9 Cool Foods For The Sizzling Summers Ahead

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    • Publish Date: Mar 23 2017 11:57AM
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9 Cool Foods For The Sizzling Summers Ahead

With the mercury levels rising to new highs everyday, summer completely drain us out. Most of us feel dehydrated and low on energy in such a climate and we look for ways to cool ourselves. Here are 10 best cooling foods for the Indian summer...

Curd/ yogurt

Curd is a delicious coolant. You can make delicious - chilled spicy buttermilk, a glass of lassi or chachh and raita. You can also add fruits to the curds to make a lip-smacking and wholesome dessert or prepare dips during the summer season.

Coconut water
 

An inexpensive coconut is full of health benefits and has wonderful cooling properties. It is laden with simple sugars, electrolytes and essential minerals which help keep the body well hydrated. In addition to that, there is evidence to suggest that coconut water has cancer fighting and anti-ageing properties as well.

Watermelon
 
 
 
Another fruit that can help you keep cool. We are not suggesting you to buy the chopped watermelon slices sold by the roadside vendors. In fact, they should never be consumed if you want to avoid the risk of a diarrhoea infection. Bring home a watermelon, cool it and have lots of it to benefit from the antioxidants present in this delicious fruit.

Cucumber
 

 
This crunchy vegetable costs little, has lots of fibre that can help keep constipation at bay. It can make each of your bites crunchier and help you stay cool as a cucumber!

Mint
 
 
Mint is a simple, easily available, inexpensive herb which you can add to your curd to make pudina raita or have it in the form of chutneys besides using it in dips. The best thing about it is that you can grow it in a small pot at home for your use. Though it does not help bring down the body temperature, we love it because of the delicious and refreshing taste.

Green veggies
 
 
Though green vegetables are good to have round the year, it is good to have lots of them during the summer months because they have a high water content. Avoid overcooking them because that can cause a loss of water contained therein.

Onions
 
 
Onions have amazing cooling properties. You can add it to your curries, dips, raitas, salads and chutneys to help keep you cool. The red onions, in particular, are very rich in quercetin, which is a natural anti-allergen. Having lots of onions can provide you protection against sunstroke.

Lime water

 
The simple lime water or nimboo pani is not only refreshing, it also has health benefits for you. You can have it sweet, salted or add a dash of black salt and cumin powder to it. Have it chilled and beat the heat.

Ice creams
 
 
Summers can never be fun without ice creams. Ice candies or those tempting sundaes bring back the child in you. Add some fresh fruits to them to make them sound less sinful and indulge your taste buds once in a while. Though you have the option of heading for the nearest ice cream parlour, you can try making some at home as well. Kids will love you for it!
 

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Akshita Pandey LILAVATI BAI PODAR (A)-SCRUZ

Yes, these all are lipsmacking. Coconut water and lime water refreshes us. Ice-cream is the tastiest eatables that children could have eaten. Onions add taste to our food. Green veggies are important for our body as they help in increasing iron in our body. Mint is an effective herb that helps in healing diseases and yoghurt/curd is important for our body as it contains milk and milk is healthy for our body.

Aadrit Banerjee Apeejay School Salt Lake

Indeed these foods are the keep cool mantra that one should have in plenty during the hot summer months. Also we should include a large amount of liquids in our diet like water, sharbats, juices, smoothies etc to keep fit and active....

Khushi Pandit VIDYA NIKETAN

Yummie...all are lipsmacking...especially ice cream. I try all these eatables and drinks one by one...as I am a big foodie...

Onkarpreet Bhavan Vidyalaya

Though I''m not a very summery person, Ice creams and limewater just make Summers better. Sure these Coolants can help anyone survive summers.

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