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The summer has started and the mercury is rising, and I needed something to cool down the body and mind. During this time of year smoothie and shakes comes to the rescue. When we were young, Appa used to takes us to movies, parks or shopping. Always he stops at one shop in East fort, near Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple, and buys juices for us. Juice will depends upon the availability of fruits, some time it is pineapples, grapes or fruits of Asian Palmyra palm (Nungu). I love it in all varieties especially one with Palmyrah fruit, it contains not only the juice that you can drink, but also eat some of fleshly endosperm. That is why British named them as ice-apple. The tender fruit resembles ice. The thought of the drink makes me nostalgic.
Last time when I went to India, I told about my craziness for Nungu to my mother-in-law, next day she bought some fruits for me. I was surprised at first and happy to see them. Okay in US hard to find Nungu, so I decide to make some pineapple milk shake. I had some pineapple left in refrigerator after making carrot cupcake for my little one’s birthday. I decided to use them in curry and asked my hubby, I got a firm no. So decides to make a juice with them. I added some vanilla essence and milk to make it into a shake. They are really tasty and best to beat the hot weather. My little one had some sip too. Increase the amount of sugar
if you want more sweetness. Here goes the recipe.
What you need
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Chopped pineapple: 1 cup
Milk: 1/3 cup
Sugar: ½ tablespoon
Vanilla extract: 1 teaspoon
How I made
Combine chopped pineapple, milk, sugar and vanilla extract in a blender; cover and blend until creamy. Serve immediately. Enjoy.
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Preparation time: 5 minutes
Yield: 2 serving
Verdict: yummy
Will you make it again: I will
Swathi
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This is Swathi ( Ambujom Saraswathy) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
really refreshing one.very good for this season..
lovely picture
Wat a refreshing shake, looks irresistible..
One of my fav…lovely click Swathi
Even I made this today…so true…it was so cooling!
Looking good! Very smooth like a Lassi.
YUmmy and refreshing drink swathi. Beautiful click asusual.
Wonderful click.. The first click is simply awesome .. wish to grab from the screen…
I’m glad you provided this easy recipe! I’ve always wondered what the fruit from the palmyra palm tastes like too since I’ve seen them used in south Florida landscapes… luckily I do have access to pineapples, so I suppose that will do.
A very refreshing smoothie,looks yum.
I too love the palmyra fruit,I remember finding canned palmyra fruit in a cambodian grocery store few years back.
Loved the milkshake. I too like Nungu and always look forward to summers in Chennai when you get it.Nature’s bounty:):)
that is a tasty n refreshing drink. thank u for sending it to my event. do send more
Refreshing & yummy shake, love to have this chilled…
Swathi,,milk shake looks perfect n nice drink for summer dear..
Pineapple milk shake looks very very tempting. By the look of it it reminds me of Pinacolada, making me drool over it. Nice pics too.
This makes refreshing just by the looks…cool one
Looks yummy Swathi, will try sometime…I’ll be around…:)
Lovely picture and I loveee this 🙂
One of my fav… so refreshing and tempting, Swathi 🙂
looks yummy……….lovely picture.
Looks yummy milk shake..i loved it..
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Looks refreshing and delicious, perfect for hot days !
Oh My! it looks just mouth watering! lovely pic very tempting.
my fav swathi…looks yum
Refreshing and healthy shake…nice presentation….
I’d love this chilled on a hot summer day 😀
Thank you for the lovely entry
Thank you! I’m not very brave in experimenting with food so was searching for a recipe of pineapple milkshake with vanilla extract instead of ice cream and found your site. That looks so delicious I’m going to try making it right now.