Watermelon-Mint Juice

 

Hello everyone! Welcome back to our blog. I hope you loved the previous recipe and didn’t skip out on your breakfast. We need a soft food to digest it now. It can be ice-cream, cold drinks or something that aids your digestion and refreshes your body. But its gonna be an added bonus if that refresher is yummy and nutritional too, isn’t it? So today we have the recipe of Watermelon-Mint Juice.

Did you know that having fresh fruits daily in the morning boosts antioxidants, reduces heart disease and they are an excellent source of vitamins and minerals? That sounds amazing, doesn’t it?

Ingredients: 1 Bowl chopped Watermelon (without seeds), 1tsp Honey, 1/4th tsp Black Salt, 1tsp Lemon Juice, Few Mint Leaves

Procedure:

1. Add cubed watermelon along with black salt and lime juice to a high-speed blender jar and blend it for 15 seconds.

2. Add few ice cubes, honey, lemon juice and fresh mint leaves in a blender and blend again for a few more seconds.

3. If you wish to have a pulp less drink then pass the juice through fine-mesh sieve. Otherwise you can serve it without straining as well.

4. Pour the watermelon juice in tall glasses.

5. Garnish the juice with some mint leaves and serve with ice. Enjoy!

The Heal-thy Take:

1. Watermelon has lycopene which makes it an anti-inflammatory fruit.  Lycopene is an inhibitor for various inflammatory processes and also works as an antioxidant to neutralize free radicals.

2. Lemon juice boosts immunity and is an excellent source of vitamin C.

3. Mint is packed with a range of antioxidants. Mint is also enriched with anti-inflammatory properties that help ease discomfort and pain that is often tied with cold and flu.