Thursday, August 6, 2009

Melon Duo

Past 2-3 months due to increase in pollution, a cool and green rich place like Banglaore boiled to its extreme. With the mercury levels kept on increasing, leaving behind a hot and humid climate, a cool and refreshing juice is the best way to keep the energy levels boosted. Juices are more adorable in summers. Most of the times juices are most convenient way to indulge with fruits. Fresh homemade juices are nutritious and can play an important role in a healthy diet. Juices are fat-free, full with nutrients and rich with vitamins. They also carry minerals and phytonutrients.

A glass of simple, fresh and homemade juice is always a better choice than a soft drink. Three juices which are pretty much regular at my home are Mosambi, Watermelon and Muskmelon. These three tastes good when they are eaten raw or made into a juice. Most of the times, I just blend fruit pieces and water, skip adding sugar to get the complete goodness of the fruit. A cool and refreshing glass of fresh and homemade fruit juice is comforting at anytime of the day. Just a little effort in blending and sieving, you get a gorgeous glass of fresh juice. Drink fresh…Be fresh….. is the motto….

Melon(s) Juice

Melons are good source of potassium and vitamin C. They are fat free and cholesterol free. Low in calories and high in water. A perfect way to indulge with them is by eating raw or by blending into juice. So here is a duo juice for you…..The pretty gorgeous glasses you see in the pictures were gifted by Valarmathi on my birthday.

Melon(s) Juice

FOR WATERMELON JUICE:

Blend a cup of watermelon pieces along with water until smooth. Strain and serve chilled. Last but not least add your 'love' to make the juice 'YUMMY'.
FOR MUSKMELON JUICE:
Blend a cup of muskmelon pieces along with water until smooth. Strain and serve chilled. Last but not least add your 'love' to make the juice 'YUMMY'.

Melon(s) Juice

This duo melon juice(s) are going to participate in Monthly Mingle-Marvelous Melons hosted by Chew On That. Montly Mingle is brainchild of Meeta of What's For Lunch Honey?
NOTE: Peel the skin, deseed and cut into 1 inch long pieces. Then put them in a blender. Adding sugar/honey is optional.

81 comments:

Jaishree said...

Lovely fresh juice!! Yummy! Nice presentation and great click Lubna:)

*sangi* said...

wooooow
Awesome click as usual...tnx for this recipe...

rekhas kitchen said...

wow what a colorful click Lubna perfect choice for hot summer is juice.I feel like having both the glaces.

RAKS KITCHEN said...

Pretty pictures,love the second a lot!

LG said...

Melon juice look tempting in the pic. Yummy click!

Sush said...

superb presentation.., lovely juice

Priti said...

Nice combo and click..looks so gud

Science Bloggers Association said...

Nice Blog. Congrats.
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Suparna said...

oh yes Lubna ...I miss B'lore a lot :( whenever I go there I feel the changes are so rapid in terms of weather and development wonder it'll remain to be a concrete jungle from what it was called a garden city :( neways what better than home made juices I love fruits and juices too:) I can live entirely on them :) lovely presentation and the glasses given by valar are beautiful.
Cheers!

jayasree said...

Refreshing juice... great presentation as usual.

Kitchen Flavours said...

Thank you Jaishree, Sangi, Rekha, Raks, LG, Sush, Priti, SBA, Suparna and Jayashree.....

Kitchen Flavours said...

Suparna - It's my fourth year in Bangalore and in this four years I saw drastic change in weather.....

Faiza Ali said...

Wow ! Great presentation and nice clicks as usual.
you are from Bangalore like me ? ;)I miss my hometown so so much. And yeah..the beautiful which was called ''Garden city of India'' has changed a lot within last few years with increase in population and lot of pollution :(

Aparna Prabhu said...

Its burning hot here a gud drink to have nd awesome clicks as usual

nora@ffr said...

vat a perfect post.. perfect for the summer!! will giv a try soon

Curry Leaf said...

Wow,absolutely delish and yes be fresh and drink fresh.I made the same juice but did something to it. Wait and watch ; Love all the pics.Superb clicks you are taking.Here I am struggling as always

Valarmathi said...

looks so lovely and refreshing. Pic looks colorful.

Rekha shoban said...

nice presentation and looks colourful.

Chitra said...

Looks fresh and yumm..never tried and tasted ..will try..I tried ur peanut podi for dosa and my hubby liked it very much..thanks lubna..will post it soon:)

Divz said...

wow watermelon is my fave drink!!

prasukitchen.blogspot.com said...

refreshing juice dear !!

Mythreyi Dilip said...

Refreshing juice for the hot summer!!!

chakhlere said...

Those are some amazing pics Lubna!!
Just feel like picking it to have it!!

Sailaja Damodaran said...

nice click.....

Preety said...

looks refreshing and colorful

Rush said...

lol....i like the smileys animation!!

Kalyani said...

these r amazing pictures ... looks very refreshing drink ........

A 2 Z Vegetarian Cuisine said...

Thats looks so colorful..nice pictures..love both the drinks..

Sushma Mallya said...

What a nice click Lubna:) feel like just having one Just love melon juice it tastes divine with crushed ice esp in summer season:)

DEESHA said...

lovely refreshinh drink Lubna

Ann said...

beautiful presentation adn looks so yum

Katy ~ said...

Oooh, Lubna, your pictures are beautiful. Your fruit juices look so tempting and refreshing! Good idea to add water. I find the pure juices sometimes too "heavy" so that is a perfect solution.

Nithya Praveen said...

Perfect as always:)

Vibaas said...

ooooh Refreshing!

Ramya said...

We used to live in blore in kodihalli,airport road..Miss blore soooo much..
Both juices look refreshing and superb clicks Lubna..

5 Star Foodie said...

The juices look so refreshing and I just love the beautiful styling - gorgeous pictures!

Shri said...

This is so gorgeous.I kept admiring the pics...

aquadaze said...

Just seeing those pix has made me feel so refreshed!!

Pari said...

Lubna at least pass one glass here pls. Very tempting clicks. You have learnt the art of tempting people...especially gluttons like me...he he.

Poornima Nair said...

Ur so right, this is the perfect remedy for those hot days.

prasukitchen.blogspot.com said...

Lubna Really refreshing drink dear .
Please collect ur award at my blog dear!!

Priya said...

Grogeous click Lubna!!! very refreshing!

Kitchen Flavours said...

Thank you Faiza, Aparna, Nora, Curry Leaf, Valar, Rekha, Chitra, Divz, Prasu, Mythreyi, Chaklere, Sailaja, Preety, Rush, Kalyani, A2Z, Sushma, Deesha, Ann, Katy, Nithya, Vibaas, Ramya, 5 star Foodie, Shri, Aquadaze, Pari, Poornima and Priya.

Iam on my way dear Prasu.

Sharmilee! :) said...

Looks colorful and beautiful clicks!

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

Two highly refreshing juices! A pity I'm not a big fan of melons...

Cheers,

Rosa

Elra said...

Colorful, delicious and refreshing. THis is my kind of drink.

p.s
thanks for visiting my blog.

Illatharasi said...

What a presentation! Looks awesome.

Ben said...

I am a juice addict. I can drink them all year long and my favorite ones are bombas, made with all kinds of different fruits and cereals, so full of nutrients that I don't have to worry all day if I am eating right or not :D

Your pictures are so refreshing!

Tulip said...

Oh woww !! soo lovely clicks !! your snaps are as attractive as the dishes :) my first time as well.....and of course will visit your attractive blog again... :)

Nandini said...

Refreshing juices and lovely colours!
It's very very hot in Delhi here.

Kerstin said...

What lovely refreshing juices, they look so tasty!

homecooked said...

Wow....the juices look so good! Refreshing and so perfect for summer :)

Yasmeen said...

fabulous pictures lubna.Can never get enough of melon in hot summers :D

Sireesha said...

Yummylicious juice luana:)

Nags said...

yes even i hear about tem increase in blore :( sad!

MamaFaMi said...

I love watermellon juice! Especially on a hot day like nowadays...

p/s : Please feel free to drop by my page ya Lubna. There's something for your blog..

Kitchen Flavours said...

Thank you Sharmilee, Rosa, Elra. Illatharsi, Ben, Tulip, Nandini, Krestin, homecooked, Yasmeen, Sireesha, Nags and Mamafami.

Iam on my my Mama.

Varunavi said...

Excellent click lubna and very colourful :)

Swapna said...

Hello Lubna, you have a great blog... thanks for visiting mine. The photographs are great

Viki's Kitchen said...

Lovely presentation . Melon juices look very refreshing.

Chow and Chatter said...

wow I love these juices nice blog Rebecca

Kathy Gori said...

It's 111 degrees here. just bought a melon and am trying this

chakhlere said...

Please accept the award and the tag as a token of appreciation from a fan and fellow passionate foodie.

You have a great blog!!!

Pooja said...

Home made juices always tastes great! Perfect cooler for hot summers!

Padma said...

Lovely presentation :)

munchcrunchandsuch said...

only you can make even a simple juice look dam gud. amd rooling

Veda Murthy said...

very refreshing drinks lubna!

Priya Narasimhan said...

the glass and the juice looks like made for each other. :-)
lubna, i would like to pass on kreativblogger award to you..please do accept..and check out my blog.

Purva Desai said...

Very refreshing and colourful, lovely click......
I am based in Mumbai.....

Pavithra said...

wow nice and perfect for the season.. yummy and feel like having a glass.. nice clicks aswell

Parita said...

Gorgeous presentation, lovely colors!

radha said...

Nice pictures. But when I make watermelon juice, I do not add water. And also, strain through a coarse colander so that some pulp is retained.

Also, if I am not able to make the juice immediately, I keep the fruit in the refrigerator, and pass it through a blender whenever I have the time, to get instant cold juice!

Bergamot said...

the pics are really good

Mangala Bhat said...

Wow! Lovely presentation! wonderful ..Hey Congratulation for winning SYB .@ dil se

Anushruti said...

They look delicious!

Aysegul - Nysdelight said...

Delicious!

Vidhya said...

looks super fresh and refreshing Lubna...

Kitchen Flavours said...

Thank you Varunavi, Swapna, Viki, Chow and Chatter, Kathy, Pooja, Padma, Munchcrunchandsuch, Veda, Priya, Purva, Pavithra, parita, Radha, Bergamot, Mangala, Anushruti, Ayesgul and Vidya.

Chaklere - Iam on my way dear.

Joanne said...

How refreshing! I would never think to use watermelon in a juice and I have never heard of muskmelon. Great use of summer's jewels!

Kitchen Flavours said...

Thank you Joanne.

Anonymous said...

Lovely presentation and pics!! so creative.. I chanced upon your site and feel like reading more and more! BTW,did you take out the watermelon seeds too before blending?Its difficult to take that out.And why is the need to add water as melons are already so watery.