Mocktails and Starters

Mocktails And Starters (Vegetarian)

by Nita Mehta

Wondering how to chill out this season? Here are great recipes, too easy to be true, to delight you! All you need are a few common ingredients to churn out the most exotic drinks and starters you have always desired.

The run of the mill - lemonades, squashes and aerated drinks, have not only lost their old-world charm but have altogether become too dull to brighten up the hot summer days. Nowadays, a varied variety of ready-made fruit juices, fruit crushes, coconut milk, coconut water and fresh fruits are available in the market. The catch is - how can you combine them to get something really refreshing and fascinating! Simple ideas for preparing innovative starters, specially unfried canapes, will give your parties a new stylish look!

So chill out this summer, autumn and winter. Who says coolers are only mid-summer dreams? Here are recipes for the whole year!

About The Author:

Nita Mehta  is a home science graduate from Lady Irwin College, Delhi University and a Gold Medalist in M.Sc. (Food & Nutrition). She has authored more than 300 books on various topics including more than 250 best selling cookery books. Her book  "Flavours of INDIAN COOKING" won the Best Asian Cookbook Award at the Versailles (Paris)  World Cookbook  Fair. Three of her other books have also won international awards

Zero Oil Cookbook, awarded as Best Health and Nutrition Cookbook
Chocolate Cookbook, awarded as Best Chocolate Cookbook
Cooking for Growing Children, awarded as Best Cookbook for Children & Familys

In a span of a few years, over 3.5 million Nita Mehta cookbooks have been sold. The secret of her success is her thorough & meticulous approach towards her books.


Nita Mehta has done cooking programmes for various TV channels and has conducted cooking classes in USA, UK, Canada and several other countries.


She also has several cooking institutes under the name of "Nita Mehta Culinary Academy" in New Delhi (India), where she has trained several thousand aspiring individuals into expert cooks. In addition, she creates recipes for food-related companies around the world.


Nita Mehta, the celebrity cookbook author, has another ace up her sleeve. She has published unique children books under her company - Nita Mehta Publications. Nita Mehta Publication is specialized publishing house producing exquisite children books. Learning is never easy for children. But now you can make learning fun by using these simply written and beautifully illustrated children books by Nita Mehta Publications. These books not only entertain children but also inculcate wisdom and good values in them to help them face day to day challenges of life.


“The books are written in a simple language with lots of illustrations to make understanding easier and make the experience enjoyable,” says Anurag Mehta CEO of Nita Mehta Publication. Till now, Nita Mehta Publications, has published over 60 titles in Children books, ranging from Mythological ones like Tell me about Hindu Gods and Goddesses, Tales of Shiva, Tales of Vishnu, Tell me about Hinduism, Classic Tales of India, to Historical ones like Glorious History of India, Festivals of India and even adventure tales.


Recently 'Tales of Arabia' published by Nita Mehta Publications was honoured the Excellence in Book Production Award by Federation of Indian Publishers.


“My call has always been to make it easy for a mother, whether it is cooking or teaching her child. This laid the foundation for Nita Mehta Publications,” says Nita Mehta.