Saturday, January 25, 2014

Chickoo Smoothie

What do you do with the home picked chickoo from your backgarden. The best way of enjoying this fruit is just slicing it into pieces and eating it just the way it is. The other way is to enjoy a smoothie of it.

1 chickoo
2 spoons of milk maid
1 cup of milk
ice cubes

Blend the chickoo, milk maid and milk into a thick syrup. Pour it in a cup, serve with ice cubes. Its refreshing, quick and just yum
Mama Mia its the sweet potato !

Ever wonder what can be done with the delicious sweet potatoes sold along the Agassaim Roads. Firstly my advice to all my readers, stop your car, get off into the field join the farmer in extracting this beautiful god creation from the soil , its an amazing feel ! Then try out these simple sweet potato recipes

Deep Fried Sweet Potatos

1 Spoon finely ground sugar
4 sweet potatoes
Oil for deep frying.

Boil the sweet potatoes and remove them when half cooked. Peel the skin, chop them into thin long slices. Heat the oil, and deep fry them. Serve them over a hot cup of chai . Sprinkle a little castor sugar on these potato chips. Its simple and delicious

Sweet potato pancakes
4 Sweet potatoe
Amul butter
Orange or Lemon Marmalade/Honey

Boil the sweet potatoes, skin and mash them. Ensure you get a smooth paste like consistency , remove all the thread and anything hard in it. Make small balls and roll into a small chappati. Heat amul butter in a frying pan, fry the sweet potato chappati till golden brown on both the sides. Spread a little orange marmalade on it or honey and serve hot. Its just melts in your mouth...

Try it out and let me know how you have enjoyed it  :)