Mango & Berries Smoothy and Instant Berry Margarita with a twist

With all the smoothies available everywhere now, I decided to make a virgin healthy smoothy, that kids can enjoy and healthy smoothy modified to not so healthy Margarita for adults who enjoy cocktails with a twist.

This recipe yields four 12 oz servings  of smoothy.
Out of these we consumed three as smoothy and from one 12 oz smoothy I made three 8 oz servings of Margaritas.

Ingredients for Smoothy:

• 2  non fibrous ripe Mangoes, peels and cubed
• 6 oz of fresh Black Berries

• 6 oz of fresh Red Raspberries
• 12 oz of fresh stemmed Strawberries
• 1 pack (12 -14 oz) of frozen Blueberries

• 1 cup of orange juice (can add more if want more diluted version)

Method:

• Wash all the fresh Berries.
• Wash, peel and cube mangoes discarding pits.
• Chop, blend and puree all the Berries, Mango cubes and Orange juice to  smooth consistency.

•  Since Blue Berries are frozen, you don't need ice, but if desired,  you can crush the ice in blender first and then add the berries, mangoes and orange juice. 
• Serve in tall smoothy glasses with slices of strawberries on edge of glass for garnish.

 

 

Ingredients for Margarita:

• Above prepared  smoothy (12 oz)
• 12 oz of ready made Margarita ( I used Chi-Chi's)
• Granulated sugar or white sea salt for rim of glass

• Lime juice from two large juicy limes
• Pinch of Kala Namak (black rock salt)for each serving
• Pinch of roasted cumin powder for each serving.

Method:

• Dip  rim of each margarita serving glass in lime juice and coat with sugar or salt generously.
• Pour 4 oz of prepared smoothy in each glass.

•  Add some lime juice, cumin powder and black salt  to smoothy in each glass.
• Pour 4 oz of  ready made margarita in each glass of smoothy.
• Stir and serve chilled.

 

 Enjoy :)


Recipe and Photographs by Surekha.