Cantaloupe sugar mix and an award

When I was a kid, I used to cool off my summer with one wonderful fruit from the melon family.  It is called the "Kirini pazham" in tamil and honey dew in english (correct me if i am wrong).  As far as my memory goes, I was 9 years old and it was a scortching summer day.  I asked my aunt (chithi) to buy me some thing cold from the "serbet wala", who sells all colorful drinks on a wooden cart.  She noticed this honeydew being sold and immediately bought some from the nearby shop and made it at home.  I fell in love from the first time I drank it (ate it rather).  It is a very simple mix and  I would always insist on buying this at summer as this is a seasonal fruit.  But unfortunately I couldn't find honey dew at my local market here, so I bought cantaloupe instead.  This is also from the same family and has the same method of preparation.

Ingredients

• Cantaloupe - 1
• Sugar - 2 tbsp

Method

Cut the cantaloupe into small pieces and put it in a tall wide bowl.  Add some sugar and smash it well with a spatula.  If you want to, you could also pulse it once in a mixer.  This has an awesome taste to itself, so you could entirely avoid the sugar or adjust to your taste buds. 

I am sending this to AFAM: Melons hosted by Ashwini of Ashwini's Spicy cuisine.  AFAM was started by Maheswari of Beyond the Usual

I love your blog Award

After I made this post, I received a quick comment from Padma on the recipe.  After a while she had posted that she had a surprise for me.  When I went to check it out, it was a surprise for sure.  I am really honored that she thought about me when she wanted to pass it to blogs which she loved.  I am really glad to recieve the award the second time.  

This award comes with the following conditions:

1) Add the logo of the award to your blog.
2) Add a link to the person who awarded it to you.
3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs (Only if you like).
4) Add links to those blogs on your blog.
5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blog.

I have fulfilled the first and the second condition.  So here goes the third condition.  I am now passing this award to the blogs I love. 

Home cooked oriya food

Alka of Sindhi Rasoi

Bharathy  of Spicy Chilli

Renuka of Bon Appetit

Lavi of Home cook's recipes

Mangala of Recipes 24x7

Priyameena of Madurai style

Divya Vikram of Dil se

Parita of Parita's world

Suparna of Food Facination

Sujatha of Spicy Khana

Pavithra of Dishes from my Kitchen

Kalyani of Kalyani's Kitchen

So now I am leaving a note to them thus abiding all the rules.  Thanks everyone for the support and the encouragement :))