Sunday 15 April 2018

Finger Millet Cooler (Raagi Ambli/ Juice)


One of the best summer heat busters, and my favorite. For about 10 minutes, I generally forget it is summer!

Is it made of fruit? Vegetable? Milk? No! Its made of a millet - Finger Millet !!

If you are reading this, you probably have someone very thirsty waiting for you to make a cooler. So here we delve straight to the recipe:

Ingredients

  1. 250 Grams Finger Millets
  2. 8 glasses of water (for final beverage)
  3. 4 to 5 glasses of water for washing millets
  4. 150 to 200 grams jaggery
  5. Cardamom powder 
Makes 8 glasses

Method

  1. Clean the millets (by washing it in water and draining)
  2. Add 1 1/2 glasses of water
  3. Grind it until smooth.
  4. Strain the water
  5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 till it releases its milk
  6. Add jaggery, cardamom powder
  7. Mix well till jaggery dissolved
  8. Store in refrigerator,
  9. Serve Cold
  10. Feel refreshhhhhhed!