10 Home Made Summer Drinks To Keep Cool Along With Taste!
1. Tender Coconut Water
If you are staying in a place where fresh coconut water is available easily in summers then you are simply blessed. It is one of the best and the healthiest option to beat summer heat.
2. Jaljeera
It’s a spiced Indian cooling drink also used as an appetizer or just as a drink. Quite famous in north India.
3. Sweet Lassi
Made from yogurt and very famous in north India. You can make it salty or sweet. You can flavor it with cardamom powder, rose water and saffron. Few other variations of lassi are masala lassi, salty lassi, strawberry lassi, fruit lassi, papaya lassi and mango lassi.
4. Buttermilk or Chaach
Made using yogurt. Popular in the whole of India. you can flavor it with mint, ginger, cumin powder or curry leaves and even do an oil tempering with herbs and spices. another variation is this mint chaach.
5. Rooh-Afza
It is a sweet rose scented healthy syrup that is made with fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs and roots. you can add it to milk, kulfi, falooda, ice cream, phirni or have it simply with plain water.
6. Aam Ka Panna
It is made using raw mangoes. It helps in preventing heat strokes and keep the body cool. Raw mangoes are rich in vitamin c and iron.
7. Nimbu Pani (Indian Lemonade)
This is the cheapest and might be the most used summer drink in India. you can add flavor to it by adding mint juice, roasted cumin powder, black salt or make it sweet – shikanji or have it salty. some people also like to add ginger juice but then ginger is heaty. in the western india, this is called as nimbu pani and in north India, it’s called as shikanji.
8. Sandalwood Sherbet
A cooling and thirst quenching drink made with sandalwood powder. sandalwood powder can be got from an ayurvedic shop. 9. Thandai
The word “thandai” means that which is cooling or cools and is derived from the word “thanda” which means “cool” in hindi language. Thandai is a traditional drink, popular in the northern parts of India. it’s made with a mix of dry fruits, seeds and a few spices.
10. Sattu Sherbet
Healthy summer drink made with roasted gram flour. Roasted black chickpea flour is also known as chane ka sattu. this is a sweet sattu drink or sattu sharbat. I have also added the savory or namkeen sattu drink. Sattu is good for both kids and adults alike.
