Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Green Lady

Green Lady is a refreshing summer drink, prepared with khus syrup made from the essence aka khus extract well known as vetriver is a Ayurvedic cooler..This khus syrup is prepared by using this khus extract and sugar syrup helps to keep the body cool,specially during the hot summer..Green lady is a excellent drink prepared using khus sharbat,lemonade,lemon juice, salt and ice cubes, for a change i have added few basil seeds...I came across this drink at chef Sanjeev Kapoor 's Space before leaving to India and i didnt forget to buy this famous khus syrup while doing my shopping in India..Yesterday, here the climate was bit hot and prepared this wonderful drink, even my teddies enjoyed this catchy green refreshing drink..A fabulous thristy quencher to enjoy without any guilt while its hot..


3tbsp Khus sharbat/Khus Syrup
2tbsp Lemon juice
4cups Lemonade
Ice cubes
pinch Salt
1tbsp Soaked basil seeds

Mix together the khus syrup,salt,lemon juice,stir well..now add the icecubes, lemonade,soaked basil seeds and stir..Serve chilled with a slice of lemon..


49 comments:

Simplyfood said... Reply To This Comment

Amazing colour and so refreshing.

chef and her kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

one of my fav coolers...I like 2 add soda instead of lemonade 2 it..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Wow Priya, Drink is so colorful and refreshing also.

Hari Chandana P said... Reply To This Comment

Looks beautiful !!
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Shama Nagarajan said... Reply To This Comment

wow..so refreshing

Prema said... Reply To This Comment

i have tasted this khus surbhat once and with lemonade sure it will be yummy...love the colour.

Sensible Vegetarian said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely one Priya looks awesome.

Sensible Vegetarian said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely one Priya looks awesome.

Jayanthy Kumaran said... Reply To This Comment

love d beautiful clik..
nice version..:P
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Shanthi Krishnakumar said... Reply To This Comment

Coooool and colourful. Nice refreshing drink

Rekha shoban said... Reply To This Comment

name sounds gud!!yummy drink!

notyet100 said... Reply To This Comment

This one is my fav too,..:)

Alessandra said... Reply To This Comment

I don't know Khus, but I like the idea of basil :-)

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Radhika said... Reply To This Comment

Simple and what a gorgeous color it has got.


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Indian Khana said... Reply To This Comment

Just last week I was talking about this with one of friend ....looks so colourful and refreshing

Prathima Rao said... Reply To This Comment

A refreshing & inviting drink!!!!
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aipi said... Reply To This Comment

The color is BEAUTIFUL ~ will make for a great pool party drink :)
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Cooking Foodie said... Reply To This Comment

Khus is so cooling..perfect for summers...

Santosh Bangar said... Reply To This Comment

simple easy quick refeshing cool drink

Taste Melanger said... Reply To This Comment

What a refreshing color. ...So perfect for summers!!

Priya Sreeram said... Reply To This Comment

nice ! this lady looks cool

Prathima Shivraj said... Reply To This Comment

Very tempting drink, loved the color.

Akila said... Reply To This Comment

wow what a refreshing greeny drink... summa supera iruku...

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Jeyashris Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

OmG what a wonderful colour and the syrup sounds very new to me. refreshing drink for sure

Suja Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

Refreshing drink..love the color

1-2punch said... Reply To This Comment

An amazing looking and sounding drink, may I share this with my readers with picture and link?

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

I would love some green lady peace, on the rocks :))) YUM and looking at it is a cooling effect !

Nisa Homey said... Reply To This Comment

Gorgeous color and refreshing drink....slurp!!

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

this is really refreshing and I love drinks that are made with khus syrup..refreshing color too

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Nandita SS said... Reply To This Comment

I so loved the named of the drink. This looks great as well :)

Laxmipriya said... Reply To This Comment

Ingredients are quite new to me.. love its color.. must be very refreshing..

Mélange said... Reply To This Comment

Truly refreshing drink..wow..what a tempting color.Love to gulp it full.

Vimitha Durai said... Reply To This Comment

Thats a very colorful and refreshing chiller

Hamaree Rasoi said... Reply To This Comment

Very refreshing and colorful drink.

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Madhavi said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely Green Lady :)

Sravs said... Reply To This Comment

Nice refreshing drink and color !!

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KrithisKitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Super vibrant color!!
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Suneetha's kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Inviting drink with amazing colour

Vidhya said... Reply To This Comment

Beautiful color,looking at the drink itself is so refreshing.

Reshmi Mahesh said... Reply To This Comment

Refreshing drink with a very beautiful color...

Sobha Shyam said... Reply To This Comment

very interesting and lovely recipe, new to me, beautiful color...

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

wow, that looks interesting and refreshing :)

HomeKreation said... Reply To This Comment

Looks refreshing but I don't know what Khus juice is...

divya said... Reply To This Comment

Slurp...slurp!!! Looks sooo.... good!!!!

Shri said... Reply To This Comment

Sounds and looks amazing..

Shylaja said... Reply To This Comment

Refreshing color.Looks inviting
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Sanctified Spaces said... Reply To This Comment

Lovely color and very refreshing.

Elaichii said... Reply To This Comment

Beautiful color!

Mehjabeen Arif said... Reply To This Comment

WOW.. They are so cool..love the color.

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