coco bottle. Ofcourse when i make them the amount i use just goes up :-)

50 ml Batida de Coco
50ml Vodka
10 ml Blue Curacao

Measure everything and pour into a cocktail shaker with some 5 cube of ice. Shake them well and pour through the sieve to a ice cold Martini glass and serve.
You can garnish with what ever fruit you have .
Sendigng this to details you can find here

Strawberry Milkshake

There are few Milkshakes lined up in my post, simply because that is what i made which is really simply before I go for the 2 months break.
And thought these drinks would be simple and no questions asked as I am clossing the comment section till september, when I am back.

As you see it is not particular recipe for the shake.
You just take a handfull of strawberries, milk, few ice cube and just mix them in a mixer and just enjoy.
You always can indulge in yourself by adding icecream to it as I did for my daughter.
Enjoy the suummer with the delicous drink.

I am on a break till september comment section to this post is closed.

Mojito

When I was in India we never had any alcholic drinks, I guess back at home it was not something one did, have anykind of alchool drinks atleast females ( well I am talking about when I was a teenager which is more than 2 decades ago) or should i say 3, that would be a bit too long :-)
Well if my hubby reads this ( he never reads my blog so no probs :-) he will say yeah now see the indian talking she should drink Nimboo pani than this :-), that is what he tell me always as a joke.
Can't help it as you know I blame my drinking habbits to my MIL as she is the one who taught me to learn wine etc............. now a days she don't have to ask F do you want a glass of wine , before she can say wine i am yeah yeah i want ................
Not that we have drinks everyday, when ever there is a party then drinks are just pouring be it in my place or in my inlaws place.
So this is one of those drinks which we made when we had a party.

I love this drink as it is such a refreshing drink with all the ice and mint leaves in them.
So girls Enjoy ......

For 1 person.

50 ml white rum.
1 tbsp of sugar syrup / Powder sugar
20 ml lime juice
Few strips of mint leaves
Loads of crushed ice cubes
Sodawater for filling up the glass

Add the sugar syrup and lime juice in a glss, stir, add the mint leaves and crush them with the end of a spoon. Add a fat slice of lims, then the crushed ice, add the rum and fill the glass with soda water.
Garnish with mint leaves and a slice of lime.

Raspberry Milkshake.

This is going to be a very Short post. As I have nothing special to write this time, just a simple Milk Shake for which is hosted this month at Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes. I don't think there is a recipe for this, I just aff ahandfull of raspberries, fresh or frozen, , a glass of milk and few ice cubes and give a mix in my mixer and that is it. Sometimes i add a bit sugar if the berries are not sweet.
This has been lying in my draft from last summer. So now Priya has choosed pink this month I thought why not make use of them.

Karkady Cordial

From the moment when I saw siri's choice for AWED I knew what I will send her.
That was almost a month back.
Today it is the last day to send to send AWED Middle Eastern Cuisine , I had to hurry up.
So Karkaé drink is my entry for her event.

The year before we went to Egypt for holiday. And we had this drink almost every day.

And when we were in Aswan we had it more than once a day, as it was so hot there, that it was so refreshing to have this cool drink.
Ofcourse you can have this warm also as normal fruit tea.

While we were in Aswan we bought three kilos of this dried flower.
Have been making this when it is warm summer.
For more info wiki

The syrup will keep for long, but do keep then in the fridge.You can use it also over pancakes,fresh fruit, custard , ice cream etc......
This is my entry for

Dried hibiscus calyces

Sugar,water and the flowers boiling away..

Bottled for use

For the syrup.
2 cups dried Dried hibiscus calyces chopped.
2 cups sugar
5 to 6cups water

Heat the sugar and water in a large pan, untill the sugar is completely dissolved.
Add the calyces and bring to the boil.
Lower the heat and simmer gently untill the volume of liquid is reduced and becomes syrupy.Remove from the heat and strain. This will take almost 1 hour.
Bottel the syrup while still hot into clean bottles and seal.

Making the cordial.

Take 2 to 3 tbsp of the syrup, 1 to 2 tbsp of cane sugar syrup/ sugar , crushed ice and mix everything in a mixer.Pour into a glass and enjoy the cold drink in a hot summer day.

Delicious on a Sunny day

I received this wonder ful Inspiration award from Madhavi of Recipies From My Favourite Place- Kitchen.

This award is given to bloggers whose stories and recipes inspire us. Whether it’s to eat healthier, dive back into our past to conjure up something we ate as children, or just make the light bulbs in our brains go on with a new idea for a recipe."

As recipients of this award, please share with us what inspires you and then pass on the Inspiration Award to 4 other deserving bloggers. Please let them know what the award means and what to do with it.

I will make it short and just say I am Inspired by all my fellow bloggers.
Thankyou Madhavi for giving me this wonderful award.
So i pass this awad to all my friends here as you all inspire me.

Skribles of Food with a pinch of love tagged me

1. Last movie u saw in a theatre?

Can you believe I don't remember the name. It was in the Easter holidays. I went and asked my daughter what was the name of the movie and she is replying you know mama i (daughter)go with my friend too for movies so i don't remember which one we went that time.

When it come to my slow memorry i will come here and edit :-)

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2. What book are u reading?

At them moment a cooke book of Camila Punjabi, was looking in it for making something for sigs event.

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3. Favourite board game?

Snake and the ladder, that is the only game i win.

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4. Favourite magazine?

Food Magazine,Vanitha and Libelle
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5. Favourite smells?

If I tell you that you ladies will have a SHOCK !!!!!!
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6. Favourite sounds?

When my daughter plays her violin, well that is when she has been practising otherwise it sounds horrible.
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7. Worst feeling in the world?When some one betray you.

8. What is the first thing you think of when u wake?

Oh is it Morining allready
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9. Favourite fast food place?

Friets/French Fries from the stalls in the streets here.

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10. Future childs name?

Oh No. No more kids for me. I have a daughter who is getting 16 this Jully. So one child is more than enough for me.

And to be honest I have passed the age to be a mom again :-)))))
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11. Finish this statement—’If I had a lot of money I’d’

I think it will be a cliche if i write, i will give for the poor, charity etc...... so I think iwill go for SHOPPING
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12. Do u drive fast?

I don't drive at all.
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13. Do u sleep with a stuffed animal?

No no no nostuffed animals for me. I have hubby dear next to me
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14. Storms–cool or scary?

Cool and Scary
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15. What was your first car?

Don't drive so what is the use in me having my own car
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16. Favorite drink?
Coffee and Red wine
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17. Finish this statement-If I had the time I would…

I never think anything like having more time.
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18. Do you eat the stems on broccoli?

Yes
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19. If you could dye your hair any other colour, what would be your choice?

I like myblack hair colour, but when i get grey I am sure going to dye it back to black :-)
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20. Name all the different cities/towns u have lived in?

Ernakulum/Kerala and Knokke in Belgium.
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21. Favourite sports to watch?

I dislike watching sports in TV
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22. One nice thing about the person who sent this to you?Skribbles i met her through her blog. Love all her delicious dishes she prepares there.
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23. Whats under your bed?

We went to France and bought some 10 cases of wine so i kept those under the bed as it is out of the way.24. Would u like to be born as yourself again??Ofcourse with minor changes
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25. Morning person or night owl?

Night
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26. Over easy or sunny side up?

Sunny side up
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27. Favourite place to relax?

Home
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28. Favourite pie?

Don''t have one
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29. Favourite icecream flavour?

Chocolate, Cappuchino, Mango, Pistache , should i go on.....
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30. Of all the people u have tagged, who is the most likely to respond first?I am not tagging anyone.

Carib Cream

This is my entry for Sigs Monthly Blog Patrol March which she is hosting.
The event was started by Coffee of The Spice Cafe......
I don't think any one of us were SURPRISED with her theme :-) What is it MIXED DRINKS !!!!! and we all know what kind of drinks she means by mixed drinks.

Just go to her place and you will se the lot....Gitatini, Banana Colada, RumRazz Should I continue go and check it out here

I would have send sig a cocktail but hubby dear is on diet so no cocktails for a while.
Thankyou for hosting the event sig

Sig was just kidding about you choice, you know we adore you and your blog

I took Carb Cream from one of our favourite blogger around. I don't think I have to mention her name.
Without even mentioning you all will know who she is.
Well I will still mention her name Asha :-))
She had written her kids loved it.
So this is what i made for Shyama when she came from school today to her Delight.
Girls I am fast I made it took the pic and am posting them fast...
After all the dull days, I was so glad to see some sunlight in the room and i took the picture saying yuppiie there is sunlight for once and I will have a beautiful picture, but instead of it what do i get a pic with shadows etc....
I coudn't take any more pictures as my daughter had drank the Carib cream half......

I did take a sip and it was delicious. I am going to make this again. Actually it is a really healthy drink. Asha added half cream and half milk. I added just milk.

Flying Kangroo Cocktail

Here is the second cocktail as i promised.

Looking to the picture I am glad that i took the picture of the bottles before i had all of them that day.

Best part of the prepertion. Collecting all the bottles

The end result

30 ml vodka
30 ml white rum
10 ml Galliano
20 ml Coconut syrup
10 ml cream
40 ml pineapple juice
20 ml orange juice

Add the ingridients to a shaker with 4 to 5 ice cubes. Shake them well. Using the sieve pour the drink into a long drink glass with ice cubes. Garnish with few fruits.

Blue Hawaiian Cocktail

Yesterday it was cocktail evening in our home .................hey you should know that it is summer time here, even though it was raining ( it has been such a bad summer)we decided to make few cocktails as we had guests. I told my hubby i will make the cocktails?

Ofcourse i choose this one for the pretty colour.................but it was delicious, i've plans to make it again. I made two others, i will add those next time :-))))

Naturally i blame my drinking habbit on my mother in law, she is the one who taught me and my sister in law to enjoy drinks. Not that we are complaining.............as all of us like to have a drink now and then

Bottles are reday

Glasses are dipped in the desicated coconut

mmmmm..............Doesn't it looks yummy

30 ml White rum

20 ml curacao blue

40 ml pineapple juice

20 ml cream of coconut ( coconut cream from a tin)

extra pineapple juice for dipping the glasses

Desicated coconut for rim of the glass

2 piece of fruit for decoration

Dip the rim of the glass in the extra juice and dip it to the desicated coconut.

Now add the rum, pineapple juice, curacao blue, cream of coconut into a mixer with crushed glass and mix it.

Pour the mixture into the prepared glasses and garnish with the fresh fruits.

Recipe is for one glass or one person.

This is going to Monthly Mingle hosted by Meeta at What's for Lunch Honey