5 Diabetic-Friendly Energy Drinks

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Here is a compilation of healthy and delicious drinks that are diabetic-friendly.
These drinks are delicious and energizing too.

TIMELINE
0:00 Intro
0:10 Dates Lassi
0:35 Apple Oats Drink
1:30 Moong Coconut Drink
3:17 Ragi Almond Drink
4:58 Watermelon Pom Juice

Watermelon & Pomegranate Juice
3 - 4 servings
Time: 10 min

Ingredients
2 cups chopped watermelon
1 cup pomegranate
1 cup water
5 to 6 mint leaves
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp chat masala powder

🍉Add watermelon, pomegranate, water, and mint leaves to a blender jar. Blend until smooth.
🍉Strain the blended juice and discard the pomegranate and melon seeds.
🍉Then add lemon juice and chat masala powder and mix well.
🍉Refrigerate before serving for 30 minutes
🍉Serve chilled with ice cubes.

*add sugar if you are a non-diabetic

Dates Lassi
3 servings
Time: 10 min
(1-hour soaking)

Ingredients
3 Dates
6 cashew nuts
1 cup yogurt
2 cups milk
Pinch of cinnamon powder

Soak dates and cashew nuts in 1 cup of milk for 1 hour.
Add the soaked dates and cashew nuts along with milk to a blender jar and grind to a smooth paste.
In the same blender jar add 1 cup yogurt, 1 cup milk, and cinnamon. Blend again until smooth.
Serve chilled.

Ragi Almond Drink
4 servings
Time: 30 min
(1 hr soaking, 1 hr chilling)

Recipe
1 heaped tbsp whole ragi
1/2 cup almonds
1.5 tbsp jaggery (add more for non-diabetic)
3 whole green cardamom
1 cup milk (or a little more)
3 cups water (1 cup used in soaking)

Soak ragi and almond in 1 cup of water for 1 hour.
Grind the soaked ragi and almonds along with cardamom to a smooth paste.
Add 2 more cups of water to the grinder jar a little at a time and blend again. (Do not overload the jar with too much water)
Strain the ground mixture in a muslin cloth or a fine-mesh strainer.
Pour the ragi water into a saucepan and boil with 1 cup of milk and jaggery.
Simmer on slow flame for 5 minutes.
Now cool the drink to room temperature and refrigerate for 1 hour until chilled.
Serve chilled with chopped nuts and saffron.

* Add more Jaggery/sugar if you are a non-diabetic

Apple & Oats Drink
2 to 3 serving
Time: 20 min

Recipe
2 tbsp rolled oats
1/2 apple chopped
3 dates
1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
2 glasses of milk (or a little more)

Dry roast the oats and soak with dates in 1 cup of milk
Blend the soaked oats and dates mixture along with apple and cinnamon.
Add milk as required for grinding and according to the consistency.

* Add more sugar if you are a non-diabetic

Moong & Coconut Drink

Serves 4
1 h 15 min
¼ cup moong bean
¼ cup grated coconut
2 tablespoon jaggery 1/4 cup for non-diabetics
7 almonds chopped
3 green cardamom
4 cups water

Heat a pan and dry roast moong for 5 minutes on medium flame.
Wash the roasted moong thoroughly.
In a mixer grinder, grind together roasted and washed moong, coconut, jaggery, almond, cardamom, and 1/2 cup of water into a fine paste.
Add 1 more cup of water to the grinder and grind again.
Place a strainer over a bowl and strain the moong mixture. Discard the solids in the strainer.
Take the strained juice and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Serve chilled with Ice cubes.