How to make a litchi juice?
Litchi juice is not just a beverage, it has a full pack of health benefits and available in delightful flavors. Whether enjoyed as a refreshing drink or used as a versatile add on in mocktails, litchi is one of the favorite choice in fruit beverages. Let us find the easiest and best method for preparing litchi juice, from selecting the finest litchis to master the preparation method, also ensuring a delightful experience with every sip. Usually there are lots of preparation methods available for making litchi juice. But here we will know the most easiest and quickest method to make it. This method gives you to prep your juice quickly.
Ingredients:
Litchi – 2cup
Water – 1cup
Sugar – 1/4cup
lime juice – 1/2tspn
Ice cubes – as required
Preparation:
The litchi juice preparation begins with selecting high-quality litchi fruits. When selecting litchi, look for tender, pulpy fruit with a dense color and fresh aroma. Avoid if the fruits are discolored, black spotted, shrunk and semi dried. These fruits give less taste, sour and sometimes mild bitterness to the juice. So always prefer good conditioned and freshly picked fruits that will give the richness in taste for the juice. Once the litchi are picked, add these in a large bowl, add water till these are getting soaked. After the bowl is filled with water, start washing litchis within the bowl using hands. Wash it gently for about a minute.
The litchis are now releasing a mild dull pinkish color in water. This indicates that these litchis are getting cleaned in water. Once this is done, strain these fruits using water strainer. After strained these litchi fruits are ready to cut. For litchi simply peel of the outer skin and take out a large seed that is inside the fruit. The fruit is white in color and looks like a glassy and pulpy. These pulpy fruits are only required and suitable to make the juice. Take about 2 cup of these litchis and put in blender, add 1cup of water also. Since the litchi are naturally little sour and sweetness mixed it is required to add 1/4 cup of sugar to get a right amount of sweetness for juice. Now blend these all gently about 1 1/2 minute.
Keep a bowl and place a strainer on top of it. Once this is done, pour this blended juice directly into the strainer, strain it completely for 2 minute. Now the litchi juice is ready. Take a serving glass, add required amount of ice needed and pour the prepared litchi juice. The tasty litchi juice is ready to drink now with or without your favorite food. To get more dense taste of the litchi juice use frozen litchis with honey and crushed ice. Also for adding flavor using mint leaves, ginger crushed, lime juice, cinnamon, vanilla essence gives more taste varieties. Each of these will give a new flavor to your drink. Using milk, dairy free milk, coconut water gives a bunch of taste varieties for this litchi beverage.
Health benefits:
Litchi are rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, litchi not only offers a burst of flavor but also has several health benefits, including improved digestion and enhancing immunity to the body.