Making water tasty : Garcinia infused weight loss magic water / kokum sharbat

Making water tasty :

Drinking water helps you loose weight. Now, that sounds ridiculous, but its true. Drinking enough water each day can also help your body drain toxins which makes your body more healthy. To achieve this, it is advised to drink 7-8 liters of water each day, however, this sounds too much and to some it sound almost impossible. Drinking coffee and tea dehydrates our body, and not drinking enough water signals it to retain more water to stay hydrated. This can be one of the reasons for increase in weight. The percentage of salt you consume in a day also increases the amount of water retention. To best way to shed extra pounds is to flush this stored water out. 

Drinking plain water is too boring, so to make it more tasty, we infuse it with flavours like cucumber, mint, oranges, lemon, strawberries, etc. or anything that your might want. So lets check out various tasty ways that can help you shed pounds as you drink.

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This is a nice summer drink, tangy, tasty, sweet, and contains hydroxycitric acid which suppresses appetites, stops sugar conversion to fats and hinders the process of lipogenesis.

Serves 4-5

Preparation Time : 3 hours

Ingredients :
Garcinia Indica / Kokum - 5-6 Nos.
Salt - To taste
Sugar/honey - To taste
Cumin Powder - 1/2 tsp.
Jaljira Masala - 1/2 tsp. (optional)
Water
Ice Cubes (optional)

Method :
1) Infuse Garcinia Indica/ kokum in 1 cup water for 2.5 - 3 hours.
2) Dilute the infused water without killing the flavour. Add jaljira, cumin powder, salt, sugar and mix well.
3) You can keep this in fridge for 2-3 days. To serve fill a glass with ice cubes and pour the infused water on top.

Quick Kairi Juice / Aam Panna / Sweet n Sour Raw Mango Juice- No cooking

Serves 2-3

Preparation Time : 5-10 mins
Cooking Time : 0 mins

Ingredients :
Raw Mango / Kairi - 1 Nos.
Salt - To taste
Sugar - To taste


Cumin Powder - 1 pinch
Chat Masala - 1 pinch (optional)
Chilled Water
Ice Cubes (optional)

Method :
1) Grate mangoes and sprinkle some salt on it. Keep aside for 2-3 minutes till it starts to leave juice.
2) Squeeze the grated mango between your palms to remove the maximum juice as possible.
3) As per amount of the juice divide the juice in 2 or 3 glasses. Add enough water to dilute the juice. Add salt, sugar, chat masala, cumin powder as per taste. Adjust seasoning if required.
4) Serve Chilled with ice cubes.

Tips :
1) The remaining mango can be used for Kanda Kairi, Pickle or Kairi Chatpataka.

Kochkai / Kanda Kairi / Sweet Sour Raw Mango Side Salad

Serves 2-3

Preparation Time : 5-10 mins
Cooking Time : 1-2 mins

Ingredients :
Raw Mango / Kairi - 1 Nos.
Medium Onion - 1 Nos.
Oil - 1-2 Tsp
Mustard Seeds - 1/2 Tsp.
Cumin Seed - 1/2 Tsp.
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 Tsp.
Red Chilli Powder - 1 Tsp.
Aesafoetida / Hing - 1/8 Tsp.
Salt - To taste
Sugar - To taste

Method :
1) Grate mangoes and sprinkle some salt on it. Keep aside for 2-3 minutes till it starts to leave juice.
2) Squeeze the grated mango between your palms to remove the maximum juice as possible.
3) Grate onion. Mix mango and onion in a heat proof bowl.
4) Create a well in the centre of this mixture. Heap Chilli, Turmeric Powder, Asafoetida in the same sequence as mentioned here in that well.
5) Heat oil in a tadka kadhai or ladle. Add mustard and cumin. Allow them to crackle. Pour this hot oil right on top of the masala heap we created. Mix everything together.
6) Add sugar. Mix well. Adjust seasoning if required. Serve with parathas or as side salad.

Tips :
1) The mango juice can be used for Sweet and Sour Drink.