Beat the heat with this cool summer drink.
Ingredients:
•1/2 tsp cumin seeds
•1 1/2 glasses (roughly 250 ml capacity) of fresh creamy unsweetened yogurt
•1 cup crushed ice
•4 tbsps sugar
•1 cup seedless grapes - red or green - chopped fine
•A pinch of salt
Preparation•Heat a pan or griddle on medium heat and roast the cumin seeds till slightly darker and aromatic. Remove from heat, grind to a fine powder in a clean, dry coffee grinder.
•Put the cumin powder (reserve a small amount to garnish the drinks), yogurt, crushed ice, grapes (reserve a small amount to garnish the drinks) sugar, salt into a blender. Blend till smooth.
•Pour into tall, chilled glasses. garnish with chopped grapes and a sprinkling of cumin powder and serve!
First Published: Friday, May 25, 2012, 10:12
