Healthy Foodist
MINT LEMONADE
Difficulty:
Preparation Time:
05 Minutes
Cooking Time:
-
Total Time:
05 Minutes
Servings:
4
This Mint Lemonade is an ultra refreshing drink and exactly what you would love to keep sipping on throughout the day during summers. It would be an overstatement if I even call this a recipe; it’s so simple and is a 5 min process to get this amazing fresh, homemade mint lemonade ready.
Mint leaves are rich in nutrients and also helps with indigestion. It has potent anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties that help in treating acne prone skin. Mint is also an essential part of aromatherapy. It’s strong and refreshing smell can help beat stress and rejuvenate mind. In fact, according to sources, it also helps release small amounts of serotonin in the brain that may help beat depression.
Do try out this mint lemonade to beat the heat during summers. You can also check out other sharbat recipes like Sattu Sharbat and Nannari Sharbat to try out this summer.
Ingredients:
- ½ cup mint leaves
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons rock salt
- Juice of 2 lemons
- 1 liter chilled water
- Ice cubes (optional)
Direction:
- Add half cup of washed mint leaves in a mixer jar.
- To it, add sugar, rock salt and lemon juice. Grind into a fine puree.
- Now sieve the mint mixture to remove all the fine particles.
- Add the mint juice to a liter of chilled water, add ice cubes and mix. Adjust seasonings as per taste.
- Serve the mint lemonade in glasses and finish off with some ice cubes for that extra cooling effect!
