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Healthy Lemonade/Lemon Juice recipes

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Loaded with vitamin C, lemonade is a body cleanser and has wonderful detox abilities. It keeps the body cool during the summers. The alkaline nature of the lemons protects the cells from oxidation. It also aids in weight loss, relieves constipation, helps to treat acne, and energizes the body and immune system.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Course Drinks, Juice
Cuisine Afgan dessert, Indian
Servings 2 people
Calories 80 kcal

Ingredients
  

Lemon juice (Nimbu shikanji) with sugar:

  • 1 Glass Chilled Water (200 ml)
  • ½ no. Lemon  Juice (medium size lemon)
  • 2 teaspoon Soaked sweet basil seeds (Sabja seeds)
  • 4-5 nos. Chopped (or crushed) Mint leaves
  • 1 tablespoon Sugar
  • 1 pinch black pepper powder (1/8 teaspoon)
  • ¼ teaspoon Jeera (cumin seeds) powder
  • 1 pinch Cardamom powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt (as per taste)
  • 4-5 nos. Ice cubes

Lemon juice (Nimbu shikanji) with Jaggery:

  • 1 cup Chilled Water (200 ml)
  • ½ no. Lemon  Juice (medium size lemon)
  • 2 teaspoon Soaked sweet basil seeds (Sabja seeds)
  • 4-5 nos. Chopped or crushed Mint leaves
  • 1 tablespoon Jaggery powder
  • 1 pinch Black Pepper powder (1/8 teaspoon)
  • ¼ teaspoon Jeera (cumin seeds) powder
  • 1 pinch Cardamom powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt (as per taste)
  • 4-5 nos. Ice cubes

Instructions
 

  • First, soak the Sabja seed in 2 cups of water for 10-15 minutes.

Method for Lemon juice (Nimbu shikanji) with sugar:

  • First cut the lemon in half.
  • Then squeeze the lemon juice into a glass.
  • Then add chopped mint leaves, black pepper powder, cumin powder, soaked sabja seeds, 2-3 ice cubes, salt, and sugar.
  • When the sugar gets dusty, add water to it and mix it well.
  • At the end put a little ice cube in it and decorate it with a piece of lemon and sprinkle a pinch of cardamom powder over it and mix well.

Method for Lemon juice (Nimbu shikanji) with Jaggery:

  • Repeat all steps same as the above method for Lemon juice with sugar but do one different just replace sugar with jaggery.
  • Add 1 tablespoon of jaggery instead of sugar in Lemon juice, and our nimbu shikanji with jaggery is ready to serve.

Notes

1 - If you use sugar powder, it will dissolve quickly in the lemon juice.
2 -  Adding cumin powder changes the taste of lemon water.
3 - You can also add honey instead of sugar or jaggery.
4 - You can use soda water instead of normally chilled water.
5 - For low-calorie lemonade, you can replace sugar and jaggery with low calories sweeteners.
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