Pretty in Pink - The Guava Mojito

Featured in Tastespotting.com on 21st Sep 2012

Featured in Tasteologie.notcot.org on 22nd Sep 2012

When I was a kid, it was stereotypical for the girls to dress in pink and the boys in blue. And because I was pretty much forced to wear pink most of the time, I developed a kind of love hate relationship with it. Love because I actually adored the colour and hate because I would be called a ‘girly girl’ whenever I wore it. And this was completely unacceptable to me, especially while playing tough games like police and robbers in the neighbourhood! I could not bear to have my game credentials questioned because of a colour! (Racism at the grassroot level!). So I avoided pink as I grew up, until one day my wardrobe had nothing that was pink. And then the revolution happened – the metrosexual male stepped over the line and wore the prettiest baby pink shirt! That was it… something snapped inside of me. The hypocrites! All the while belittling us women for being girly girls for wearing pink and now romping around town doing the same! I quickly did a 360° turn and embraced my long lost friend – pretty pretty pink. My Guava drink is a toast to you!

P.S. Now don’t let the prettiness of the drink fool you, it’s got enough vodka to knock a grown man into happy oblivion J

Watermelon Vodka Cooler

It’s a Friday and what better way to kick start the weekend than with a nice drink. My alcohol choices have become milder and milder as age catches up (sob sob). No longer can I knock down multiple shooters and wake up with my head on my shoulders. So now I have to be satisfied with a drink that knocks my head off with flavor rather than the alcohol content. In college, we used to cut a chunk out of the watermelon and then pour vodka into it. Refrigerate the whole fruit for a couple of hours then cut up the watermelon into cubes and you have a boozy party fruit!! College always had a way of making even the good ones bad! Of course no one ever complained! So to go down memory lane (albeit in a milder more grown up way) I give you the watermelon cooler. Have a great (Hic!) weekend!

Watermelon Vodka Cooler

Prep time: 10 mins

Makes: 4 cocktails

What you need:

2 cups fresh watermelon juice

1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

1/4 cup sugar syrup (4Tbsp sugar dissolved in 1/4 cup water)

100ml Vodka

Ice cubes and watermelon chunks to serve

What to do:

Cut the watermelon into cubes. Puree enough to get 2 cups of sieved watermelon juice. (basically discard the seeds and pulp). Save the rest of the cubes by freezing it, to use as 'watermelon ice' in the drink.

Combine the watermelon juice, vodka, lemon juice and sugar syrup in a shaker and shake well. (obviously!) Pour into a glass filled with ice and 4-5 frozen Watermelon cubes. Garnish the drink with a watermelon slice/ sprig of mint. Hic hic Hurray!