Recipe- 5 Delicious Summertime Drinks You Can Try

Scientists & doctors say that the human body has more than 50% of water. It is also said that an average adult human body contains 50-65% of water. So it is essential for us to drink enough water and keep our body hydrated. But during summer, drinking water becomes more important to keep ourselves healthy, energetic and refreshed. So we drink enough water throughout the day. Not only just normal water, sometimes we drink milkshake, juice, lassi, herbal drink, flavored water, soda water, lemonade etc. We all explore various kind of drinks during the summer season. I believe you also love to explore different drinks during this period. Is this not true? Then here it is a list of 5 unique drink recipes for summer time. I hope you definitely did not try some of these awesome drinks and now you will love to try these unique drinks.

# Magic mango iced tea

Ingredients

Mango - 1 medium size, perfectly ripe
Tea leaves - 2 tsp
Sugar - 2 tbsp
Water - 2 glasses

Method

- Peel ripe mango and cut into pieces and blend in a mixie to make smooth puree

- Now filter it to remove pulp residual and preserve mango juice for further use

- Now heat water in a cooking pot till water start producing bubbles, add sugar and stir

- Add tea leaves and switch off fire and rest it for 10 minutes and then filter to separate tea leaves

- Now add mango juice to tea extract and mix all

- Keep in refrigerator for one hour and blend again and pour into glasses serve with ice cubes or crushed ice.

# Cucumber lemonade

Ingredients

Cucumber / kheera - 1 medium size
Lemon juice - 4 tsp
Sugar - ¾ tbsp
Water - 2 glasses

Method

- Cut cucumber into small pieces and boil in water for 10 minutes

- Now remove cucumber pieces and add sugar and mix properly in boiled water

- Now rest it for 10 minutes and keep it inside freezer for one hour

- Now take it from freezer and add lemon juice to it and blend it in mixie to make it consistent

- Pour it into glasses and serve it with crushed water.

# Natural & spicy lemonade

Ingredients

2 glasses of fresh sugarcane juice (ganne ka juice)
3 teaspoons lemon juice (nimbu)
1 cup fresh mint leaves (pudina patta)
½ teaspoon chaat masala
½ teaspoon roasted cumin powder (bhuna jeera powder)
1 tablespoon sugar, optional (if sugarcane juice is not sweet enough)

Method

- Take everything in a blender, Now blend to make a smooth drink

- Strain this drink in a large bowl and pour natural & spicy lemonade into two glasses

- Serve this with extra mint leaves & lemon slices

# Green juice drinks

Ingredients

2 cucumbers
Handful gotu kola leaves
10-15 mint leaves (pudina patta)
Half of lemon, juice
Pinches of black salt
1 glass of chilled water

Method

- Wash cucumber, mint leaves & gotu kola leaves under running water

- Then put those in a blender and blend it to make smooth puree

- Now strain that puree into a large bowl and keep it aside

- Then pour chilled water in that blender, add lemon juice, black salt & that juice, mix all

- Now serve it in glasses.

# Gotu kola mint juice

Ingredients

1 cup gotu kola (Centella Asiatica) leaves
½ cup mint leaves/pudina patta
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp roasted cumin powder
Pinches of black salt or normal salt
2 glasses of chilled water

Method

- Wash gotu kola leaves & mint leaves properly and add to a blender

- Add lemon juices, roasted cumin powder, salt and 1 tbsp of water

- Now blend it to make a smooth puree

- Strain it into a bowl, add residual water and stir to mix

- Now serve in glasses.