Saturday, October 4, 2008

Ambarella drink

This is one of my favorites.

Ingredients
  1. 2 Medium size raw Ambarellas
  2. 3 Table Spoons of Sugar
Steps
  1. Wash Ambarellas thoroughly.
  2. Do not remove the green skin
  3. Cut small cubes (1cm x 1cm x 1cm) & put them to blender jug
  4. Cut cubs until you reach the spiny seed & do not forget to enjoy the seed while you continue with rest of the steps
  5. Add sugar
  6. Add one glass of water & start blending
  7. Blend for 1 minute with 2-3 pauses in the middle
  8. Add 2 more glasses of water, blend for 10s & serve
Things to try
  • Do not filter the juice, serve with small greeny pieces (result of skin getting crushed against blender blades) straight from blender jug
  • If you want to feel the pieces while drinking, reduce the blending time
  • Add some salt(but only a very little amount)
  • Choosing ripen Ambarellas would result in a different taste
Finally,
  • Clean up the mess

Measures

Unless specified, I always prepare for three. Hence you need to adjust the quantities to match your serving head count.

What you need?

Apart from the obvious, following items are needed during preparation.
  • A simple blender with tightly closing lid (it can get messy sometimes....believe me)
  • Drinking water(Do not use chlorinated water without boiling, as it sometimes can effect the taste)
  • Sugar
  • Salt
  • It is advisable not to serve some drinks in clear drinkware - not all drinks are visually appealing ;-)
  • Most importantly, a wife who do not mind you messing around in her kitchen ;-)

The Disclaimer

I shall not be held responsible for any sickness, nausea, illness,ailment,etc..etc.. after trying/while preparing these recipes. In simple terms, try these @ your own risk !!!.

Why this blog?

I am a great fan of home made fruit juices. Most importantly, I like to make them !!!!.....

I think I picked the simple art of making fruit juices from my parents. Especially from my mother, who would blend most of the fruits/some selected vegetable & make delicious drinks out of them. Wife & father are my regular tasters. Although my mother occasionally tastes them, she is always doubtful if I washed my hands properly before preparation ;-) .

I end up trying new combinations once in a while & thought of putting these simple recipes online so that anyone interested can try these(read the disclaimer ;-) ) @ home.