Friday, September 28, 2007

Grape Tea in a Jiffy

I was feeling really sad that I couldn't send in an entry to AFAM this month. Grapes are hopelessly out of season and I had given up hope of sending in anything interesting. Incidentally, I had to come to our office in Gurgaon on a two-day visit. When I walk into the breakout area here, what did I see? A bowl of red grapes!! I pounced on them! I sat at my desk and contemplated what I should do with them. I googled for some easy recipes with grape and hey preso! There it was.


I went back to our micro-kitchen in office and whipped it up, literally. Tasted good and considering I am not much of an ice tea lover, this tasted pretty interesting.

NB: I am quite amused by my own craziness in the office and the length to which I went to actually come up with this entry. Hope Swapna will accept it, though its three days late!

Grape Tea

I tried to get the white patches off the grapes, didn't work.
Also, couldn't spend much time on the pic since I was in office!

What I Used:

Fresh red grapes - 7-8
Tea bags - 2
Cold water - 2 cups
Lemon juice - 1 tbsp (I used dabur lemon syrup)
Sugar - 3-4 tsp

How I Made It:

Immerse the tea bags in cold water till the required strengh is acquired for your tea.

Blend this will all ingredients in a blender.

Serve cold

This is my entry to this month's AFAM hosted by Swapna and to 'Fresh Produce of the Month', hosted by chemcookit.

45 People Said..:

Shella said...

Wow Nags, I love the idea of grapes with tea. Hmmmm, I am a flavored tea lover & I guess this will be awesome.

Apple said...

This's very innovative...tea with fruits....I knew only with herbs/spices, ginger n lemon....great idea Nags

Happy cook said...

After going through all that affore Swapna will surely be gald to have your entry.
I have nevermade anything with grapes other than eating them. So didn't send any entry to swapna.
But alleast you went to all that trouble and it looks really nice, beautiful colour

lakshmi said...

Will be sipping grape tea till the pile in the fridge clears away!!!

ps: the market only has imported concord grapes - i bought loads assuming i'd be sending somehting for AFAM - but they're too god damn tasty to get down to cooking something :D

bee said...

ever tried chilled grapes? freeze them (peel them if you have the time). they taste like popsicles.

Jeena said...

What a fantastic idea Nags, Grape tea sounds lovely! You just know what ingredients go fabulous together! Great post. :)

Lissie said...

great idea, nags! the lovely bubbles reminds me of red wine...

Namratha said...

Wow Grape Tea! This sure ought to be the first time I've heard of it..I have to try this now!

bindiya said...

that's a great idea!and considering u did all this while working!

Madhu said...

Oh thats quick grape tea. Colour is lovely.

Sharmi said...

hey that sounds very creative!

Kelly Mahoney said...

I've never had a drink like that but it sounds delicious.

Padma said...

that was one jiffy drink of grapes. totally unique

Richa said...

hey, that sounds good! am not much for cooking fruits, but blending, that i can try ;)

Suganya said...

You made this in office? Somebodys working hard ;)

Asha said...

HeHe!! You are officially addicted Nagu!:))
Looks great, I love flavored Tea!

Rina said...

This is so unique.

Sirisha Kilambi said...

wow Nags....A novel idea....The cup with grape tea looks great :-)

Roopa(KitchenAromas) said...

Whoa! Now that's some kicked up tea, I tell ya! ;)

Rajitha said...

U go girl!! yep...some of us are an addicted lot ;) welcome to the club

TBC said...

And I thought that I was addicted to blogging! I am going to tell this to my hubby now so he'll know that I'm not alone! ;-)

Roopa said...

nice one grape in tea never thought of it :)

Sreelu said...

Nags awesome grape tea, will give it a try

bhags said...

Fruity tea...i like mine with watermelon....grapes seem to be a nice way also

Bharathy said...

Wow!I was away for just a week And back to see 4 new posts!!Great!!Love the new concoction of Grape tea!!Milagu(pepper)rasam and urulai kara kari!!
Pinne motta dosa and that bread sugar toast nte karyam prathyegamparayano?;)

A kitchen scientist & a white rat hubby!!! said...

now that is one solid dedication to your bolg!!!..an office-time innovation. great work!..and a great idea too!

Cynthia said...

The lengths we foodies go to! In the office kitchen?! love it.

SeeC said...

Hi Nags, Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Grape tea - immm sounds very new.
I should try this and see.

BTW I have added your blog to my blogroll. Hope it is fine with you.

Nirmala said...

How unusual. Never heard of grape tea. Looks yummy.

Sig said...

You are a nutcase N, :D and I mean it in a good way.... your officemates would have been really amused at this girl not only making this drink in the kitchen, but then going through the pains of photographing it too... :)

musical said...

Thats a cute one, Nags :). You are one dedicated girl! Grape tea sounds great, what tea did you use?

Anonymous said...

Grape tea looks delicious!:)
paati

A kitchen scientist & a white rat hubby!!! said...

HI NAGS,
Saw ur comment on making my pictures bigger..me too want to do the same, but I think this is the max size that the site provised. when I upload the images, I keep the central position, and sizr of image as large. Is there any way for me to enlarge it further?..the only other option is to click on the jpg image and view it separately..that definitely works!

Sia said...

LOL nags... u r too much girl.. u actually made this in ur office n took pic??? he he he... love ur enthu...

Latha Narasimhan said...

Wow! I love ice tea and enjoyed reading your post! To want extent someone can go crazy to participate in an event!:D You are not alone Nags!
I will surely make this as soon as I get grapes!:))

Laavanya said...

What a novel idea Nags. I love iced tea and grapes.. never tried them together.

Shweta said...

How creative can you get? :) I could never dream that up! Gosh! I should've picked some grapes at my grocery shopping yesterday, I want this tea now!!!

Jyothsna said...

This is such a cool idea!!

A kitchen scientist & a white rat hubby!!! said...

u are right nags, the clarity just goes down very much..afterall it undergoes a lot of procedures...in its making, from ppt to pdf, then to jpg!..u had asked me how i make those collages, i had replied there itself..u saw the answer to ur question?..was in my third post, i suppose

sandeepa said...

Grapes in tea...wow sure innovative

Suma Gandlur said...

See what blogging makes us to do. Food events are on our mind 24/7. I am just kidding.:))
This must be a great variation for tea lovers.

Nabeela said...

lol....couldn't believe you did this all at your workplace!

Prajusha said...

Nags,
Grape tea looks wonderful.Great idea.pics adipoli alle:)

Latha Narasimhan said...

Nags, I have sent my enry for your event show your cook books. Hope you don't mind the delay!:))

Ziah said...

Hey Nags! Loved the recipe.. cant wait to get home to my blender!! :)

Ok, request: Can you suggest stuff that I can whip up quickly with chicken and a microwave grill?? Pretty please? :)

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