Beat the heat with refreshing homemade ginger-lime cordial
Preparation: 1 hour
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves: 70 to 80
Ingredients
25 Limes
100 gms Ginger
700 ml Water
1 kg Sugar
Method
Step 1:
Scrape off the outer skin of the ginger, wash it, and set aside.
Step 2:
Slice the ginger, grind it with lukewarm water, filter, and extract the juice. If needed, add more water and grind again to extract more juice.
Step 3:
Set aside the juice for about an hour to settle. Once the juice settles, a thick white sediment will form at the bottom.
Step 4:
Now, cut the lime and extract the juice.
Step 5:
Add sugar and water to a pan or vessel. Boil them over a medium flame to make a sugar syrup. Continue boiling until the syrup reaches a one-thread consistency. Then, turn off the flame.
Step 6:
Add the ginger juice to the sugar syrup without disturbing the white sediment at the bottom. Mix well.
Step 7:
Keep the sugar-syrup-ginger-juice mix aside to cool.
Step 8:
Finally, add filtered lime juice and stir well. Pour into bottles and keep refrigerated.
To prepare the drink, add 2 to 3 tablespoons of syrup in a glass. Add soda or cold water, stir well, and serve. Enjoy the refreshing taste of homemade ginger-lime cordial!
Sobha Varghese is a homemaker based in Mumbai, India. Sobha runs a popular YouTube blog called ‘Sobha's Kitchenette’ that focuses on authentic and traditional Kerala recipes.
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