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Fresh orange

Orange Squash

Orange Squash - homemade squash made from fresh oranges.
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Beverages and Drinks
Cuisine Indian
Servings 12
Calories 420 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 2.5 Kilograms oranges peeled and chopped
  • 1 kg sugar
  • 1 litre water
  • 4 tablespoon lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon potassium metabisulphate
  • 2 pinch saffron / kesar

Instructions
 

  • Put sugar in a pan and water on medium flame
  • Add lemon juice and stir and let the water boil.
  • Bring the flame to low and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
  • When a slight thick solution is made, remove the pan and let it get lukewarm.
  • Filter the syrup for impurities.
  • Add saffron leaves in the syrup.
  • Blend oranges in your blender by pulsating, strain the orange juice.
  • Add the strained juice to the sugar syrup an stir
  • If you are straining the juice in batches - then go on adding to syrup side by side otherwise juice will become bitter.
  • Take some orange squash in a bowl and add potassium metabisulphate.
  • Add this to syrup.
  • Pour the orange squash in sterilized bottles and tight the lids.
  • Let it as it for 3 to 4 days in fridge.

Nutrition

Calories: 420kcalCarbohydrates: 108gProtein: 2gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.03gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.05gSodium: 5mgPotassium: 384mgFiber: 5gSugar: 103gVitamin A: 469IUVitamin C: 113mgCalcium: 87mgIron: 0.3mg
Keyword cold drink, drink, squash
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