BEAT THE HEAT.... CHANDAN GULAB SHARBAT

To beat the summer heat ...you can prepare cool syrup at home...as following...
TAKE........
                              SUGAR.........................................(shakkar/sakhar)....750 Gms
                              CHOTI ILAICHI..........................(green cardamom).10   Gms
                              DRY GULAB PHOOL................(dry rose petals)....20   Gms
                              SWET CHANDAN POWDER....(sandal powder).....20  Gms
Now take about 600 ml water....Boil it for 3 minutes....transfer 750 grams of sugar....boil for further 10 minutes on slow flame by stirring it...by the help of Tea strainer(chanini)... take out impurities of sugar flowing on surface.....add to it green cardamom , dry rose petals and sandal powder....boil well for 5 to 10 minutes.
 TAKE..........
                      25 to 30 ml of this cool syrup in a glass of cold water or milk to beat the summer heat.
 Can be added to ICE CREAMS , KULFIS , FALUDA or other cool drinks

BEAT THE HEAT

 Mercury is going up day by day...till monsoon showers...you can beat the summer heat by some simple ayurvedic and home goods.

1......lemon are rich source of vitamin C ....take a glass of drinking water , add juice of one lemon , now add         2 to 3 teaspoon of sugar to it stir well ,drink it as an instant cool drink.

2......soak one tea spoon full fennel seeds (vadiyali or badi sauf) and one teaspoon full cumin seeds                       (jeera)..soak in a glass of water for 3 to 4 hours...add a pinch of black salt powder...filter it....drink it             with or without adding sugar.

3......take a few coriander leaves and one tea spoon jeera...paste it with a little water add a pinch of
        black salt powder..drink it by mixing in a glass of water.

                                                                    FULLER'S EARTH
4......take a cup of Multani mitti (fuller's earth) add a table spoon of chandan (sandal) powder.. mix it with             Rose water or normal water to make it smooth like paste ...apply it on your body for 10 to 20 minutes           before bath...clean it while bathing. very cool to beat summer heat and summer rashes.

5......soak one tea spoon of sabja seeds (basil /Tukmaria seeds) with khara shakar (white rock sugar) in a             glass of water for 1 to 2  hours...drink it without filtering..good to control summer heat.                      

                                                               DRIED ROSE PETALS
6......cool Rose syrup....take 750 grams of sugar , add about 4 cups of water , now add 20 grams of dry               rose petals and 5 grams of  green cardamom ....boil well...add half teaspoon of lemon juice...stir well            ..boil it to  make syrup... filter it ..let it cool to room temperature.. transfer it in a bottle...this can be                 taken by mixing one part of it to four / five parts of water as per taste , with or without ice.

                                                                             KHUS
7......cool Wala(khus) syrup....750 grams of sugar , 5 grams of cardamom  , 50 grams of  wala(khus)...clean         wala with water.. add 4 cups of water ...boil it ..add one tea spoon of lemon juice..boil well to make             good syrup...filter it...cool to room temperature...transfer to a bottle...any time drink one part of syrup           to 4 or 5 parts of water..with or without ice...very nice and cool summer drink.

        ......although all above  goods are normally used  in our homes but.....                                                    ......//Consulting your doctor is Advisable before using any of above Ayurvedic treatments or                          medicines

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