Meena's Taste Mantra

Summer Glow - A refreshing summer cooler

Summer, we love to prepare a medley of fresh juices apart from eating whole fruits. Tea times invariably become fresh juice time as fresh juices are immensely refreshing, hydrating and healthy too.

This is the time when I put my Philips HR1858 Juicer to the fullest use. Weekends for sure they are fresh juice time as I am at home and tend to concoct various combinations for the world's very difficult to please critics!

Summer Glow is approved, loved by Amma and Appa, sans Ice! So I start off the season with this and usually play around with various fruit | veg combination gradually! Summer Glow is as the name...refreshing, gives an immediate cooling to the system and thanks to Vitamins A & C does add a healthy glow! Also these ingredients are powerful anti-oxidants and hydrate our body. No added sugar as the natural sugar from the fruits and carrots is perfect. Also the little bit of Ginger uplifts the flavour and is a great addition due to its digestive properties! In Summer the digestive system may go for a toss and best is to chew on some fresh ginger or have it in juice form to keep the gut healthy!

INGREDIENTS

300 gm Watermelon

750 gm Delhi Carrot

10 Black Grapes

1/4 " Adrak | Ginger

10 Basil Leaves

Crushed Ice, optional

METHOD

Extract fresh juice of watermelon, carrot, black grapes and ginger.
Mix well.
In a serving glass, add crushed ice. Gently press them down. I did not add any ice this time as Amma Appa love it without ice and I used chilled watermelon pieces while preparing juice.
Pour the mixed fresh juice.
Garnish with Basil leaves, Watermelon Ball and Black Grape.
Serve immediately. Though you can refrigerate this juice in an air tight container, I prefer to prepare fresh juice and consume it immediately so that there is no loss of nutrients due to oxidation.

For this quantity of ingredients without the ice, the juice I could extract was 1 litre. 5 servings, serving size being 200ml each glass.

Hope you will add healthy glow with a refreshing Summer Glow for your family and friends! To your health...Cheers!

About C R Meena

(c) 2014 - 2016, Meena's Taste Mantra is the result of my ardent desire to share my recipes, with all who appreciate and celebrate food. These recipes are as a result of 60 years of cooking experience, influenced by tradition and exposure to various concepts, new recipes/ingredients and a passion for cooking - adapting to healthier alternatives.