This homemade lemon iced tea is refreshing and so easy to make. You only need some tea bags or tea leaves, water, sweetener of choice and of course some lemon to make this easy summer beverage!
Iced tea is one of my favorite beverages to beat the summer heat along with lemonade. Lemon and peach iced tea are my go-to drinks! Nothing refreshes you like a cup of piping hot masala chai during the monsoons and winters. During the summers, I prefer to have iced tea. The best part about iced tea is it is an almost guilt-free drink as tea itself is low on calories, making it a great choice as a summer beverage!
Why buy the bottled iced tea when it is so simple and cost-effective to prepare at home! All you need is some tea bags or tea leaves, then just brew, get creative with flavors and enjoy healthier, homemade iced tea:)
- LEMON ICED TEA INGREDIENTS
- YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY THESE EASY BEVERAGES
- HOW TO MAKE LEMON ICED TEA | LEMON SWEET TEA?
- Lemon Iced Tea Recipe | How To Make Lemon Iced Tea
LEMON ICED TEA INGREDIENTS
To make this super easy iced tea, you will just need
- Tea bags or tea leaves
- Sweetener of choice
- Lemon
- Water, to brew the tea
Today recipe is just a simple lemon flavored iced tea! I ran out of mint leaves, so just added whatever little I had. Add loads of mint leaves to make it even more refreshing, and there you have your lemon mint iced tea 🙂 You can add fresh peach slices and some peach syrup to make a peach iced tea!
YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY THESE EASY BEVERAGES
- Mixed berry lemonade
- Non-alcoholic mango mojito
HOW TO MAKE LEMON ICED TEA | LEMON SWEET TEA?
Lemon Iced Tea Recipe | How To Make Lemon Iced Tea
Ingredients1x2x3x
Measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml, 1 tsp = 5 ml
- 3-4 tea bags, refer notes if using tea leaves
- 3 cups water
- 3 tbsp sugar/ honey/ agave nectar adjust as per desired sweetness
- Mint leaves, as required
- 2 lemons
- Ice cubes, as required
Instructions
- Bring water to boil in a saucepan. Once it boils, take it off the heat, and place the tea bags in the hot water. Let it steep for 15-20 minutes, depending on how strong you like it. Remove the tea bags (do not squeeze the tea bags), and add sugar or agave nectar. Stir to dissolve and set aside until it reaches room temperature. If you want to use honey as a sweetener instead, add it when the tea is fairly warm, about 42 degrees C. taste and adjust sweetness with more sweetener if required.
- In the serving glass, squeeze juice of a lemon, add in some mint leaves, about 1/2 cup of ice cubes and some lemon slices/wedges
- Pour in the sweetened tea prepared in Step 1. Gently stir to incorporate all the flavors.
- Garnish with a slice of lemon.
Notes
- If you have tea leaves, then simply brew the tea leaves in hot water, as per desired strength, strain and then sweeten as mentioned above.
- For an unsweetened lemon iced tea recipe : Skip adding any sweetener.
- For a slight variation in this recipe, add about 1/4 to 1/2 inch ginger whilst boiling the water to make lemon ginger iced tea .
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Lemon Iced Tea Recipe | How To Make Lemon Iced Tea
Ingredients
Measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml, 1 tsp = 5 ml
- 3-4 tea bags, refer notes if using tea leaves
- 3 cups water
- 3 tbsp sugar/ honey/ agave nectar adjust as per desired sweetness
- Mint leaves, as required
- 2 lemons
- Ice cubes, as required
Instructions
- Bring water to boil in a saucepan. Once it boils, take it off the heat, and place the tea bags in the hot water. Let it steep for 15-20 minutes, depending on how strong you like it. Remove the tea bags (do not squeeze the tea bags), and add sugar or agave nectar. Stir to dissolve and set aside until it reaches room temperature. If you want to use honey as a sweetener instead, add it when the tea is fairly warm, about 42 degrees C. taste and adjust sweetness with more sweetener if required.
- In the serving glass, squeeze juice of a lemon, add in some mint leaves, about 1/2 cup of ice cubes and some lemon slices/wedges
- Pour in the sweetened tea prepared in Step 1. Gently stir to incorporate all the flavors.
- Garnish with a slice of lemon.
Notes
- If you have tea leaves, then simply brew the tea leaves in hot water, as per desired strength, strain and then sweeten as mentioned above.
- For an unsweetened lemon iced tea recipe : Skip adding any sweetener.
- For a slight variation in this recipe, add about 1/4 to 1/2 inch ginger whilst boiling the water to make lemon ginger iced tea .
Laal Maas | Laal Maans is a popular and delicious, spicy Rajasthani meat curry.Laal maas curry was usually prepared with game meat, though these days mutton is the meat of choice. Here’s an easy recipe to make this fiery hot, and flavor-packed meat curry.
Coming to my second post of Lina’s North Indian curry challenge, I’m sharing Rajasthani Laal Maas. I think the North Indian cuisine is not only popular in India, but is pretty well known all over the world! Yes, I’m talking about the much-known butter chicken , tandoori chicken , chicken tikka, palak paneer and so on! But it’s been interesting to learn about this particular dish that I present today!
Laal Maas is a popular delicacy in the state of Rajasthan in India! Well if you ever visit Rajasthan, also known as the princely state of India, you will be transported to an era ruled by the Rajputs. The ornate and beautiful palaces and the intricate work will definitely leave you spellbound! Believe me, It’s an experience not to be missed.
Now if I told you I’ve had this opportunity to visit this beautiful place, and didn’t taste the very popular and renowned Laal Maas, I would definitely be the subject of ridicule. In my defense, I visited Rajasthan a couple of years ago, when I practically did no cooking, pretty much ate homemade food! All that interested me was exploring the place and shopping for all the beautiful ethnic artifacts and handicrafts!
Sharing some old pics from my trip to Rajasthan 🙂
Hawa Mahal, Jaipur
Hawa Mahal, Jaipur
Amer Fort, Jaipur
Jal Mahal, Jaipur
Amer Fort, Jaipur
Lake Palace, Udaipur
So how do I adapt a recipe without even tasting it? As usual, there are so many versions all over the web! Luckily I was fortunate enough to have this recipe from Mr. Jaspreet Nirula, who had shared this on our foodie group on Facebook. His recipes are beyond excellent and I didn’t have to change anything, just followed it to the T!
The only thing I did here was used Kashmiri chillies, usually, chillies known as Mathania chillies are used for this dish, which isn’t available here at all! Along with this I also added some Kashmiri red chilli powder for the red color!
This dish has been heavily spiced to offset the odor of the game meat. Although game meat is hardly used now, the flavor essence of this laal maas curry is still the same.
Nevertheless, I absolutely loved this Rajasthani Laal Maas and I’m so glad I gave this a go.
I feel this is quite similar to the Goan vindalho (vindaloo as its more popularly known) everything is pretty much the same, just variation of techniques and another important ingredient, that’s yogurt which is practically never used in the Goan cuisine! It’s always interesting to learn about the other cuisines, so similar and yet so different, all ultimately just leading to one thing, and that’s sheer deliciousness!
- STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE RAJASTHANI LAAL MAAS | LAAL MAANS
- HOW TO MAKE LAAL MAAS | RAJASTHANI LAAL MAANS?
- Laal Maas Recipe | Rajasthani Laal Maans | Red Mutton Curry
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE RAJASTHANI LAAL MAAS | LAAL MAANS
1.First prepare the red chilli paste – warm ¾ cup water and put whole red chillies in it. Let it be in it for around 7-8 min. Now in a blender, add garlic and the red chillies along with the water and make a fine paste. Heat a pan, add oil and saute this paste on medium heat stirring continuously until oil leaves from the sides. Set it aside.
2.Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pot, add whole garam masala along with cumin seeds and let it crackle for a minute.
3.Add the sliced onions along with the finely chopped ginger and stir until the onions are golden brown.
4.Now add lamb/mutton pieces, along with some salt and cook it for around 10 minutes on medium heat.
5.Lower the heat and add beaten yogurt and mix in thoroughly. Keep stirring for around 4-5 minutes.
6.Now add the red chilli paste, red chilli powder and mix well. Keep mixing this for around 10 minutes more.
7.Now add water (just enough for the lamb/mutton to be cooked), bring it to a boil and then simmer, cover with a lid and cook on low heat until the lamb/mutton is tender. Adjust the seasoning and serve hot with rice or any other Indian flatbread.
HOW TO MAKE LAAL MAAS | RAJASTHANI LAAL MAANS?
Laal Maas Recipe | Rajasthani Laal Maans | Red Mutton Curry
Ingredients
Measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml, tsp = 5 ml
- 1 lb lamb/mutton, cut into 2 inch pieces
- 10-12 Whole Red Chilies, I used the Kashmiri ones
- 1 full pod garlic, about 10 cloves of garlic
- 2 tsp finely chopped Ginger
- 2 cups finely sliced onions
- 1 cup yogurt
- Whole Garam Masala, 7-8 cloves, 2 black cardamoms, 1 stick cinnamon, 1 bay leaf, 9-10 black peppercorns
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1-2 Kashmiri red chilli powder
- 4-5 tbsp ghee
- 2-3 tbsp oil
- Salt, to taste
Instructions
- First prepare the red chilli paste – warm ¾ cup water and put whole red chillies in it. Let it be in it for around 7-8 min. Now in a blender, add garlic and the red chillies along with the water and make a fine paste. Heat a pan, add oil and saute this paste on medium heat stirring continuously until oil leaves from the sides. Set it aside.
- Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pot, add whole garam masala along with cumin seeds and let it crackle for a minute.
- Add the sliced onions along with the finely chopped ginger and stir until the onions are golden brown.
- Now add lamb/mutton pieces, along with some salt and cook it for around 10 minutes on medium heat.
- Lower the heat and add beaten yogurt and mix in thoroughly. Keep stirring for around 4-5 minutes.
- Now add the red chilli paste, red chilli powder and mix well. Keep mixing this for around 10 minutes more.
- Now add water (just enough for the lamb/mutton to be cooked), bring it to a boil and then simmer, cover with a lid and cook on low heat until the lamb/mutton is tender. Adjust the seasoning and serve hot with rice or any other Indian flatbread.
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Regards,
Freda
