A Refreshing Drink To Welcome You All

Need a gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and fodmap friendly beverage? A Refreshing Drink To Welcome You All could be an excellent recipe to try. This recipe makes 6 servings with 43 calories, 2g of protein, and 0g of fat each. For 88 cents per serving, this recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. 3 people have made this recipe and would make it again. If you have mint leaves, color, kg of sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by Foodista. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 83%, which is tremendous. Refreshing Rum Drink, Refreshing Lemon-Lime Drink, and Refreshing Chia Fresca (Isikiate) Drink are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 6

Preparation duration: -1 minutes

Cooking duration: -1 minutes

 

Ingredients:

2 cups of fresh mint leaves

6 large lemons

1 Kg of sugar

1 liter of water

1/2 teaspoon of freshly grated ginger

A pinch of green color (food grade)

Equipment:

Cooking instruction summary:

Pick the mint leaves and wash it in running water. Clean and grate the ginger. Heat water in a vessel and add sugar to it. Let the sugar dissolve; filter the sugar syrup with a thin muslin cloth. Boil it further on medium heat till the syrup becomes a bit thick, about 20 minutes. Take off heat and cool the syrup. Now add the mint leaves, grated ginger and juice of lemons. Leave it aside for 4-5 hours to let the mint flavor seep into the syrup. Add green color if required. Store the concentrate in a clean glass bottle. To make the drink, pour about 1 tbsp. of the concentrate and add water to suit your taste. Top it with crushed ice and serve the refreshing Minty-lemony drink.

 

Step by step:


1. Pick the mint leaves and wash it in running water.

2. Clean and grate the ginger.

3. Heat water in a vessel and add sugar to it.

4. Let the sugar dissolve; filter the sugar syrup with a thin muslin cloth.

5. Boil it further on medium heat till the syrup becomes a bit thick, about 20 minutes. Take off heat and cool the syrup.

6. Now add the mint leaves, grated ginger and juice of lemons. Leave it aside for 4-5 hours to let the mint flavor seep into the syrup.

7. Add green color if required.

8. Store the concentrate in a clean glass bottle.

9. To make the drink, pour about 1 tbsp. of the concentrate and add water to suit your taste.

10. Top it with crushed ice and serve the refreshing Minty-lemony drink.


Nutrition Information:

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42 Calories
1g Protein
0.47g Total Fat
12g Carbs
36% Health Score
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Calories
42k
2%

Fat
0.47g
1%

  Saturated Fat
0.08g
1%

Carbohydrates
12g
4%

  Sugar
2g
3%

Cholesterol
0.0mg
0%

Sodium
15mg
1%

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Protein
1g
4%

Vitamin C
62mg
75%

Fiber
4g
17%

Vitamin A
660IU
13%

Manganese
0.21mg
10%

Iron
1mg
8%

Folate
29µg
7%

Calcium
69mg
7%

Potassium
235mg
7%

Copper
0.12mg
6%

Magnesium
22mg
6%

Vitamin B6
0.11mg
5%

Vitamin B1
0.06mg
4%

Vitamin B2
0.06mg
4%

Phosphorus
28mg
3%

Vitamin B5
0.26mg
3%

Vitamin B3
0.37mg
2%

Zinc
0.25mg
2%

Vitamin E
0.16mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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