Watermelon juice with pulp

Summer arrived...Keep hydrated by having more liquids. Here I started making many juices and milkshakes. So stay tuned for more juice recipes.

I love watermelon very much. Whenever watermelon season arrives used to buy lots and lots of watermelon to refresh from hot summer.

Hope you'll love it and give it a try also don't forget to share your experience with me.

Preparation time:5minutes
Refrigerating time:2hours atleast

Ingredients:

Watermelon 5cups chopped roughly
Sugar 1/3cup(use sugar level according to the taste of watermelon)
Water 2/3cup

Icecubes as needed

Method:
Take sugar and water in a saucepan and heat it till sugar melts. No need any string consistency.
Chop watermelon roughly. Take this in a bowl or airtight container. Add sugar syrup to it. Close the lid and refrigerate it for atleast 2hours.
Juices from watermelon will ooze out and the juice tastes just awesome.
Serve chilled.

Stepwise pictures:

Take sugar in a saucepan.

Add in water.

Heat it up.

Once sugar gets melted completely,switch off the flame and allow it to cool.

Chop watermelon roughly. I got 5cups of watermelon.

In a bowl or airtight container,add in ice cubes. I used a jug.

Add in chopped watermelon.

Add in sugar syrup.

Give a good mix.

Close the lid and refrigerate it for atleast 2hours.

Serve chilled.

Notes:

• Adjust sugar level to the taste of watermelon.
• Refrigerating for 2hours is must. Only then the fruit will ooze out its juice and tastes good.

Feel free to comment. Your kind words makes my day great. Sty tuned for upcoming recipes. Bye bye.

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Baking time:25minutes
Makes:8medium sized muffins
Ingredients:

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Preheat pressure cooker for 10minutes in high flame.click here for more details.

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Add in cake flour.

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