A pitcher of cool, refreshing kiwi and cucumber makes any summer party a little more special. This refreshing cooler can be prepared up to a day in advance. This drink is incredibly refreshing and cooling and perfect for picnics, cookouts and hot days at the beach. So, in the spirit of summer, hot weather and all things cool and refreshing, I’m sharing this thirst-quenching Kiwi Cucumber cooler recipe to cool down the hot summer.
Beautiful, fresh and cooling kiwi Fruit & Cucumber Juice is loaded with Vitamin C and a good helping of zinc among many other goodies. Cucumber is just amazing for cooling us down from the inside out, and to add to that - being an amazing cleanser, it is just wonderful for our hair, skin and nails. Cucumber is one of the most alkalizing and hydrating foods we can have, whether we eat or add to our raw food green juice.Kiwi fruit is loaded nutrients too high in calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, vitamin C, beta carotene... and an awesome antioxidant.
Recipe Type: BeveragePrep time: 10 minutesServes:4Ingredients:
- 4 kiwifruit
- 2 large cucumber
- Juice of 1 lime or 3 tablespoon lime juice
- 3 to 6 teaspoon of sugar syrup or honey
- 8 to 10 fresh mint leaves
- 400 ml or 3 cups of chilled water
- 1 teaspoon Black salt
- Lime , Cucumber wedges and few mint leaves for garnishing
- Ice cubes and crushed ice to serve
Let’s Learn How to make this recipe:- Peel and roughly chop the kiwis, retain a few slices to garnish. Clean and cut the cucumber into round pieces, retain a few slices for garnishing and blend the rest in a food processor along with the kiwi pieces.
- Strain the mixture through a strainer and keep aside. Add the lemon juice, sugar syrup, salt and 4 cups of chilled water to the kiwi cucumber mixture and pour in a pitcher.
- Roughly crushes the mint leaves and add to it. Add sliced cucumber and kiwi in it and while you prepare the glasses, keep this mixture in the freezer.
- To serve, place a few mint leaves at the bottom of the glass, then fill the glass with crushed ice. Pour the kiwi cucumber cooler carefully to fill up the glass . Garnish with lemon slices and a sprig of mint leaves and serve immediately with a stirrer.
- Serve absolutely chilled.
For other summer coolers you can also try the following: - CREAMY WATERMELON GRANITA
- SPARKLING MINT GINGER LIME COOLER
- POMEGRANATE LEMONADE
- POMEGRANATE ICE CREAM
- STRAWBERRY ORANGE AND SOY SMOOTHIE
- MANGO LASSI
- WATERMELON LEMONADE- A REFRESHING SUMMER COOLER
- GREEN SMOOTHIE...KIWI, GREEN GRAPES AND MINT SMOOTHIES
- BELA PANA( BAEL KI SARBAT)
