Creamy Iced Coffee

Coucou tout le monde,

For about two weeks now, we are still under lockdown to cover the whole country to control the spread of COVID-19. Like other countries in Europe or in Asia, this confinement time most likely last at least six weeks or more. Stay at home and be save everyone!

I came across this creamy drink call 'dalgona coffee' trending on social media and it went viral lately. It looks so tempting and I decided to make my own dalgona coffee at home. It was so easy to make and needs only hand mixer or whisk to begin with. I made coffee first and creamy iced chocolate the next day. I might try with matcha green tea some other time. For now, lets make dalgona coffee or dalgona chocolate!

CREAMY ICED COFFEE

Ingredients;

2 tablespoons coffee/nescafe powder
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons hot water

METHOD;

- Mix all ingredients together and use a hand mixer or whisk and beat until light and frothy.
- Scoop the foamy mixture onto the iced milk and voila, the creamy iced coffee ready to serve!

CREAMY ICED CHOCOLATE

Ingredients;

2 tablespoons chocolate drink powder
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons hot water
1/4 teaspoon ovalette

METHOD;

- Mix all ingredients together and use a hand mixer or whisk and beat until light and frothy.
- Scoop the foamy mixture onto the iced milk and serve!

Masala Chai

Namaste,

Winter is coming and masala chai is a perfect drink for a cold winter day especially at night. I'm pretty sure almost everyone loves tea and get easily fell in love with the Indian spiced chai. Masala chai was so easy to make, with a basic spices that we normally have it at home and with any kind of black tea, masala chai was a great drinks indeed.

I often make chai and I was glad that mon mari loves it too. I am so excited to serve chai to our friends during our Indian dinner soon.

MASALA CHAI

Ingredients;

2 cups water
1 tablespoon tea/ 2 black tea bags
1/2 cup milk, as per taste
2 tablespoons sugar, as per taste
2 cardamoms
2 cloves
1 cinnamon powder
1 star anise
2cm ginger, sliced

METHOD;

- In a large saucepan, bring water and all the spices to boil.
- Add in the tea and sugar, let it boil for a couple of minutes.
- Add milk and continue to boil for a few minute.
- Strain tea through a fine strainer into a cup or pot, serve hot.

Enjoy the masala chai!

Lo Han Guo

Ni hao,

In Asia, there are quite many choices of healthy beverages both Chinese and Japanese where we could find easily in the shops, restaurant or even from the street vendor are selling variety of cold drinks and one of the drinks that often sold is lo han guo. Lo han guo also known as monk fruit generally use by Chinese as a cooling drinks and can drink either hot or cold, I prefer cold lo han guo anyway.

I've made lo han guo drink with dried dates which I brought from Asia last few months but this fruit sometimes available at any Chinese shops or supermarket. I've bought a packet of 4 in 1 lo han guo, where I just need to boil it with water without adding any sugar, but even with the lo han guo fruit, this drinks are so easy to make.

LO HAN GUO WITH DRIED DATES AND WINTER MELON

Ingredients;

1 lo han guo fruit/ 4 in 1 cube (about 5 cubes)
20g dried dates
50g dried wintermelon
1 liter water
Sugar to taste

METHOD;

- In a large pot, mix lo han guo, dried dates, dried winter melon and water, bring to boil.
- Turn the heat to medium-low and simmer for about 10-15 minutes. Add sugar to taste.
- Serve hot or chilled.

Enjoy the cooling drinks!

Watermelon Juice

Hello,

When the weather is hot outside, sometimes we just need a cold beverages to cool down a bit. Fruit juice like watermelon is one of the healthy refreshing drinks, delicious and easy to make. Watermelon is a common fruit during the summer time. Since there are lots of fruits selling in the market now, we just needs make these seasonal fruits wisely.

Watermelon is not the fruit that we could have it every time like in Asia, so once the fruits are there, let's make a juice. For those who never try a watermelon juice, this is a time to make one.

WATERMELON JUICE

Ingredients;

Watermelon, quarter or half depends on the size
Sugar, optional
Half lemon
Ice cube
A little bit of water
Fresh milk

METHOD;

Watermelon lemon juice
- Using a blender or juice maker, blend watermelon, sugar, ice cube and a bit of water until smooth.
- Pour in lemon juice, stir and add in extra ice cube.

Watermelon milk juice
- Blend watermelon, sugar, ice cube and fresh milk until smooth.
- Serve with extra ice cube.

Enjoy the fresh juice!