SPECIAL GRAPE JUICE / GRAPE ICE PUNCH

SPECIAL GRAPE JUICE

Ingredients:

Seeded purple grapes: 1 kg
Green elaichi(optional): 6 to 8 nos
Sugar: as per your taste
Salt : 1/4 tsp
Lemon juice: 3tbsp
Water: as needed

Method:
1.  Wash the grapes properly and transfer in to a cooking vessel.
2.  Pour water sufficient to immerse the grapes and a little more, approximately one n half litre.

3.  Add elaichi to it and keep it on the flame n cover it with a lid.
4.  Allow it to boil n in a medium flame boil for two more minutes n switch off the fire.

5.  Keep it aside n allow it to cool to room temperature.
7.  This step is optional, if you want to chew the tid bites of soft grapes in between gulping the juice; you can go for this, but l avoided it.  Take a cup of boiled grapes and remove the seeds n skin n keep aside.
6.  Then seive the remaining cooked grapes and smash the grapes well to extract the pulp completely.
7.  Now add salt, sugar n lime juice to the juice and stir well n add those deseed boiled grapes too.
8.  Transfer the juice to a airtight bottle n refrigerate it.
9.  You will get approximately 2 to 2.5 litres of juice.

10.  Grapes special juice is now ready to serve. 



GRAPES ICE PUNCH

We can make grapes ice punch with the same recipe with a very slight difference.  We only need to add just the sufficient amount of water that immerse the grapes, so that we get a more thick pulp, not as juicy as we did first.  While serving add ice cubes full into the serving glass n just pour the thick pulp over it.  Decorate as your wish. A cool summer treat to quench your thirst is ready.

                                            

TENDER COCONUT LEMONADE

As we all know tender coconut juice is the one of the most refreshing n healthy natural thurst quencher.  It's  a good  source  of natural electrolytes as its rich in almost all essential minerals especially potassium. It's also a good source of ascorbic acid n different B group vitamins.
Tender coconut juice is so delicious as its own.
If we add a splash of lemon n ginger to it , it becomes more refreshing n takes us to another world of taste.. It's simply superb.  Just try and realise it!

Ingredients:

Tender coconut : 2 nos
Lemon: 1 big
Sugar: 1 to 2 tbs
Ginger: a half inch piece
White pepper powder: quarter tsp
Ice cubes: 8 to 10

How to prepare:

1.  Take the juice out from the tender coconut.
2.  If the meal inside it is too tender, just scoop it out.  If it is enough hard to chop, then chop it into small tid bites.
3.  Squeeze the juice from the lemon and make sure that there is no seed.
4.  Peel ginger and chop.
5. Instead of ginger, you can go with cardamom if you like it's taste.  If so take four to six green cardamoms.  (Both ginger and cardamoms are optional, as without that too the juice tastes super delicious)
7.  Take a jar of blender and pour coconut juice, lemon juice, ginger or cardamom, pepper powder and sugar (you can add sugar depending upon the sweetness of the coconut water and as per your taste)
8. Close the lid and blend it finely for two to three minutes.
9.  Pour the juice in to a serving glass and add the coconut meal, scooped or chopped
10.  Add ice cubes n serve.