Iron rich Beet Juice Recipe for Women

The beautiful and bright colour of beetroots can make anyone fall in love with it yet it is often ignored, perhaps because of its distinctive taste. If you’re not a fan, you should know that beetroot has been gaining amazing popularity as the new superfood around the world. It’s low in fat, full of powerful antioxidants, rich in Vitamin C, and helps in the absorption of iron. Need we say more? Both the leaves and the roots can be eaten. While the pink root is sweet, the dark green leaves are bitter but very rich in calcium, iron and Vitamin A.

Beetroots are best enjoyed raw and uncooked as cooking may destroy most of its nutrients. You can add them in salads or easier to just juice them up. Beetroots are one of the healthiest vegetables you can juice, undoubtedly. A glass of beetroot juice helps in giving you all the vitamins and minerals in a concentrated form. If your mixture is too thick you can add some water to balance the consistency. Don’t remove the pulp that’s where all your fiber is. Also, remember that plain beetroot juice may contain oxalic acid and therefore it is good to blend it with other fruits or vegetables. This will also help in adding additional flavour and nutrition. For instance, beetroots and carrots make a lovely pair. Karupatti has lots of Iron in it. Most of the women are suffering from Iron deficiency. This juice can be taken by women during their monthly periods, as it is used to get rid off from tiredness and boosts up the energy. 

Ingredients:

1. Beetroot - 1 cup
2. Carrot - 1/4 cup 
3. Pomegranate - 1/4 cup
4. Karupatti - 1 tbsp (or) you can use Jaggery
5. Water - 1 and 1/2 cups
6. Dates - 2 nos (optional)
7. Ice cubes few

Directions to make Beetroot Juice:

Add Beetroot, carrot, Jaggery, ice cubes and water in a mixie.  I had only carrots that time. So am using Carrots. If you have Pomegranate, it will be more nutrious Iron source for women

Filter it using a juice filter. Since mine is in-built mixie filter, I need not filter it separately. Now your healthy juice is ready to serve. 

Notes:

• For Variations you can make juice using Pomegranate, beetroot and Dates combinations. It will be a Iron rich Juice. 
• Another combination is by adding grated coconut and Jaggery along with grated beetroot and make a juice out of it. It makes a Fantastic juice combination.
• Karupatti has lots of Iron in it. If it is not available you can go for Jaggery (or) Karumbu sakkarai.

Mint Krushers Recipe

Why don't your kids be a chef for a day...? Here is an easy, quick and wonderful recipe for kids. Actually this is our vacation project in our school. Any recipe can be done by students. I chose this would be easy for my kid to do, as it is a fireless cooking recipe and no complicated methods and Ingredients needed. This is a Kfc style Mint Krushers and I think it is similar too. My hubby and me love this Mint Krushers and for sooo long time I wanted to post it in my Blog and now came the right time for this recipe. Vyshu enjoyed doing this summer drink and it was a pleasant experience for her. Moreover we prepared this krushers with farm fresh Mint leaves from our Garden. So it was a special Summer drink too. 

Ingredients:

1. Lemon - 3 medium size
2. Mint - 10 to 15 leaves (approximately)
3. Powdered Sugar - 2 to 3 tbsp (or) sugar syrup
4. Salt - 1 pinch
5. Chilled Soda water - 1/2 bottle (I used Lehar Soda)

The above mentioned Ingredients makes 2 glasses of Mint Krushers

Directions to make Mint Krushers:

Cut 1 Lemon and extract juice from it. Cut the remaining lemon as wedges

 Add the mint leaves and sugar in the Mortar. I used normal sugar.

Crush it nicely for about 5 seconds. That is enough. Add a pinch of salt

Add Lemon wedges. Crush it gently for about 2 to 3 seconds. That is enough. If you crush it for long time, the juice from it will be bitter.

In a bowl or Mug add the Ice Cubes followed by lemon extract

Also add the crushed Ingredients. If you need sugar you can add it at this stage.
Mix it well with a spoon

In a glass you can just add Mint leaves for Garnishing. Pour the crushed Ingredients as it is. If you want a clear juice, filter it using a juice filter. 

Vyshu do not like to drink as it with the crushes leaves of mint and with lemon wedges. So she is Filtering.

Add Chilled Soda water to the Glass of Mint mixture. You can add sugar at this stage too.

Dissolve Sugar

Now our Delicious Summer drink is ready done by Vyshu. Serve Immediately as chilled Juice.

Notes:

• If you do not have Mortar and Pestle Just add the Ingredients in a glass and with a help of any Iron rod or chapati rod crush the Ingredients.
• Do not grind the Mint leaves. As the flavour may differ.
• Granulated sugar may take time to dissolve, so you can use powdered sugar or sugar syrup.
• As soon as the Ingredients are crushed add ice cubes and soda, else the colour of mint leaves may change and taste differs.
• The carbonated water(soda water) must be consumed, once it is opened. As soon as the Mint Krushers are prepared, serve it without any delay.
• Please avoid preparing the Mint Krushers in prior, keeping it in fridge and serving later. It is not Krushers at all. 
• Be careful in every step of preparing the krushers. If anything goes wrong the Taste completely differs.
• If your lemon size is small or big change it according according to your taste. Sugar can be adjusted.

Minty Pineapple Juice

Extremely refreshing summer drink !!

Here’s an energy boosting juice blend recipe contains Pineapple, mint, ginger and lemon. All of these having unique nutritional benefits which when combined gives a super cooler digestive summer drink. 

Health Benefits : (Source : Google)
Mint which helps to soothe the digestive tract, clear up skin conditions and helps whiten teeth. Pineapples are abundant in vitamin C and bromelain, which fight against microbial infections, averts nausea or morning sickness and helps regulate the secretions in the pancreas to aid in digestion. The abundance of antioxidants in pineapples also helps fight against free radicals. 

Ingredients:

1. Pineapple - 4 large pieces
2. Mint leaves - 5 to 8 leaves
3. Ginger - 2 tsp
4. lemon extract - 1 tbsp
5. Sugar - 4 tbsp
6. Water
7. Ice cubes

Directions to make the juice:

• Blend everything nicely in a blender
• Filter the juice with juice filter
• Add Ice cubes and serve Chill

Click the Image and zoom you will get clear stepwise pictures

Wow !! Extremely refreshing summer drink 

Notes:

• You can increase the quantity of Pineapple ... As I like, a lighter pineapple juice, I added only less pineapple.
• Pineapple is bit heat creating fruit ... Can be taken in lesser quantity.