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Sunday, July 12, 2015

Jal Jeera

              Jal jeera is a great drink to cool down the temperature of your body. It is a very old Indian recipe. Jal means water & jeera means cumin. Jal jeera is basically a drink made from cumin powder. It is drunk before a meal or in between meals. It aids in digestion.

              Here is my version of jal jeera.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

Mint Leaves 1/2 cup

Coriander leaves 1/2 cup

Black Salt 2 tsp

Aamchur Powder 3 tsp

Roasted Cumin Powder 3 tsp

Black Pepper to taste (Optional)

Lemon Juice 2 tbsp.

Salt to Taste

Ice cubes

Water

Soda Water

Boondi for Garnishing

Method:

Grind mint leaves, coriander leaves, black salt salt, aamchur powder & roasted cumin powder. Use water for grinding to form a smooth & a nice watery puree. Mix it with almost 2 cups of water.

Add to it lemon juice & salt to taste. Mix well.

In a glass add 1 or 2 ice cubes. Fill 3/4th of the glass with the ground mint coriander puree.

& remaining 1/4th with soda water. Add black pepper to it for taste. It is optional.

Garnish with boondi.

Tips:

You can add sugar also to it if you wish to.

You can increase or reduce any of the ingredients according to your taste.

Related Recipes:

Sabudana Wada

Sabudana Wada is generally eaten by a person when he observes a "fast" for a religious function. It can be eaten as a snack as well. Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:

Tapioca 2 cups

Potatoes 2 large Boiled, peeled & chopped into small pieces.

Cumin seeds 2 tsp

3 Green Chilies

Coriander leaves finely chopped

Black Salt to taste

Fried peanuts powder 1 cup

Method:

Wash & Soak tapioca in lot of water for around 4 hours.

After 4 hours, drain all the water from the tapioca.

Mix tapioca with black salt to taste, peanuts powder, chopped boiled potatoes, cumin seeds, finely chopped coriander leaves & finely chopped green chilies. Mix well.