Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Watermelon Lime Popsicle | Watermelon Popsicle | Popsicle Recipe

Watermelon Popsicle, a refreshing summer popsicle made from watermelon puree with a hint of lime juice and honey. After the discovery of my love towards lime, I'm kind of addicted to using it in almost every dish, especially in my drinks.

The flavor of lime is awesome and it goes well with almost every drink and it gives you instant refreshing like anything.Yeah, i know, i'm sound like "Ambassador of lime"😏 .

Related: How to make Pineapple Popsicle

Ok, enough with my lime obsession, let's move on to today's recipe. Actually there is no so called "Recipe" for this popsicle, all you need to do is puree the watermelon, add honey & lime as per your liking, pour in popsicle mould and freeze.

Voila, your watermelon popsicle is ready. But since i like this popsicle so much, i wanted to record it here. So here it is, try this delicious watermelon popsicle this summer to enjoy with your family.

Watermelon Popsicle

Preparation Time : 6 hrs | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Makes : 8 small popsicle
Recipe Category: Popsicle | Recipe Cuisine: General

Ingredients
Watermelon - 2 cups(chopped)
Lime(medium) - 1/2
Honey

Procedure

Chop the watermelon roughly into big chunks, put it in mixie/blender jar and grind into smooth puree.

Squeeze the lime and add honey into it and blend it once again until all well mixed together.

Take the popsicle mould, pour the watermelon puree into mould and close it with lid,freeze it for minimum 6 hrs.

To remove the popsicle from mould, run water hot water for 10-15 sec and take it out

Tada, Refreshing & healthy watermelon popsicle is ready.

Related: How to make Mango Kulfi

Notes:

Depends on the sweetness of watermelon, you may need more or less of honey,so do taste test and add honey as per your preferred taste.
Lime give that extra zing to the popsicle and both the flavor blends very well.
Instead of lime, you can use lemon also.
To enhance the flavor, you can add 2 or 3 mint leaves while puree the watermelon.
Don't have popsicle mould, then pour it in small plastic cups or tumblers and insert the ice stick and freeze

Friday, July 21, 2017

Sweet & Salt Limeade | Limeade Recipe

Limeade , a humble & refreshing drink that quench your thirst on this hot summer afternoons. Back in India, i always use lemons to make juice on summer days,but never used limes once and i couldn't remember seeing them on markets too. Don't know whether limes are not available as much as lemons or i didn't pay much attention to the varieties back then.

But here in US, limeade drinks are quite popular and it occupies most of the juice section in our grocery store on this summer days. So out of curiosity, we bought one few weeks before and it was so refreshing and we love the flavor so much.The flavor was quite similar to "Narthangai"(a citron used to make pickles in Tamilnadu) with sweet taste.So later on every visit to grocery store, i never forget to pick lime.As we both like lemon juice with sugar & salt, i just recreate the same with lime. It's so refreshing & tasty and leaves you wanting more.

Sweet & Salt Limeade

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 5 mins | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Drinks | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
Lime - 1
Sugar - 1/4 cup
Water - 2 1/4 cup
Salt - 1/2 tsp

Procedure

First let's make simple syrup, in a sauce pan, add the sugar and 1/4 cup of water, place it on heat and let the sugar dissolve completely.

Switch off the flame and let it cool completely. Take a lime, cut into half.

Squeeze the lime juice in a vessel, add the sugar syrup.

Add the 2 cups of water and salt,give a quick stir.

Tada, Your Limeade is ready. When serving, add few lime slices, mint and ice cubes.