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Replenish your Vitamin C levels and rev
up your energy with kokum juice. Popular
ways to drink kokum, are the clear juice
(either made sweet or spicy, with the pulp
of fresh berries or dried kokum) and sol
kadhi – dried kokum juice with coconut
milk.
9. Sabja or sweet basil seeds
6. Aam panna
Sabja seeds are added to falooda, juices,
lemon, coconut milk etc. Sabja seeds work
well as a body cooling tonic plus they have
Nowadays, aam panna, our summer huge health benefits.
favourite is made with stevia, jaggery and
other sugar substitutes. We enjoy it once a 10. Salads
year — cheers!
7. Watermelon
Experiment with varieties of green salad
and toppings of fresh seasonal fruits like
mangoes, watermelon, apple, pomegranate,
fresh veggies of your choice, crumbled
feta or goat cheese, parmesan cheese,
avocado slices, bacon bits, roast chicken
slivers, microgreens, sprinkle of walnuts
A super summer best friend. Make sure or almonds… and the list goes on. Salads
you top up on watermelon this summer. are fun and creative to make, light on
your tummy and versatile in choice of
8. Cucumber ingredients plus they are so full of nutrition
It’s great for you; whichever way you adding up to be a meal in itself. Pledge to
choose to have it, include cucumber in your try a new salad every week of summer —
daily menu. chances are you won’t regret it.
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