Nothing is more refreshing and satiating than a cool glass of lemonade on a Summer afternoon. How about making Nimbu Pani / Lemonade Premix or powder ? You can treat yourself with a glass of lemonade anywhere, anytime using this powder, almost instantly. You can carry this Lemonade powder to school, office, while travelling and make a lemonade instantly , as all you have to do is, open the jar of the lemonade premix, add a spoon or two of it to your glass of water or sparkling water / soda and give a quick stir, as simple as that. What's more ? You can store this lemonade powder at room temperature in an air tight container for about 6 months.
Lemonade is a power house of Vitamin C, helps in boosting our immunity, and is a refreshing instant energy source. It is good for your skin and hair, it keeps you hydrated and energetic. Lemonade is made by adding lemon juice to drinking water and then adding sweetener of your choice to it. Salt and spice powders like roasted cumin powder may be added for flavoring if desired.
What goes into Lemonade Powder ?
To make a Lemonade we require two basic ingredients, that is lemons and sugar, same is the case with this powder. We require just 2 key ingredients, lemon juice and sugar. Freshly squeezed out lemon juce is spread on a plate and a layer of sugar is spread over it. This is allowed to dry out indoors under fan , making sure the layer of lemon juice and sugar is scrapped every 4 hours and spread again for 3 days or until you obtain a dry lemon sugar, free of any moisture. This lemon sugar is powdered using a grinder jar to obtain the ready to use lemonade premix. Rock salt may be added while grinding the sugar.
Ratio of Sugar to lemon juice is 4:1
Shelf Life : 6 months at room temperature when kept in an air-tight container
Short Video For Nimbu Sharbat Premix / Lemonade Powder
Preparation Time : 3 days
Cooking Time: Nil
Serves: 2 cups of lemonade powder
Ingredients:
- 1 dozen medium sized Lemon / 100 ml lemon juice
- 400 grams sugar
- 1 teaspoon rock salt
- Wash the lemons, pat dry , cut into halves and squeeze out the juice using a lemon juice extractor.
- Measure the juice and divide it into 2 equal parts.
- Spread the lemon juice on to 2 plates.
- Add 4 times the amount of sugar to that of lemon juice and spread it as a uniform layer over the lemon juice. Press it lightly as we do not want the sugar to dissolve in the lemon juice as that will take more time to cool and we may not obtain crystals.
- Keep the plates to dry under the fan indoors and not in sunlight, as the sugar will melt if kept outside.
- Make sure to scrap the sugar lemon juice layer at an interval of 4 hours for 3 days so that it dries our evenly.
- at the end of 3rd day, you will get a dry lemon sugar.
- Transfer it to a dry grinder jar with 1 teaspoon of rock salt if using and pulse to get a powder.
- Transfer the lemonade powder to a clean dry glass jar with a tight fitting lid.
- Use a dry spoon to spoon out the lemonade premix.
- Store the lemonade premix jar at room temperature and not in the refrigerator. If used with care, it stays good for about 6 months.
- To make lemonade using this premix, just add 1 or 2 tablespoon of this lemonade premix to a glass of water or soda and give a good stir. You may add ice cubes and mint leaves if desired.
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