Sapota / Chikoo – Milkshake with a special ingredient

Recipe Cooked, Photographed and Written by Praveena

PrepTime:5 mins   MixTime:5 mins   Cuisine:Indian

Sapota/ Chikoo is a summer seasonal fruit available throughout the globe now, but primarily grown in India, Spain,Mexico.

Health Benefits of Sapota

This fruit is a storehouse of nutrients, vitamins, minerals, glucose, tannins and calories. Ripened sapota is a great source of minerals like potassium, copper, iron and vitamins like folate, niacin and pantothenic acid. Other health benefits include Rich in Vitamin A and C, Energy Provider, Controls Blood Pressure, Good for the Bones (info from internet).

With all the above health benefits and as a summer seasonal fruit, I thought of trying this, Sapota / chikoo milkshake. It turned out to be delectable and quite refreshing. I wanted to add horlicks as a special booster for my kids. Even you can try! 

Before starting to cook, don’t forget to see the Tips mentioned at the end.

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Ingredients:

• Ripen Sapota/ Chikoo Pieces – 1 cup
• Cold Milk – ½ litre
• Horlicks – 2 tablespoons
• Vanilla Ice-cream – ½ cup
• Almond/ Badam (chopped) – 4 tablespoons
• Honey – 2 tablespoons
• Fresh Mint / Pudina – 7 to 8 leaves

Special Ingredients:

• Horlicks
• Mint 

Step wise pics Procedure:

• Firstly, take 2 tablespoons of Horlicks and 4 tablespoons of milk into a blender/ juicer/ mixer.
• Blend it until the horlicks mixes well without any lumps. 

  

• Now, pour the rest of the milk into the blender jar.
• And add the sapota/ chikoo pieces, honey, vanilla ice-cream, 3 tablespoons of chopped almonds/badam and few leaves of mint/pudina into the same jar.

  

• Blend everything finely and pour the milkshake into serving glasses.
• Top them with leftover chopped almonds/badam and mint leaves. Done!

  

Tips:

• After adding horlicks to milk, see that there are no lumps.
• If you wish to, you can add ice-cubes at the bottom or top of the glasses.
• Add any nuts of your choice.
• Vegans can use any plant-based milk and vegan ice-cream for the same.

Result:

• The taste of this, Sapota / Chikoo milkshake, is obviously sweet and you will be wanting to have one more glass. 🙂

  

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