Nothing beats the heat like popsicles. So what if you can’t step out? We’ve got you covered with these cool DIY recipes that you can whip up at home
Mango, chia and passion fruit popsicles
Mango, chia and passion fruit popsicles
Sion-based entrepreneur Manisha Solar, who runs Bombay Popsicles that offers healthy, gluten-free and vegan treats, shares that like any other ’90s kid, popsicles are her summer favourite. “I remember school vacations when we’d relish slurpy mango and orange popsicles in the scorching heat. The idea to develop something similar but in a healthy version stemmed from there,” adds Solar.
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Ingredients
>> 500 ml fresh passion fruit pulp
>> 400 ml fresh mango pulp
>> 1/2 cup water
>> 1 tbsp chia seeds
Method
Soak the chia seeds in half cup water. Blend the passion fruit and mango pulp along with half a cup of water. Add the soaked chia seeds to the fruit mix. Pour into popsicle moulds. Place a stick in each and freeze for eight to 10 hours. Demould and enjoy.
Mango and lassi popsicles
For Abhishek Basu, popsicles evoke a sense of nostalgia. “Popsicles take me back to hot summer days on the streets of old Delhi, where I first got my taste of classics such as kala khatta,” recalls the executive chef, JW Marriott Mumbai Juhu, while sharing the recipe of another favourite, mango and lassi popsicle.
Ingredients
>> 400 gm freshly chopped or pulp of seasonal mango (ensure they are ripe and sweet) >> 40 gm honey >> 10 gm cardamom powder >> 10 gm saffron >> 200 gm beaten curd (shouldn’t be sour) >> Salt
Method
Puree all the ingredients except the curd and saffron. Keep some chopped mangoes aside. Tip in the yoghurt and use a whisk or a big ladle to mix it slowly. In the popsicle mould, first add the chopped mangoes which you had kept aside, along with some saffron strands. Pour the mix on top and let it freeze for about four to five hours. Serve chilled.
Chamomile mint popsicles
Tea sommelier and founder of TeaTrunk.in, Snigdha Manchanda’s earliest memory of popsicles is “heartbreak”. “As a child, I was the lethal combination of butterfingers and too much excitement. So, two out of three times I had to get a second popsicle because my first one was a puddle on the floor in minutes. I secretly enjoyed this, because this way, I got half an extra popsicle more than my sister,” she chuckles, adding that even now, when she’s having a popsicle, she needs to clear away all other distractions to focus on the treat. She often follows it up with a cup of caffeine-free, warm tea such as chamomile. “This helps me as I’m prone to sore throats if I consume too many icy things,” she adds.
Ingredients
>> 1 cup water
>> 2 tsp chamomile flowers
>> A handful of mint leaves
>> 2 tbsp honey (or to taste)
>> 1 tbsp fresh lime juice (optional)
>> A pinch of sea salt
Method
In a vessel, add the chamomile flowers and pour water that’s around 80 degrees Celsius over it. Let it steep for two to three minutes, and then strain. Let it cool; pour in the honey, mint leaves, lemon juice and salt. Tip the mixture into popsicle moulds and freeze for an hour. Then, insert the popsicle sticks and freeze for six to eight hours or overnight. You can also add cucumber and lemon slices into these popsicles as they are naturally cooling.
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