Cucumber is an excellent summer vegetable. Its water content is high like other summer fruits. That is why most people prefer to have this cucumber during summer. It is often used in many salad dishes. But have you ever tried cucumber lemonade? It is an excellent refreshing summer drink and also very easy to make at home.
I always find this cucumber lemonade one of the most delicious summer drinks too. Though many people say that cucumber does not have any special distinguishable flavor what can make cucumber drink so special. So many people simply avoid such drink. But it is actually upto individual skill what can make ordinary things extraordinary and willingness to try different things. People who always want to try something special will be happy to have this cucumber lemonade.
A good thing of this summer drink is that it is not heavy, so it will not kill-your-hunger. This is very smooth cucumber lime water, you can get a nice flavor of cucumber along with the refreshing lemon juice. You can adjust sweetness by adding sugar to this cucumber lemonade. This drink should be served with ice chilled water and should enjoy slowly while you are enjoying television program or reading your best book.
Normally cucumber drink made of raw cucumber blended in mixie what actually makes it thick and more greener. But it is smooth and very light drink. Cucumber pieces are boiled in water and then remove those pieces and residual cucumber flavored boiled water with sugar is kept inside the freezer for one hour and add lemon juice and blend to make it consistent. Add crushed ice in glasses and pour cucumber lemonade into glasses and serve.
Cucumber lemonade recipe
- Cucumber / kheera - 1 medium size
- Lemon juice - 4 tsp
- Sugar - ¾ tbsp
- Water - 2 glasses
- Cut cucumber into small pieces and boil in water for 10 minutes
- Now remove cucumber pieces and add sugar and mix properly in boiled water
- Now rest it for 10 minutes and keep it inside freezer for one hour
- Now take it from freezer and add lemon juice to it and blend it in mixie to make it consistent
- Pour it into glasses and serve it with crushed water
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I like this cucumber lemonade and often enjoy during summer days. So you can try this drink at your home and share your experience. You can also share some suggestion with us by leaving your thoughts in the comment section.
You can ever try some other delicious drinks which are very effective during summer. So try power packed mango smoothie, another lemonade drink made of green mango (green mango lemonade drink)
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