Quick Strawberry Milkshake

Ria finished with her school on 7th April 16... From 8th onwards she started with her summer vacation...  We visited Panchgani and Mahabaleshwar from 8th to 10th April.  It was a long weekend also.  In spite of all the reviews on net, Rajesh wanted to experience the stay through OYO rooms.  I must say that my intuition turned out to be true... When we reached the hotel, the lady said there is no reservation in your name.  There were some talks between the hotel and OYO representative and they made an arrangement in Mahabaleshwar for us which was not a good property.   So next time you plan to avail of the OYO room facility, double check before you leave for your destination :).

My health was not very good when we were leaving for Panchgani and I guess it was food poisoning :(.  Non availability of the hotel really got me irritated.  I had taken medicine and felt a little better towards the evening.  We went to the nearby Market and did some window shopping.  I could not eat much and survived on soup that evening:(.

The next day felt much better!  We went to see few points, clicked loads of pictures and then finally headed to Mapro Garden.  We spent hours and hours sitting amidst the beautiful flowers and enjoying the lovely atmosphere there... We had lunch at Mapro garden itself.  Towards the evening we visited Parsi point... there was lovely breeze there and I just did not want to return back to the room... We returned back to Mahabaleshwar and had dinner at one of the hotels in the market area by 8:30 pm... Ria &  I enjoyed different types of Gola's and Ice Creams...We did some shopping that evening and the next day returned back to Pune.  On the way back, we picked up loads of crush and jelly sweets from Mapro Garden.. we enjoyed eating Mulberries and also got lots of Strawberries packed for family and friends.

Ria is having a great time now and enjoys making her milkshakes and Kulfi's her way :)

I will share with you a quick recipe of Strawberry Milkshake which I prepared and all of us enjoyed the fresh fruit milkshake at home!

Ingredients :

Strawberries - 15 - 25

Sugar - 2 tbs (you can adjust as per your taste)

Chilled Milk - 2 cups

Strawberry Crush - 2 tbs

Ice Cubes

Method :

Take the glass that you would serve the drink and keep it in the freezer for 5 to 8 minutes before you serve the drink.

Wash the strawberries and cut them into pieces.  Add sugar to the fruit and blend it well in the mixer.  Once the fruit is blend well, add the chilled milk and strawberry crush and blend again.  In the frozen glass, pour the milkshake and decorate with strawberry and serve chilled!