Mango Margarita and Extended Deadline for MBP

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Filed Under Cocktails, Mango | 26 Comments

I am going to be on a break from tomorrow, will be back online end of this week. Since I won’t be able to do the round-up till then, the deadline for Monthly Blog Patrol - Mixed Drinks is extended to March 28th midnight PST. Please e-mail the entries according to the guidelines, I will respond by this weekend.
Before I leave, here is my own entry for MBP. MBP is about trying a posted recipe from a fellow blogger, and […]

Gitatini - A Ginger Tamarind Cocktail

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Filed Under Cocktails, Ginger, India - Tamil Nadu | 41 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I forgot the last time we were in town for Thanksgiving and Black Friday. For those outside United States, Black Friday is the day after thanksgiving, the official start of the Christmas shopping season. Most stores open very early in the morning, some even open at Midnight, and has amazing sales. People line up before the stores open to get to the limited doorbuster deals. I have never been to a Black Friday sale, I always thought people […]

Peach Margarita

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Filed Under Cocktails | 38 Comments

It’s been a busy week. Siv was in Dallas the whole week, and got back Thursday evening. Seattle had some heavy storm warning for Thursday, so I had my fingers and toes crossed till his flight landed and he got out okay. After the devastating wind storm we had in December 2006, that left about one and a half million people without electricity for several days and caused so much property damage, any storm warning here is scary!
I got out of work at […]

Banana Colada

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Filed Under Banana, Cocktails, Coconut, Pineapple | 25 Comments

Summer is almost over, but there is no law against having a sunny cocktail on a dark cold evening, right? There is nothing that fills my heart with sunshine like a fresh tropical island cocktail, bringing back some sweet vacation memories of lazing on the beach…
A Pina Colada is normally made with pineapple, coconut cream and rum. Add one more fruit and you get drinks like strawberry colada, banana colada etc. Can you think of a more tropical combination than banana, pineapple […]

LycheeTangita - A Lychee Tangerine Cocktail

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

Filed Under Cocktails, Lychee | 31 Comments

Making up a cocktail recipe is easy; coming up with a name for it - not so! After a couple of these drinks, the best I could come up with was LycheeTangita, if you can think of a better name, let me know.

Ingredients
(Makes about 4 drinks)

Canned Lychee drink - 1.5 cups
Tangerine juice - 1/2 cup
Lime juice - 2 tbsp
Sliver Tequila - 3/4 cup
Mint leaves - ~12
Sugar - 1 tbsp
Crushed Ice

Method
Place the torn mint leaves and sugar in a cocktail shaker. […]

Frozen Watermelon Daiquiri with Ginger-Star Anise Infusion

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Filed Under Cocktails, Cuban, Ginger, Pineapple, Recipes, Star Anise, Watermelon | 29 Comments

A daiquiri [daiki’ɾi] by definition is a mixed drink made with rum and lime juice. This Cuban drink was invented in 1905 and is known as Earnest Hemingway’s favorite drink (Remember what his second favorite drink was?). These days the term daiquiri is being used for a variety of frozen mixed drinks with or without lime juice and rum. Since I have both rum and lime juice in this drink, guess I can call it a daiquiri without getting the cocktail police all riled […]

RumRazz - Raspberry Cocktail

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Filed Under Berries, Cocktails, Recipes | 25 Comments

I can’t resist picking up some of fresh berries on my market runs in summer. When I see the colorful berries I get so many recipe ideas- desserts, sauces, salads etc. I pick up a box or two while daydreaming how beautiful the dishes are going to turn out, but I get too lazy and end up just eating those as such, or adding those to the morning cereal, which is not a bad thing, just that I don’t get any […]

Sangria

Friday, May 11th, 2007

Filed Under Cocktails, Fruits, Recipes, Spanish | 23 Comments

Sangria is a Spanish wine based cocktail, a fruit punch with wine really. It is a perfect drink for large parties, since it is easy to make and can be made a day ahead. Sangria is basically wine mixed with brandy and fruit juices. This drink is deceptively smooth and sweet, you could really chug it down without realizing how much alcohol you are consuming. Even those who are not into wine normally love Sangria.
Sangria recipe is very versatile, add your favorite fruits, use your favorite […]

Kumquat and Mango Mojito

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

Filed Under Cocktails, Mango, Oranges and Kumquats, Recipes | 32 Comments

Another Mojito recipe, you ask? Well, I hear that this blog has been typecasted as the cocktail blog, so to live up to the name Siv and I are trying to build a nice database of cocktail recipes. Ha ha, not really, but we haven’t been cooking much lately and haven’t been to any new restaurants, the only recipes pending in my drafts are two cocktails. So here is another sunny Mojito recipe for your drinking pleasure!
Check out my previous Mojito post […]

Blackberry Mojito

Saturday, May 5th, 2007

Filed Under Berries, Cocktails | 28 Comments

Mojito (pronounced moe-hee-toe) is Cuba’s most famous cocktail, and is supposedly one of Earnest Hemingway’s favorite tipples. The name Mojito is rumored to be derived from the word “Mojo” - remember Austin Powers? This refreshingly tasty drink in its purest form is made of five basic ingredients - rum, mint leaves, lime juice, sugar and club soda. You can make umpteen variations of this by adding any fruits of your desire. I will share the tried and tested recipe for a classic Mojito […]

Inti - A Kiwi Cocktail

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

Filed Under Cocktails, Fruits, Lychee, Recipes | 18 Comments

The weekend is almost gone, time to share another cocktail recipe. Siv is the de facto bartender in our house, he just throws in some mixes and drinks here and there and it turns out into a pretty good drink at the end. He is a scotch and beer guy himself, but loves to mix cocktails for me and for our parties. I make cocktails only once in a bluemoon, like when I have a girls night at my house, […]

Melon Margarita

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

Filed Under Cocktails, Fruits, Recipes | 19 Comments

I am supposed to be on vacation this week. For the first time in my life I am taking a week off to stay home and relax. Usually time off from work is for travel, but once we get back from a trip, I feel so drained that I don’t feel rejuvenated like I am supposed to, that’s why I thought this would be a great idea! But so far this vacation hasn’t been going very well. I had to go in to […]

Lychee Martini - Saturday Night Cocktail Hour

Monday, March 19th, 2007

Filed Under Cocktails, Lychee, Recipes | 20 Comments

Lychee is one of my favorite fruits; I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t like lychee. I love the sweetness and the texture and it brings back a lot of childhood memories of palm fruits and young coconuts. Harvested during early summer, fresh lychees are available in Asian stores in spring and summer, and in canned form throughout the year. Lychee makes a wonderful addition to fruit salads and can be used to make a bunch of desserts and cocktails. A web search also revealed […]

Friday night cocktail hour - Kerala Mutton Fry and a Beer Cocktail

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

Filed Under Cocktails, Good with Drinks, India - Kerala, Lamb or Goat, Recipes | 3 Comments

We bought a lot of fresh goat from the Indian halal meat store on Friday, I was supposed to make goat curry for a potluck on Saturday, but my friend’s son got sick and the potluck got cancelled. So we decided to just make some goat dish and have cocktails and lay low at home watching a pay-per-view movie friday night, since we have about 5 lbs of fresh goat meat to burn through over the weekend; I hate freezing […]