Schools have closed for vacation, summer holidays are back and kids have indulged themselves either in camps, trips or art and craft. Summer takes me back to my good old childhood days and I am blessed to have spent my vacation in the arms of nature. In those days neither kids camped in tents doing various activities from sun up to sun down nor summer camps were glorified to this extent.
We packed few cloths and basic necessities and went to Grandma’s place and that is when our fun filled, adventurous holidays started. We were welcomed with open arms and wide smiles by grandma, uncle, aunty and cousins. Best part of vacation began early in the morning when we race to pick the mangoes that have dropped during night, ate some of the mangoes there itself while their juice dripped down all over our arms, watched grandma milking cows, we climbed trees and plucked cashew nuts, collected them over a period to sell it in shop, ate delicious food cooked by our grandma and aunts spread on a long banana leaves sitting cross legged in a row on red oxide floor. Our days were not planned or we had any routine set. It was more spontaneous and we did what we felt at that moment.
Fun..fun…fun. It was whole lot of fun which I remember so vividly even today! Trust me I have had all my lifetime mangoes during my childhood itself. When I made this mango juice for posting here, all those childhood days just passed by in front of me. Fresh mangoes are pureed in blender along with sugar, salt and dash of pepper powder makes a refreshing and rejuvenating drink. Easy, quick and vitamin C rich mango juice for you today.
Mango Juice Recipe | Healthy Summer Drinks
Ingredients
- Mangoes- 2 medium sized
- Sugar - 3 to 4 tsp
- Salt- A pinch
- Pepper powder- A pinch optional
Instructions
Method
- Wash and peel the skin of mangoes. Chop them in to small cubes and blend in to puree adding enough water.
- Add sugar, salt and pepper powder to the mango juice and mix well. Adjust sugar based on the sweetness of mangoes.
- Summer thrust quencher and refreshing juice is ready. Serve it chilled or with ice cubes in it.
Note:
- Any variety of mango can be used for juice, but avoid fibrous ones.
- As per individual preferences mango juice can be diluted adding water.
- Adding pepper powder is completely optional, if you don't like the hot taste in juice, can skip it.
- You can substitute sugar by either jaggery or honey according to your taste buds.
Meet you all with one more interesting recipe. Till then bye.
