Watermelon Juice Recipe | Watermelon Mint Juice with step-by-step pics and a short Youtube video. If you like my video, please do SUBSCRIBE to my channel ‘Asmallbite’. A naturally sweet, refreshing watermelon juice recipe for the summers, also, a perfect thirst quencher, and a heat reducer. It has about 92% of water content, and it’s plenty hydrating. It also helps to burn calories, as it is rich in amino acids, which counts for weight loss. A summer fruit, that is freshly available in the market in abundance and pretty cheap too. It is damn easy to make this juice, just in few minutes what you need is 2 to 3 ingredients. Yet, the little cumbersome task is removing the seeds from the fruit, I bought a seedless fruit, so I prepared the juice in a wink.
Continue reading for more interesting facts, tips, and FAQ…..
✔ About the Recipe
- Super easy to make
- Refreshing and Hydrating
- Healthy
- Gives instant relief from the scorching heat
- Made with few ingredients
✔ Is drinking watermelon mint juice good for you?
- Helps to hydrate
- Contains Compounds that may help prevent cancer
- May improve heart health
- May help relieve muscle Soreness
- Is good for the skin and hair
✔ How do you make Watermelon Juice?
-Slice the watermelon in half, using a big knife, slice chunks of watermelon into the blender
-Blend the watermelon until it is totally pulverized, that’s all, cool isn’t it!
✔ Why the juice I made taste differently?
-If the seeds and the rind (white pulp) are not properly from the watermelon if used as such, the juice tastes bad.
✔ Can I avoid sugar and any substitutes?
Yes definitely,
- Skip completely, if the watermelon you use is sweet enough
- Add palm jaggery, honey, dates syrup, maple syrup, or brown sugar to sweeten the juice
- Use rose petal preserve/ gulkand- a smart idea, which makes it a double cooler drink with both Watermelon and rose to be natural coolants.
Frequently Asked Questions
✔ What can I do, if I am not able to remove the seeds completely?
-If your watermelon had seeds in it, or you want your juice to be less pulpy, pour it through a fine-mesh sieve and filter it.
✔ How do I make some variations?
-Add mint leaves to make it even more refreshing.
-Squeezing few drops of lemon juice lend an extra zing
-1/2 tsp of black salt or regular salt can be added, as it gives a delicious flavor to this juice.
✔ Can I drink this juice during Vrat/fast?
- If preparing during vrat, add 1/4 tsp of rock salt or sendha namak.
✔ Shelf Life
- Tastes better when consumed immediately. Yet, it will stay good for 3 days under refrigeration, but the juice will separate over time, stir it with a spoon and then consume.
Check my other Juice Recipes like
1. Pineapple Juice
2. Mango Juice
3. Grape Juice
4. Mango Milk Shake
5. Musk Melon Juice
Watermelon Mint Juice
Watermelon Juice Recipe | Watermelon Mint Juice
Equipment
- Mixer
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Watermelon
- 2 to 3 tbsp Sugar
- 7 to 8 Mint Leaves
- 2 to 3 tbsp Lemon Juice
- Few Ice Cubes
Instructions
Cutting the Watermelon
- First, cut the watermelon from the center. If you are cutting only half, cut only one side of the end. Just cover the other half with plastic wrap and store it in the fridge. Then, place it on the cutting board (flesh part down towards the board), and start peeling the rind with the knife. Make sure you cut one section at a time and don’t cut the flesh while doing it.Once the peeling is done, cut the watermelon in whatever shape and size you desire.Take out the seeds as much as you can before making a juice or storing it (the watermelon I used did not have many seeds).No white part should be remaining on the cut watermelon. Remove the rind completely.Measure 2 cups of watermelon in a bowl.Notes: Ensure to remove the rind and seeds of the watermelon properly, else the juice tastes bad.
Other Ingredients
- Then, measure 2 to 3 tbsp of sugar, 1/2 piece of lemon, 7 to 8 mint leaves, and few ice cubes.Quick Tips: Skip the sugar completely or can be substituted with palm sugar or honey.
Making the watermelon mint juice
- To a mixer or blender, add a few ice cubes and 2 cups of sliced watermelon flesh.Notes: Never add water to make this juice.
- Then, add the sugar.Quick Tips: 1/2 tsp of black salt or regular salt can be added, as it gives a delicious flavor to this juice (optional).
- Now, add 7 to 8 mint leaves.Notes: Mint leaves adds to the taste of this drink and make it even more refreshing.
- Blend for a few seconds and the frothy watermelon juice is ready.
- If preferred, squeeze 1/2 lemon over the juice for a tangy taste.Notes: If making for fasting, skip the lemon juice and add rock salt/sendha namak.
- Then, pour the juice into a glass tumbler, add a few more ice cubes and serve chilled.Quick Tips: If your watermelon had seeds in it, or you want your juice to be less pulpy, pour it through a fine-mesh sieve and filter it.Notes: This juice will stay good for 3 days under refrigeration. The juice will separate over time, stir it with a spoon and then consume.Enjoy this Watermelon Mint Juice chilled to beat the summer heat.
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Notes
Tips for Watermelon Mint Juice
- Select a bright-colored and sweet watermelon, as the juice will be as vibrant and good as your watermelon.
- Remove the seeds and the rind (white pulp) properly from the watermelon. If used as such, the juice tastes bad.
- You can cut the full fruit or just cover half with plastic wrap and store it in the fridge.
- Skip adding the sugar completely, if the watermelon you are using is sweet enough.
- Sugar can be substituted with palm jaggery, brown sugar, honey, or gulkand (rose petal preserve).
- Adding mint leaves enhance the taste of this drink and makes it even more refreshing.
- Lemon juice lends an extra zing to the Watermelon Juice Recipe, but it is optional.
- Even 1/2 tsp of black salt or regular salt can be added, as it gives a delicious flavor to this juice.
- Never add water while making the juice, as we have ice cubes and the fruit itself has more water content.
- If preparing during vrat, 1/4 tsp of rock salt or sendha namak can be used.
- If your watermelon had seeds in it, or you want your juice to be less pulpy, pour it through a fine-mesh sieve and filter it.
- This Watermelon Mint Juice will stay good for 3 days under refrigeration. The juice will separate over time, stir it with a spoon and then consume.
Watermelon Juice Recipe Indian
Method for Watermelon Melon Juice Recipe
Cutting the Watermelon
1. First, cut the watermelon from the center. If you are cutting only half, cut only one side of the end. Just cover the other half with plastic wrap and store it in the fridge. Then, place it on the cutting board (flesh part down towards the board), and start peeling the rind with the knife. Make sure you cut one section at a time and don’t cut the flesh while doing it.
Once the peeling is done, cut the watermelon in whatever shape and size you desire.
Take out the seeds as much as you can before making a juice or storing it (the watermelon I used did not have many seeds).
No white part should be remaining on the cut watermelon. Remove the rind completely.
Measure 2 cups of watermelon in a bowl.
Notes: Ensure to remove the rind and seeds of the watermelon properly, else the juice tastes bad.
Other Ingredients
2. Then, measure 2 to 3 tbsp of sugar, 1/2 piece of lemon, 7 to 8 mint leaves, and few ice cubes.
Quick Tips: Skip the sugar completely or can be substituted with palm sugar or honey.
Making the watermelon mint juice
3. To a mixer or blender, add a few ice cubes and 2 cups of sliced watermelon flesh.
Notes: Never add water to make this juice.
4. Then, add the sugar.
Quick Tips: 1/2 tsp of black salt or regular salt can be added, as it gives a delicious flavor to this juice (optional).
5. Now, add 7 to 8 mint leaves.
Notes: Mint leaves adds to the taste of this drink and make it even more refreshing.
6. Blend for a few seconds and the frothy watermelon juice is ready.
7. If preferred, squeeze 1/2 lemon over the juice for a tangy taste.
Notes: If making for fasting, skip the lemon juice and add rock salt/sendha namak.
8. Then, pour the juice into a glass tumbler, add a few more ice cubes and serve chilled.
Quick Tips: If your watermelon had seeds in it, or you want your juice to be less pulpy, pour it through a fine-mesh sieve and filter it.
Notes: This juice will stay good for 3 days under refrigeration. The juice will separate over time, stir it with a spoon and then consume.
Enjoy this Watermelon Mint Juice chilled to beat the summer heat.
Watermelon Mint Juice Recipe
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