Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Sharjah Shake - Banana Milkshake

Sharjah Shake
Sharjah shake takes me back to my college days.When milkshakes and iced coffee had made their presence known pushing behind good ol' fruit juices and lime juices which were so popular in our college campus.Of course,the so-called diet watchers stayed miles away from this but we were less worried about all such nonsense and couldn't wait to have our regular tall glass of 'sharjah' everyday.

Banana in a milkshake is not a very appealing idea apparently,so for a long time we actually didn't know what went into the making of a sharjah.Our high flying friends broke the suspense and said it is just bananas and nuts in frozen milk.It didn't sound like we'd enjoy drinking something which had banana,but nothing could keep us away from the delightful,delicious and chilled glass of sharjah shake:)
Sharjah Shake
Once the order is placed(and ours was always 2 glasses,for me and my friend Mary),the guys took out a packet of frozen milk and bashed it using a mallet.Off it went into the blender along with a small banana and a disturbingly high amount of sugar and two or three cashewnuts.Thick slurpy juice was poured into a tall glass and topped with boost.It was almost a meal for us most days which made us go into a brain-freeze for a moment and our lips numb for a while.
Sharjah Shake-step1 Making the milkshake at home is no big deal,but the trick to achieving the perfect consistency depends on the milk.If making for 3-4 people,it is better to freeze a 500 ml packet of milk,but since I was making a single-serving glass for myself,I froze a glass and a half of milk and used that.

Sharjah Shake - Banana Milkshake

Ingredients

Small Banana - 1
Cashewnuts - 5-6
Sugar - 3-4 tsp
Milk - 1 1/2 cups,frozen
Boost - 1 tsp(any chocolate flavored malt powder would do)

Method

Sharjah Shake-step2 
Into a blender add the banana,cashewnut,sugar and the frozen milk and pulse till you get a thick milkshake.
Sharjah Shake-step3 
Pour into a tall glass and dust boost on top.
Serve chilled.
Sharjah Shake
Notes
  • You can add dates,raisins etc to the milkshake to make it more rich-only it wouldn't be sharjah shake anymore,it will be named Sheikh's shake!
  • Use frozen milk for the icy texture-the milkshake should not be pour-able but scoop-able.
Mary,this is for you.Staying thousands of kilometers away from each other,I can only reminisce about the wonderful life we lead and how we made each others life special,just by being there.Wishing you lots of love,peace,happiness and luck on your birthday.Hope you have a great year ahead:)


16 comments :

  1. sharjah shake holds lots of sweet memories of school and college days for many of us :)

    the shake looks refreshing and yummy!

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  2. Wow!This is our favourite.Would never miss a chance to have this whenever we visited Calicut.Long time since I had this.

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  3. Wow, very beautiful click, love the recipe and stepwise, Divu. :)

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  4. we used to bear long queues to just have sharjah shaikh at a stall in calicut, which is well known for this drink... memories... lovely recipe...

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  5. this is a great idea :) i wll try mine in different fruits !

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  6. This was my favorite shake when i was in school. Boost adds lot of taste in it.

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  7. this is by far the best banana milkshake for me. I love it cold and thick and now i know the trick. thank u divya :)

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  8. yes Divya this brings memory back of college. I used to hear a lot about this drink. but never tried this one ..........

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  9. Thanks for sharing the secret recipe :-) really never added in frozen state..Looks cool drink

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  10. Amazing clicks dear and simply wonderful recipe. Mouthwatering here.

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  11. I remeber this shake indeed was very famous and then one of my friends said (decades ago) that the origin was from calicut as ppl who went to sharjha started shops and then the shake bacame famous, well something like that, and boost and bournvitta reminds me when we used to take spoon full into our hands and then start licking :-) shake looks yumm and love the pic.

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  12. My husband is a big fan of this...Thanks for the recipe..i think i should try it :)

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  13. Ahh very interesting and tempting one, my kids love this

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  14. That's an interesting name of the shake...love it...so simple and yum looking...Belated wishes to Mary...

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  15. Looks very yummy divya. Thats a cute story about the sharjah shake! Nice topping!

    Shobha

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Divya.

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