The smoothie season

Smoothies are not just refreshing, they are healthy and the right recipe can provide you with a whole lot of nourishment. Here are a few recipes of smoothies that will provide your body with nutrition and one recipe which you can indulge in.

The antioxidant

(By Chef Lars Windfuhr, Park Hyatt)

Ingredients

• 20 gm cooked beetroot
• 130 gm deseeded cucumber
• 50 gm peeled green apple
• 2 gm peeled ginger

Method: Cut the beetroot, cucumber and apple into cubes and chop the ginger. Put everything in the blender and blitz. Strain into a juice glass. Cut a cucumber slice in a thin half-moon shape and place it slowly, as a garnish, on top of the drink.

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The stress reliever

Ingredients

• 80 gm banana
• 100 gm strawberry
• 180 ml skimmed milk
• 2 gm fresh mint leaves
• 1 tbsp honey
• A strawberry slice and a mint sprig

Method: Cut the banana and strawberry into big cubes and put in a blender. Blend well. Slice a strawberry lengthwise and place on the drink along with a mint sprig.

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Raspberry twist

(By Prashanthi, Food blogger)

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh raspberries
• 1 medium sized banana
• ½  cup milk
• 3 tbsp cream
• 1 tbsp sugar (to counter the sourness of raspberries)

Method: Blend all the ingredients on low speed. Serve chilled

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Avocado smoothie

Ingredients

• 2 small avocados
• 1 and ¼  cup freshly squeezed orange juice (or 100 per cent orange juice with no added sugar)
• 2-3 dried figs
• 1 tbsp chopped pistachios
• 1 tsp sugar (if required)
• 2-3 tbsp Greek yogurt

Method: Blend all the ingredients on low speed. Add extra orange juice if you like your smoothie a little more runny.

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Apple twist

(By Rehan Guha, ASAP bistro)

Ingredients

• Handful of apple chunks
• 20 ml cocoa syrup
• 60 ml apple and pineapple juice
• 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream
• 80 ml milk
• Ice

Method: Blend all the ingredients and serve.