Cucumber Cooler is an incredibly refreshing summer drink. Healthy raw cucumber juice with lemon is highly recommended on a hot and humid summer day in India!
Cucumber juice with its high water content is a great diuretic. Raw cucumber or keera juice is a good source of dietary fibre and Vitamin A. Drinking fresh juice made with cucumber helps control diabetes, blood pressure and cholesterol.
Cucumber Cooler Recipe:
Cucumber Cooler is a beauty cum detox drink – the detox cleansing juice is light and mildly flavoured. It’s the perfect green drink to kick-start your day. Plain keera juice may taste bland but once you add lemon juice and mint, you have a really refreshing, healthy and tasty cooler.
- To make this fresh and minty cucumber lemon drink, pick the freshest, brightly coloured keera with firm skin. Wash and peel the keera skin. Next, chop the peeled cucumber.
- Also wash and pick the mint leaves.
- Then toss the keera pieces, mint leaves, salt, pepper, sugar and water into a mixer.
- Blend the ingredients for 1-2 minutes to get the perfect consistency.
- After this, place a mesh strainer over a larger bowl and pour the blended juice through it. Use a spoon to swirl it around so that you get smooth cucumber juice and any chunky bits are left behind.
- Add fresh lemon juice to give a wonderful zing to the cucumber juice. Stir well.
- Then fill two glasses with some crushed ice and pour the cucumber juice over it.
- Garnish with a sprig of mint and serve Cleansing Cucumber Cooler immediately. If you are not drinking the juice as soon as it is made, then pour the juice into an air-tight container keep it refrigerated. Consume within 24 hours.
If you are searching for some more refreshing summer drinks, then do try out Watermelon Cooler Recipe.
Cucumber Lemon Juice Recipe details below:
Cucumber Cooler Recipe
Ingredients
- Cucumber – 1 small
- Mint leaves – 4-5
- Salt - ¼ tsp
- Sugar – 1 ½ tbsp
- Black pepper - ¼ tsp
- Lemon juice – 1 tsp
- Water – 1 cup
- Ice cubes
Instructions
- For this cucumber drink, wash and peel the cucumber. Chop into small cubes.
- Wash and pick mint leaves.
- Put the chopped cucumber, mint leaves, pepper, salt and sugar in a blender and make a puree.
- Pour the puree through a fine mesh sieve into a pitcher. Use a spatula to press out the juice from solids.
- Mix in the lime juice. Adjust sweetness to taste.
- Serve chilled cucumber cooler over a bed of ice
