You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Categories
Fitness (25)
Food & Nutrition (167)
Carbohydrates (3)
Detox (5)
Diet Chart (4)
Fats & Oil (6)
Food Facts (29)
Fruits n Veggies (22)
Herb Wise (18)
Liquids (15)
- Beer Bonanza
- Boost Your Energy with Juices This Summer
- Brew Coffee for Health
- Chill Out with Healthy Drinks
- Coconut Water
- Energy Drinks
- Get Good Health with Green Tea
- Meal Replacement Drinks
- Natural Mineral Water
- Screen Before You Drink
- Stay Cool in Summer
- Summer Coolers
- Think About The Water You Drink
- Water – Our Lifeline
- Water-the ocean within
Minerals (4)
Proteins (2)
Recipes (24)
Super Foods (15)
Supplement Shot (16)
Vitamins (4)
Hair Care (7)
Health (202)
Allergy (2)
Body Talk (12)
Deaddiction (11)
Defeat Cancer (15)
Dental Care (2)
Diabetes (13)
Eye Care (14)
Gastro disorders (7)
Guide to Vaccinations (7)
Heart Health (21)
Infectious Diseases (4)
Kidneys (2)
Memory (1)
Mosquito-borne disease (2)
Neuro disorders (1)
Oral (4)
Pain Forum (19)
Respiratory disorder (6)
Sexual Health (17)
Sleep Well (7)
Stress (18)
Stroke (2)
Weight Loss (15)
Health Faqs (12)
Health Files (9)
Health Monitor (6)
Relaxation (5)
Health News (5)
Healthier India (5)
Home Remedies (21)
Kids & Teen (47)
Addiction (2)
Differently-abled (1)
Emotional Concerns (9)
Exam Stress (8)
Good Parenting (7)
Health Concerns (15)
Toddlers (4)
Know Your Medicines (5)
Know Your Reports (11)
Lifestyle (34)
Emotional Quotient (2)
Sex & The City (4)
Men (19)
Mind Body Medicine (28)
Personality Type (6)
Seasonal Conditions (49)
Cold & Flu (8)
Monsoon (7)
Summer (19)
- Baked in the Sun
- Be Fragrance Wise
- Beat Food Borne Bugs
- Breeze through Summer
- Bug bytes
- Fix 5 Common Summer Spoilers
- For That Matte Look in Summers
- Healthy Food Habits for Summer
- Heat Related Health Problems
- Home Remedies for Heat Stroke
- How Sun Harms Your Skin
- How to Get Rid of Summer Related Headaches
- Just Chill!!!
- Must Have Summer Essentials
- Stay Cool in Summer
- Stomach flu
- Summer Health Concerns
- Weight Loss Roadblocks in Summer
- Which Fabric to Wear in Summer & Why
Water Borne Diseases (3)
Winter (11)
- Arrest Cold With Right Foods
Seniors (24)
Skin Care (96)
Basics (38)
Dermatological Procedures (5)
Erase Wrinkles (7)
Fairness (2)
Home Remedies (7)
Hygiene (4)
Makeup (11)
Product Review (2)
Skin Concerns (11)
Sun Protection (7)
Slides (5)
Uncategorized (11)
Women (51)
Breast health (4)
Health Concerns (18)
Hormonal concerns (4)
Menstrual & menopausal health (10)
Pregnancy & Childbirth (14)
You Ask Specialist Answers (18)




May 17, 2012: Why Try Electronic Cigarette
May 16, 2012: Alternative Therapies to Quit Smoking
May 16, 2012: Step by Step Guide to Quit Smoking
May 9, 2012: Time to Take a Chill Pill
May 8, 2012: Are You Eating for Two? Time to Rethink
Stay Cool in Summer
As soon as you’ve reached home, braving the city traffic and sultry weather, you long for a cold glass of water. Swap the plain water with a refreshing cold shikanji and you’re recharged enough to spend the rest of the evening with your loved ones. Read ahead to find which summer drinks will you opt for?
Traditional Indian summer drinks come in two variants—milk based and fruit based. Both the variants have their own fan following. Again, each region in India has its own cooling drink to offer. In parts of Bihar and Eastern UP, roasted gram flour or sattu is seasoned with sugar or rock salt depending on the taste and mixed with water to keep the heat at bay. Nutritionists have upheld the lipid lowering properties of sattu. Other than sattu, sherbet of bael is a popular drink in this region. Bael has cooling properties and keeps summer heat at bay. Though, these drinks change names with a change of place, the essence remains intact. Nimbu pani becomes shikanji in UP which is essentially a cooling, re-hydrating drink made with water, sugar, lemon juice and a dash of rock salt. Add crushed ice to it before serving to quench the summer heat.
Go green
Another popular drink in North India is aam panna which is made with unripe green mangoes. Aam panna is renowned for its heat resistant properties. Apart from being tasty this drink also looks good due to its refreshing light green color.
Aam panna is prepared using raw mangoes, sugar and an assortment of spices. It’s an effective remedy for heat exhaustion and heat stroke. It also quenches thirst and prevents the excessive loss of sodium chloride and iron during summer due to excessive sweating. This drink is mainly consumed in the Northern part of the India and is considered beneficial in the treatment of gastro-intestinal disorders.
Cooling drinks like watermelon juice, khus and rose sherbet are high on popularity chart too this summer. Water melon juice is deprived of added sugar and is a wonderful way to bring the summer heat down. Crush a few mint leaves along with the scooped fruit and pour in a tall glass over ice to bring the mercury down. Sherbets made of khus and rose are immensely popular with people of all ages. Khus is also considered a blood purifier and is good for calming nerves. For rose sherbet the popular brands are Rooh Afza and Sharbat E Azam. Coconut water packaged by nature is a gentle drink, boosts the immune system and rehydrates in mild diarrhoea. Children need instant energy to replenish the shortfall. Glucose is just perfect for this.
In milk based drinks there are thandai and lassi. Thandai as the name goes cools summer heat. It’s made with chilled milk, saffron threads and paste of almond, fennel and cardamom seeds. Churned yoghurt in the company of sugar or rock salt takes different names: lassi and chach. Irrespective of the name this drink brings a welcome reprieve from the summer heat.
What are you drinking?
Nothing beats water to cool down the body heat. If you find it hard to drink so much of plain water add some lemon juice or mint leaves to it.
Mint is a cooling herb. Use it alone with water or spice your juices with it to keep the heat at bay.
Related Posts