Summer coolers: Carrot Milkshake and more

We invited Get Ahead readers to share their summer recipes with us -- light, easy to digest preparations that have a cooling effect in the sweltering heat. As part of an ongoing series, we present three cool summer drinks from readers.

First up is a recipe for Lassi from Vilas:

Cuisine: Punjabi

Type: Vegetarian

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 cup curd
• 1/2 cup water
• 3-4 tsps of sugar
• A few drops of rose essence
• A pinch of salt

Preparation:

• Mix all the ingredients in a mixer till well-blended.
• Serve chilled.

Next we have Satya's Green Buttermilk preparation:

Cuisine: Andhra

Type: Vegetarian

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups fresh curd
• A few pudina leaves
• A few coriander leaves
• A few curry leaves.
• Jeera powder,
• An inch of ginger
• Salt to taste

Preparation:

• Wash all the leaves and ginger with water.
• Blend them; add curd, salt and jeera powder and blend again again.
• Filter the buttermilk to separate the pulp and serve.

And here is a unique Carrot Milkshake recipe from Swapna Veldanda:

Cuisine: Andhra

Type: Vegetarian

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 5 carrots
• 1/2 litre milk
• 25 gms cashew nuts
• 4 pods of cardamom
• A few powdered pistachios
• 4 tbsps sugar

Preparation:

• Boil carrots; grind into a pulp and set aside.
• Mix the milk with the rest of the ingredients and then add in the carrot mix.
• Refrigerate and serve chilled.

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