Tri-color Popsicle (super healthy) - Happy 68th Independence day !

"How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me, break my bones to atoms and even kill me. He will then have my dead body, not my obedience. Ultimately, therefore, it is I who am the victor and not he, for he has failed in getting me to do what he wanted done. "

          Those were a few golden powerful words said none other than by "The father of our nation",hamaarein pyare baapu,Gandhi ji.....and those few words says it all ...and as they say ," Action speaks louder than words " and it certainly did, when our Bappu ji took the extreme initiative with an unflinching attitude to fight against and END the British rule by hook or crook and make our precious motherland ,free and independent.

So,here we are today,free,independent ,glorious and imperfectly perfect proudly celebrating our 68th Independence day with full zeal and vigor through out the world!!

 Here's wishing a very happy,warm independence day to all the proud Indians !!

A big salute to all the martyrs who sacrificed their lives so that we can live freely and proudly today !!

Aye mere watan ke logon
Tum khoob laga lo naara
Ye shubh din hai hum sab ka

 
Lehraa lo tirangaa pyara
Par mat bhoolo seemaa par

 
Veeron ne hai praan ganwaaye
Kuchh yaad unhe bhi kar lo
Jo laut ke ghar na aaye .........................

On this proud and nostalgic occasion, I am dedicating a very super healthy and easy frozen treat ,"The Tri color popsicle " reminiscing India .......

 

Tri color Popsicles

 Ingredients

 Carrot juice - 1 cup

Almond milk (sweetened) - 1 cup
 Spirulina juice - 1 cup

Popsicle mold as desired-4

Popsicle sticks -4

Method:

1. Fill each mold with a layer (1-2 inch approx) of Carrot juice .
2. Keep it in the freezer for an hour or until completely frozen.
3. Now on top of that put the second layer of Almond milk (1-2 inch).
4. Keep it in the freezer until full frozen .
5. Now add the final layer with the green spirulina juice,keep it in the freezer until partially frozen enough to put the sticks into it and the sticks should stand firm.Keep it in the freezer until full frozen.
6. Freeze it for an hour or more until completely frozen.
7. Remove the frozen popsicles from the freezer and dip them slowly in a pan of warm water for about 10-20 seconds until it is loosened or splash some warm water to the sides of the pops until it loosens.

Notes:

1.  Mine is not that sweetened Popsicle instead it is healthy one or say my way to eat the super food,the spirulina or if your have spirulina powder,mix a tablespoon in a cup of water and use it.
2. You can use Spinach juice or kale juice as well for the green color instead.
3. You can use just milk (pasteurized)instead of almond milk here.You can add sugar if you wish.
4. You can use orange juice instead of carrot juice. 
5. Make sure that the first layer before adding the second layer is completely frozen  ,similarly while adding the third layer ,the second layer should be firm and full frozen ,otherwise they all will bleed and get mixed and third one should be partially frozen first so that stick can be inserted into it and then full frozen  .

Hope you will like it.

Tum bhool naa jaao unko
Iss liye kahi ye kahaani
Jo shahid huey hain unki
Zaraa yaad karo qurbaani
Jay Hind........

Vande maatram,

Dil se,

P.S. My other tributes for our country - Tri color panna cota , Tri color custard , Remembering Gandhiji





Submitting it to Shruti's Independent day event.

Happy Gandhi Jayanti

A B'day cake(Click Recipe) made by me in honor of Gandhi Ji on his birthday

Today is a very significant day for all Indians around the world, for today is our "Father of our nation" , Late Shri Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's birthday and whom with immense love and respect we Indians call Gandhi ji or our Bapu.It is also the UN international day for non-violence.

First & the foremost , big heartfelt salute to our Gandhi ji as always.

Bapu ji certainly doesn't need any introduction for he is a well known legend and inspiration to everyone around the world. A man (though he was a lawyer) clad in sheer Khadi made dhoti-shawl (a type of traditional cloth worn by the Hindu men), a laatti (walking stick) in his hand, a simple round glasse on his eyes with a huge heart and enormous will power re wrote the fate of my motherland, India for the best. A true son of our nation who fought with all his might with only one weapon he owned, preached & practiced , that is ,"Non violence". A man who believed in ,"Simple living , high thinking" and not only preaching but also practicing , the man who took the first step to aspire and inspire the whole nation to discard all social evils and unite irrespectively to achieve the freedom of India. A man who sacrificed everything just for the sake of our nation. I can't stop wondering what would have happened if he wouldn't have taken the initiative and or preached and applied non-violent act for a free India.

Wish we had more Gandhiji's now and always to lead us, guide us onto the right path , to honor our all freedom fighters that their sacrifice didn't go in vain .

Heartfelt thanks to the mother , Putlibai Gandhi who gave birth to an ordinary yet extraordinary son, Gandhi ji who made us all proud Indians forever. He was indeed a divine "Mahatma" (Noble soul).

Hats off and a big salute to our father of the nation(India), Gandhi ji!!..Happy birthday Bapu :) . Immensely proud of you and proud to be an Indian.. Jai Hind...Jai Bharat ..Jai hoooooooo...

Few of my favorite quotes of Bapu (though every word he uttered are evergreen pearls of wisdom) :

1. Always aim at complete harmony of thought , word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
2. It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
3. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
4. Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.No one else will.
5. Be the change you wish to see in the world.
6. “When every hope is gone, 'when helpers fail and comforts flee,' I find that help arrives somehow, from I know not where. Supplication, worship, prayer is no superstition; they are acts more real than the acts of eating, drinking, sitting or walking. It is no exaggeration to say that they alone are real, all else is unreal.” 
7. “There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.” 
8. And my most fave one and I am sure every proud woman's will too ;D ,"“To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?” 

(NOTE: By the way I took a Printout of Gandhi ji and used as a stencil on my cake and drew a little by myself , the recipe I'll be posting next week only as the post is already so long and nothing can replace patriotism, this post is exclusively dedicated to our Bapu..excuse me if the Gandhi ji's stencil on my cake did not come out perfect ..Bear with me ..as always :)..Thanks )

Happy Gandhi Jayanti !!