Agua Fresca is one of my favorites to enjoy fruits & vegetables. Puree it and add some lemon, sugar n herbs, this popular drink of Mexico & US is super easy to make…

Watermelon and Cucumber, two of the core ingredients of any cooler when paired together makes a great combination. Watermelon being a strong antioxidant also helps in neutralizing harmful radicals from our body. While, cucumber ranked as the vegetable with the highest water content, helps in lowering the excessive heat in your stomach and makes your body feel refreshed. Together, the two hydrating fruits make a complete drink.

Enjoy the drink!

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Watermelon Cucumber Agua Fresca

Light and Refreshing Summer Cooler made with Watermelon and Cucumber. 

Course Drinks

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword agua fresca

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 15 minutes minutes

Servings 2

Author Akhila

Ingredients

• 1 cucumber
• ¼ th of a watermelon
• 5-6 tbsp sugar
• ¼ cup lime juice
• 7-8 mint leaves

Instructions

• Puree the watermelon in a blender until smooth. Keep aside.
• Puree the cucumber along with lime juice and sugar until smooth, Place a fine mesh sieve over a bowl and pour both the puree through it, pressing against the sieve with a rubber spatula to extract as much liquid out as possible.
• Fill a jug with ice cubes and pour the juice into it. Add mint leaves, and adjust sugar as per your need, stir well.
• Serve in glasses and garnish with watermelon slices (optional).

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It’s already pretty warm out here and the summer has just begun, it’s all set to get really hot and what you would really want is a drink to chill…! I love Strawberries, and now being the season with strawberry picking open across the farms in St. Louis, it’s the right time to try out recipes with fresh strawberries. And strawberries with lime… I guess I need not tell you how good they are together…

Also this is my first recipe with basil seeds, which is known for its medicinal value and specially its cooling nature. I love that it plumps up when soaked in water giving it a fleshy texture, and being tasteless in general it’s a wonderful ingredient to make any recipe pulpy without losing the original flavour.

FYI, basil seeds/sabja seeds are not chia seeds which it is always mistaken for. It is widely used in many places during summer for preparing drinks like sharbat as it can cool down your body heat and helps in digestion. You can find these seeds in Asian supermarkets/Indian stores.

Enjoy your summer, enjoy your drink… n Chill……

Prep time: 5-8 minutes
Serves: 2

INGREDIENTS

• 6-7 strawberries (pitted and sliced)
• 1 lime (squeezed)
• 2 cup water
• 4-5 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp basil seeds (soaked)
• mint leaves (crushed)
• ice cubes

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Soak basil seeds in a little water for 10 minutes allowing it to swell.
2. Leaving a few sliced ones, blend the strawberries well and make a syrupy paste out of it.
3. In a mixing jar, mix the blended and remaining sliced strawberries, lime juice, squeezed lime, sugar, crushed mint leaves, ice cubes, water and basil seeds. Shake well. Adjust sweetness according to your preference.

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