Mint Lemonade

I took a month's break from blogging after the month-long mega marathon. I hadn't planned to but the situation at home turned tensed with close-ones falling sick. So this break was quite refreshing for me and helped me get back with my normal routine.

This month's blogging marathon I am starting off with some summer coolers. Staying in the southern part of India, I have experienced very hot summers. And there are a lot of grandma recipes for summer coolers or cool drinks that I haven't yet blogged about. So when Valli announced "summer coolers" as one of the topics for this month's BM, I immediately chose this category.

The first post I am posting is a recipe that has been traditionally followed and made quite often in our households. It is the mint lemonade. This used to be made very frequently - I should say almost everyday since both mint and lemon was easily available. This is a very easy summer drink and quite healthy too.

Ingredients:

Lemon - 1

Mint leaves - handful

Sugar - 4 tsp

Salt - a pinch

Water - 2 cups

Ice cubes - few

Method:

• Squeeze the juice out of the lemon.
• In a juicer, add the lemon juice, mint leaves, salt, sugar and 1 glass of water.
• Pulse for 5-10 seconds.
• Strain the juice and remove the mint leaves. 
• Add another glass of water and mix well.
• Serve with ice cubes.

Notes:

• We can also add soda instead of water.
• Adding ginger to this drink will make it an excellent detox drink.

Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing this BM#65