Some Indian Traditional Beverages for Summer Weddings
Weddings are always special for everyone, and nobody leaves any stone upturned to make it perfect in all the aspects. There are several significant elements in the marriage ceremony, determining the success. Keeping the guest happy and satisfied is one of the key element every bride and groom are worried of. One of the most important things to keep the guests satisfied is perfect dine arrangements. As this is summer season & the intense summer heat is on the role, getting married nowadays is mostly avoided. But, if you are still getting married this summer season, add some special and cool beverages in your menu to provide your guests with some refreshment. Here we bring some of the worth trying beverages:
Kairi Panna
Kairi Panna is basically a traditional style juice of green mangoes, which is all time favorite of everyone. While thinking about beverages and fruit juice, you really can’t skip the king of fruits. The fresh juice of green mangoes or Kairi ka Panna can be served in many different ways with crunchy boondi, basil, mint and others.
Lemonade
Nimbu Pani or lemonade seems to be a very simple beverage, but it can be a nice addition to your menu. Everyone is fond of lemon water, but in different variants. You can also do this in your wedding by adding some interesting twist in lemon water. Add some interesting elements including ginger, mint, watermelon and many flavors like thyme and others in your lemonade to make it interesting.
Miniature Ice Golas
Ice golas are people’s childhood love and everyone loves it all ages as well. Add different flavors to add uniqueness and maintain interest among guests. Some of the interesting flavors can be like kokum gola, rabdi gola, chocolate gola, kacchi kairi, and others. Other than this, don’t offer the full size goals, as it become difficult to go for such a big size. Offering small sizes in shot glasses can be a better option instead.
Lassi
Who doesn’t love lassi, specially in summer days. Lassi has been the perfect solution to get over the heat and summer from a very long time. This Indian traditional beverage is loved by one and all and adding this to your menu can make your guest happy easily. Like other mentioned beverages, it also can be offered in multiple ways by adding different types of flavors including Mango lassi, chocolate lassi, dry fruit lassi, honey, angoori lassi, pina-colada lassi and many others. A large glass of lassi is capable of keeping you cool and refreshed in intense summer as well, so consider adding this in your menu.
Thandai
Thandai is commonly known to be served specially on the Holi, but it can also be a very nice addition to your menu. It is a traditional style beverage, which is generally made using milk and almonds. But, like other discussed drinks, it can also vary in flavors. You can ask your wedding vendor or organizer to bring some other unique flavor to it so that to make it innovative. It will be surely loved by your guests. Some of the possible flavors include honey thandai, dry fruit thandhai, chocolate thandai, or kesar thandai.
So these are some of the traditional yet highly effective beverages to offer in summer weddings. Bride and grooms must give a try to these in order to make their guests happy and cool in this intense summer and heat.
Reference: http://www.broowaha.com/articles/25351