ROSY LEMON DRINK

hey friends!!! today lets talk about the drink. today me n my friend were talking on the different drinks... and specially the drinks which we can make in seconds and it improves the impression on to whom you are serving it.. so i want to share some drinks but for today i am sharing only this one....

close your eyes and open.. It's done.. looking appealing and tasty as well...

INGREDIENTS (for single glass)

Roohafza or any other rose syrup             3 tbsp
lemon juice                                               2 tbsp
black pepper powder                                a pinch
black salt                                                  1/2 tsp
mint leaves                                               3-4 no.
lemon                                                       1/2 no.



METHOD:-

• first of all take a chilled highball glass or tumbler glass.
• then put rose syrup in the glass and add lemon juice in it.
• add the chilled water and fill only just more than half of the glass.
• add the black pepper and salt and stir it.
• then add some crushed ice to fill the glass put some more rose syrup on the ice.
• garnish with lemon wedge and mint leaves and serve chilled.

  

-- Bartender PANDAT

FACTS TO MAKE TASTY SALADS

Hi Friends today me and my colleagues were discussing on different salads and the facts which are very helpful in making of salads. so i thought to share it with u also and please  i am waiting for your valuable comments and suggestions  about the topic..

so here are the points to know:-

• When we use Broccoli in any salad firstly we must put it in boiled water for 2-3 minutes and then put it out and rinse in cold water and then extract its water by squeezing.  

• If we want the green color of peas and broccoli in salad then when you put them in water just add pinch of sugar and few drops of lemon juice otherwise it will loose color during mixing.

• You can use Ready-made noodle (e.g.  Wai wai noodle) in Crispy noodle salad to avoid the oiliness and extra cholesterol by frying the noodles.

• If you are making any SPROUT salad then you can use RED BELL PEPPER and boil corns.

• You can use Red bell pepper and grated garlic in VEGETABLE salads.

• Whenever you are making cucumber or leafy vegetable you can use Browned or sauteed peanuts.

• If you want to make ORIENTAL salads more n more tasty then you can also use the blanched beans in it.

• In fruit salad use more n more Apple, oranges, papaya, black grapes, kiwi, pomegranate, sweet lime, cherries etc. And serve with the KESAR MILK. It will increase your health as well as Beauty. this salad is loved by the ladies most.

• when you are making fruit salad you can use some boil corn also they will make the salad more tasty and eye appealing.

• In green energy salad you must use fresh Pomegranate it will control blood sugar and the energy level.

• You can use slices of cottage cheese (PANEER) and orange to decorate the salad with the lemon slices. and also you can serve Brown bread sandwich also.

These were some facts which i know and if you want to add something please let me know it will helpful for us..







warm regards:-
Food specialist PANDAT

Can we make white wine with the Red grapes?

one of my colleague asked me this question and the answer is YES off-course we can make it.

Skin color determines wine color. The French term for it is blanc de noirs and most often refers to champagne that is made using the Pinot Noir grape.
To clarify the point: It is the skin that gives wine it's color not the pulp.If a red grape is crushed and the skin does not spend any time in contact with the juice a white wine will be the result,. If the skin and juice do spend a lot of time together a red wine will be the result.  

In  Champagne, Two of the three grapes used are black... namely Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. Only the third grape is white and it is Chardonnay. Most Champagne uses all three, but you can also get Blanc de Noir which only uses the two Pinots or, conversely, Blanc de Blanc which is 100% Chardonnay.
Other fizz may vary from this of course, but then they are not Champagne.


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COCKTAILS

There are so many types of cocktail we can see in the bars. these are as follows:

• Blended cocktail:-  Made using a liquidiser.
• Champagne cocktails:- their main base liqour is champagne and it includes fizz.
• Cobblers:- Wine and Spirit based, served with straws and decorated with fruit.
• Collins:- Hot weather drinks, spirit-based, served with plenty of ice.
• Cooler:- Almost identical to the collins but usually containing the peel of the fruit cut into a spiral;spirit or wine based.
• Crutas:-  May be made with any spirit, most popular being brandy;edge of glass decorated with powdered sugar and crushed ice placed in glass.
• Cups:-Hot weather, wine based.
• Daisies:- Made with any spirit; usually served in tankards or wine glasses filled with crushed ice.
• Egg nogs:- Traditional christmas drink; rum or Brandy and milk based; served in tumblers.
• Fixes:- Short drink made by pouring any spirit over crushed ice; decorated with fruit and served with short straws.
• Fizzes:- Similar to a collins; always shaken and then topped with soda;must be drink immediately.
• Flips:- Similar to the edd nogs, containing egg yolk but never milk; spirit, wine or sherry based.
• Frappes:- Served on crushed ice
• Highball:- American;a simple drink that is quickly prepared with spirit and a mixer
• Juleps:- American;  containing mint with claret, Madeira or bourbon whiskey base.
• Pick-me-ups:- To aid digestion.
• Pousse-cafe:- Layered mix of liqueurs and spirits using differences in the specific densities of drinks to create layers- heaviest at the bottom,lightest at the top.
• Smashes:- Smaller version of Juleps.
• Sours:- Always made with fresh juices to sharpen the flavour of te drink.
• Swizzles:- Take their name from the stick used to stir the drink;"swizzlings" creates a frost on the outside of glass.
• Toddies:- Refreshers that may be served hot or cold; contain lemon, cinnamon and nutmeg.

PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING OF WINES

After having brief knowledge about wines and grapes i am going to share the different stages of the wine manufacturing.
each and every stage is very important and should done nicely to get the good wine. the stasges are as follows:-

• Crushing/De-stemming:- The harvested grapes are dumped into a large HOPPER called crusher which cracks the grapes, and allowing the juice to flow.

in this process the stems of the grapes  separated which then again sent to the grapes farm and used as the fertilizer.  the crushed grapes and the juice are kept toghether.

• Fermentation:- In this process, yeast converted natural sugar into ethyl alcohol and CO2. this natural yeast is called as SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE. The temperature increases during this process and the ideal temperature should be from 15 to 18' c. To cool the vats by cold water running through the metal coils inside the vats. and this process continues till all sugar is converted into the alcohol. all the casks are well sealed to avoid the oxidation.
• Racking:- It is a natural clarifying process that aids in settling suspended particles in the wine and removing them from contact with it.  After the fermentation process the young wine is full of impurities and sediments that are called LEES. All the impurities settle down after fermentation stops  and then the wine is transferred into another casks and filled to the brim (edge of the cask) and sealed well to avoid the oxygen to contact with the wine.
• Finning:- This process is done to obtain the clarity in wine. the impurities are mixed with the wine even after the racking process so to extract them this process is done. And by this the stability of wine also increases over a period. in this process we can use the finning agents such as:- Egg white, gelatin isinglass (Bladder of sturgeon) and the OX blood.  This also makes the wine bright and clear.
• Maturation and Ageing:- This is the process of Ageing when the wine becomes Mellow.  For this the wine kept in the casks and the air circulates through the pores of the cask which makes the wine mature.  And when the wine is fully mature its qualtiy starts to decline. the process of maturation continues till the bottling. After a certain time the wine changes its color. White wines changes to greenish to golden straw colour and the red wines into purple to garnet colour.
• Blending:- In this process, different qualities of wine are mixed to produce a standard quality wine. Vintage wines are not blended but to bring up the standard quality of wine of different years, they are mixed with vintage wines to produce the standard quality of wine.
• Bottling:- Before the bottling of wines all the equipments and bottles are sterilized by passing sulphur dioxide and the washing in boiling water. the cork is also sterilize so that it cannot spoil the wine. first put the cork in the bottle and then dip the neck of the bottle into wax which makes it air tight and then wrapped into the metal foil.

This is the process of making wines.  This post is definitely helpful to you .It is the brief detail and if you want the details in explain you can send me the mail or contact with me.  thanks to you all.

WINE GRAPES

As we discussed about wines, wine is made from GRAPES.  we know that there are so many wines are available but we also should know about the grapes by which the Wines are made.
There are two categories of grapes are found which are used in wine manufacturing:-

1. Red wine grapes 
2. White wine grapes

Most of the best wine grapes are harvested in France. and in France there are certain places which are well known for the special kind of grapes like:-

• Bordeaux for Cabernet Sauvignon
• Rhône for Syrah
• Loire for Sauvignon Blanc
• Bourgogne for Chardonnay

Traditionally, many French wines have been blended from several grape varieties. Here are the various grapes used in wine manufacturing:-

RED WINE GRAPES

• Merlot

• Syrah

• Grenache

• Gamay

• Pinot noir

• Pinot meunier

• Zinfandel

• savignonese

• Cabernet sauvignon

• Malbec

• Marselan

• Fer

• Negrette

• Villard Noir

• Caladoc

WHITE WINE GRAPES

• Chardonnay

• Chenin Blanc

• Pinot Blanc

• Sauvignon Blanc

• Semillon

• Muscatel

• Sylvaner

• Traminer

• Reisling

• Grenache Blanc

• Roussanne

• plantet

• Muscadelle

• Colombard

• Aligote

India is also having its own vineyards which are near the Nashik region like Chateau Indage, Grover Vineyards and Sula Vineyards.

WINE

Its being a long time i had not posted any post and i feel sorry for that. but not to worry i am back with lots of information.

one of my buddy ask me about the wines so i want to share about the WINES.

Wine is basically a fermented alcoholic beverage which is usually made from the grapes. its origin is egypt and spread from Mesopotamia to Italy, Spain, France and then UK.

wines are classified in four categories:-
 1. Still wines
 2. Sparkling wines
 3. Aromatised wine
                                                                                                  4. Fortified wine

• Still Wines:- These wines made by the fermentation of grape juice and the alcohol strength is varies from 9% to 15%.this includes red wines, white wines and the rose wine.
• Sparkling Wines:- The wines which contains carbon dioxide (CO2) is known as sparkling wines.                

                                         Champagne is most known sparkling wine which comes from the Chompagne region of France.

• Aromatised Wine:- These wines are produced with the addition of herbs. the alcohol strength is 15% to 22%.    Vermouth is the best known aromatised wine.
• Fortified Wine:- The wines in which the brandy is added to increase the alcoholic strength are known as Fortified wines. Brandy can be added before or during, during or after the fermentation.                 

                                   slcoholic strenght - 15% to 22% GL