Thereâs nothing so refreshing than a glass of fresh lemonade or lemon juice. Lemons, unfortunately, are very underestimated. This valuable fruit has a number of anti bacterial properties that help in an endless list of diseases. It is great in treating infections like tonsils, acts as an antiseptic to skin allergies, known to help lose weight, removes stains from clothes and a lot more! Especially in hot summer days, lemonades are made to feel fresh and cool. Lemonades can be made with just plain lemon juice. Making this juice at home is worthy and easy thing. Hereâs a way how you can easily make a glass for yourself!
Complexity Level: Basic
Time Required: 2-5 minutes
Estimated Cost: 2$ to 4$
Resources Required:
1. Lemons
2. Sugar
3. Container
4. Water
5. Salt (optional)
6. Vessel
7. Ice cubes(optional)
8. Knife
Instructions:
1. Do the lemons:
Select nice, big, juicy lemons for your drink. Selecting those with thicker skins is a better option. Make sure you cut the lemon horizontally, not vertically. Vertical cutting of lemon will not let you squeeze the juice out of it. Keep aside. You can add a pinch of salt if you want.
2. Do the sugar:
You can either add plain sugar or castor sugar to the water of your juice, or you can also make some maple or sugar syrup. The advantage is that syrup will dissolve and get mixed quickly in water than the crystals of sugar do. To make the sugar syrup, boil water in a pan and then add sugar to it, keep stirring for about 5 minutes. Then allow it to cool. After cooling down, the sugar syrup will thicken on its own.
3. Mix ingredients:
Now in a jug, add water, sugar syrup along with the squeezed lemon juice. Note that for every 1 glass of water you should use the juice of 2 lemons. And the sugar syrup ratio should be 3/4th sugar and 1/4th water.
4. Decorate your drink!:
The chilled lemonade will now be decorated while serving in tall glasses. Pu the juice, add the ice cubes or crushed ice, Slice a round piece of lemon and place on the rim of your glass. You can also place a big, fresh, green piece of mint in every glass on the top. Enjoy!!
FAQs
1. How long can the lemon juice be stored?
If you use air tight containers, your lemon juices will remain fresh with the same taste for about a month.
2. When should lemon juice be taken for people who are on a weight loss diet?
Lemon juice taken first in the morning while empty stomach should help a lot. Try adding honey instead of sugar.
Quick Tips:
- Choose lemons with firmer skins.
- Roll the lemons on a hard surface before cutting. This will help squeeze the juice from every part of the lemon easily.
- Store sugar syrup in bottles and refrigerate. It can be kept for months like this.
Things to watch out for:
- Be careful while you cut the lemons, the juice might squirt into your eyes.
- Also, make sure you don not squeeze any seeds with the juice. It will make your juice bitter in taste.
