Sangria comes from the Spanish word sangre, meaning blood from the colour. In Spain and the surrounding area, it is drunk at many festivals with great theatrical drama - poured directly into the mouth from a long spouted jug! The art lies in being able to drink the Sangria from varying heights without spilling any! It has now become a very well known drink, cool and packed with fruit. Ideally, Sangria needs to sit for a full day before it is served, to ensure a smooth and mellow taste. If a day is not possible, give it an absolute minimum of two hours to sit. Doubling or tripling the recipe is fine, but you'll have to switch to a large punch bowl in place of the pitcher.
Your guests will love these beautiful baskets filled with fruit and ice-cream.
A recipe that is versatile and is used in many low cal delicacies. To save on time, you can make fresh stewed fruits well in advance and refrigerate them. You can make a healthy sweet using only a single stewed fruit like peaches in Crunchy Peach Custard, page 59, or use a blend of fruits with other flavours like chocolate as in Banana Pancakes with Chocolate Sauce, page 91.
A creamy coconut sauce flavoured delicately with rose essence is the perfect topping for beautifully carved fresh fruits. Indeed, fresh fruit with coconut cream sauce is one of the fine things that one must not miss in life! instead of carving the fruits, you could also wedge out small balls with a melon scoop to save time.
You can serve these cups as a salad or as an accompaniment to drinks.
Fruity phirni, a variation of rice phirni - soft in texture and pleasant to taste, it poses no problems for the elderly to consume. Roasting poha brings out the taste as well as makes it easier to grind.
A selection of juicy fruits encased between 2 layers of lightly fried paneer.
A mithai lover's delight! Sumptuous malpuas filled with seasonal fruits and topped with creamy rabri that's made in a jiffy.
You can substitute the seasonal fruits with any one fruit of your choice like mango, strawberries etc.
Feel free to serve this dessert without the
Sizzler tray too. It will be just as delicious, I assure you.