Muskmelon Strawberry Smoothie

“Kharbooje ko dekh kar Karbooja rang badalta hai”, Jitni garmi utna meetha Kharbooja, Kharbooje ke baad don’t drink water, these are just a few of tag lines that do rounds every summer season. My entire childhood I remember every summer season my grandfather used to take me to vegetable market, taught me how to sniff out the sweetest muskmelon, “Sniff out” yes that’s how one eventually gets the whiff of distinctive sweetness of the muskmelon from the twig end. After bringing it home granny used to wrap it in either a towel or wet sack and kept it under the earthen pot overnight. I used to eagerly wait for the lunch because its only then the muskmelon used to be served, Ohh the sweet juicy taste, Mangoes are super delicious but for me nothing beats the light refreshing taste of muskmelon.
Temperature here is soaring and no respite from Heatwave in sight. Schools are still running and summer vacation yet to start. Travelling from school in such high temperature , even if a kid is hungry, just wouldn’t like to eat anything solid properly. Twinkle toes comes back at 2:30 pm, light lunch followed by Wall-E and goofing around, she needs her “Mumma Tummy thoda sa empty” meal pretty soon. This smoothie came to my rescue. It has Muskmelon, strawberry and banana. Ask her or her father to eat any of the fruit apart from banana its a big NO, their fruit dictionary starts and ends on banana. Smoothies and fruit cream are my only way to give them disguised fruit servings (shhh). I’ve used frozen strawberries here as it gives a better result. Twinkle toes did come back few times for her sip from red straw carefully weighing her options so that mummy doesn’t make her finish the glass

Preparation time – 5 min
Cooking time – 2 min

Ingredients–
Muskmelon- 1 cup
Strawberries- 200g if frozen / 8 if fresh
Really ripe banana –

Method – Blend all, and enjoy.