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Street style watermelon juice

August 7, 2017 by edlyngd@gmail.com


I conceived this recipe not from anything original but rather from the way my Goan family thinks the best way to drink/eat a watermelon is. I can imagine people from around here (U>S>A) jaw hanging down to the ground watching my father sprinkle salt on a watermelon before serving it to us to eat. It’s the Indian way to take in-season fruit and vegetables and add seasonings to it. Not because they lack flavour but because after a while, you will easily tire of the same old same juice-dripping-down-your-chin-deep-burp-from-excessive-fruit-intake. The salt, chaat masala and chilli powder are the merry brigade of fruit flavour enhancers. They provide variety for your every fruit-eating experience all through the year. And in a country where there are more than one seasons for the same fruit, you need it. Trust. Even though I live in a one-summer place now, I don’t think twice about shuffling for my dabba of chaat masala. You should too.

You can make this recipe two ways: One with a blender and one without. I have you covered blenderless people. We are a team!



Street style watermelon juice

You can make this a day or 4 ahead and leave it in a giant pitcher in your fridge. The pulp tends to separate from the juice when it stored so stir it up before drinking. This drink is also very accommodating to sparkling water and alcohol.

Ingredients

Serves 4

  • 4 lb watermelon, cut into small cubes
  • 2 stalks of fresh mint
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 1/2 inch piece ginger, grated
  • 1 tsp chaat masala
  • Ice

To make this recipe in a blender: Add the watermelon to a blender jar and blend until smooth. You might have to do this is two parts (and that’s okay!) Add the chaat masala, ginger, mint and lime juice to the blender jar and blend for 10 seconds until the mint is shredded into smaller pieces and everything is mixed through. Serve over ice and top with whole mint leaves for garnish.

To make this without a blender: Arrange the watermelon cube on a plate and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Tear the mint into smaller pieces. Add the lime juice and ginger to a cup and stir to combine. Pour the lime juice mixture over the chilled watermelon and garnish with the mint. Sprinkle the chaat masala over the top. If you need more than a teaspoon for this version, have at it.

Filed Under: drinks, sweets, Uncategorized Tagged With: Summer drinks, summer recipes, watermelon juice, watermelon recipes

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  1. Ruth says

    August 7, 2017 at 7:10 pm

    Well, I’m going to have this for breakfast tomorrow. I’d have it now but just ate an enormous cherry tomato and watermelon salad with herbs, feta and Aleppo pepper. Burp indeed!

    When I lived in Botswana in the mid 1980s I learned that you don’t ‘eat’ watermelon in Setswana, you drink it. Cut it open, mash with a stick and suck it down. Ke rata go nwa legapo thata! I love to drink watermelon! So good n the Kalahari desert when it’s over 40 Celsius and you have no AC…not any electricity at all!
    Cheers from Ruth

  2. Supriya Kuttty says

    August 10, 2017 at 12:26 am

    Hey, Thanks for sharing this with us. Looks really yummy. The way you presented watermelon juice – it’s really awesome. Looking forward to more juice recipes, Best wishes and Regards xoxo

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