How to make 5 types of cool soda to cool down a hot day
(Baonghean.vn) - On hot summer days, you can make simple, cool cups of soda to dispel the heat.
1. Cherry syrup:
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Ingredient:
- Cherry syrup: 1 cup fresh/chilled cherries, pitted; 2-3 tablespoons honey.
- Soda: ice, 3/4 cup ginger beer (a type of carbonated soft drink with ginger flavor), 2-4 tablespoons cherry syrup, about 30-60ml vodka, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, cherry for decoration.
Making:
Make cherry syrup: Put cherries and honey in a small saucepan, using a spoon/fork to mash the cherries. Add 1 cup of water to the saucepan and bring to a boil.
When the mixture boils, stir well for about 5 minutes, turn off the heat. Use a sieve to filter the mixture, then let it cool for about 30 minutes. You can store the syrup in the refrigerator for at least 1 week.
Make the soda: Fill a glass with ice, pour in ginger beer, cherry syrup, vodka and lemon juice. Stir, garnish with 1-2 cherries and thyme (if using) and enjoy!
2. Ginger lemon tea:
Ingredient
- 3 black tea bags
- 1 liter hot water, 2 cups ice
- 1 lemon, thickly sliced, 3 - 5 kumquats
- Syrup: 2 lemongrass stalks (only take the white core inside, cut about 5 cm), 1 large ginger stalk (clean, slice about 3mm thick), 1 ½ small bowls of filtered water, 1/2 small bowl of sugar.
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Making:
Take a medium sized glass jar, put the tea bag in and brew with hot water. Let it steep until cool, remove the tea bag and place in the refrigerator to cool.
Use a small pot to make the syrup. Add lemongrass and ginger to the pot of water. Boil over medium heat until the water is reduced to 1/2 cup. Add sugar, stir well. Turn off the heat and let cool.
Pour the syrup into the cooled tea, add a few slices of lemon, kumquat and ice cubes. Stir well and enjoy.
3. Coconut cream milkshake
Ingredient:
- 1 and 1/2 cups coconut milk
- 1 handful of Thai kaffir lime leaves (can be omitted)
- 1/2 small ripe pineapple, chopped, can leave a little for decoration
- 1 frozen banana
- 6-8 coconut ice cream balls
- Shredded coconut for decoration
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Making:
If using kaffir lime, combine coconut milk and kaffir lime leaves in a small saucepan, bring to a boil until the coconut milk has absorbed the kaffir lime leaf flavor. Let cool to room temperature and refrigerate. Then, add to a blender with the pineapple, banana and ice cream and blend until smooth.
If you are not using lime, you can skip the step of boiling coconut milk with lime leaves as above. Add coconut milk, pineapple, banana and cream to a blender. Blend until smooth.
Pour into a glass, garnish with pineapple and shredded coconut around the rim; or add a scoop of ice cream to this milkshake and sprinkle coconut on top.
4. Lemon soda and cucumber water
Ingredient:
- 2 lemons, each cut into 8 slices
- 1 cucumber, thinly sliced
- About 8 sprigs of mint leaves
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 cups soda water
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Making:
Use a large pitcher to mix. Add 12 lemon slices, 16 cucumber slices and 4 mint leaves to the pitcher. Add lemon juice and sugar, stir until sugar is dissolved. Then, add soda water, stir well.
Divide into 4 glasses, add ice, garnish each glass with a slice of cucumber and a mint leaf. Enjoy!
5. Mango honey smoothie
This fruit contains a lot of vitamin C, glucose, and fiber. Therefore, eating mango helps you replenish blood, diuretic, beautiful skin, strengthen immunity and delicious.
Ingredient:
- 5 or 6 ripe, sweet mangoes
- 2 jars of yogurt
- 1/2 teaspoon honey
- 1/2 cup water
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Making:First, peel the mango, cut it into pieces and put it in a blender. Next, add the yogurt and blend until the mixture is completely combined. Add honey and water and blend again and you have completed a delicious smoothie.
Thanh Thuy
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