Transparent Wood Apple Squash ( Bel ka paardarshi sharbat )

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Namaskar...

I am Sangeeta Agrawal and heartily welcome you at my food blog.

# Today recipe is " Bel ( Bael ) Sharbat". This is very beneficial in the Summer and reduces the heat and thirst of our body.
It is mostly used for digestive disorders including diarrhea.

Its skin pulp is very sweet, delicious and healthy. Just scratch it with a spoon or knife and eat it.

# Bel has a lots of sticky pulp inside itself, that is used for making juice of it.
But people mash this pulp with hands or in the mixer jar, this is not the Proper way of making this bael juice.

# In this recipe, I will tell you the traditional, easy and  proper method of making "Bael juice" which I have learnt from my mother.

Let us start the recipe...

Prep time....10 minutes
Soaked time....8 to 10 hours
Serving....4
No cooking

#  Ingredients For Bael Juice....

1. Ripe Bael....1
2. Water......1 liter
3. Sugar....50 to 60 gram
4. Ice cubes....1 bowl

#  Method Of Making...

1. Wash the Bael fruit well.
Then try to break it with the help of a little weight ( a small hammer ) from all the sides as we do for breaking the fresh coconut.

2. Now you will get it seperated skin. Just take out it with the help of your hands.
Keep aside its skin for scratching.

3. Now you will find its round pulp with its seeds inside.
Just don't seed out it and mash it.
It is very sticky.

4. Just do one thing....Take a large bowl with 800 ml. or 1 liter Water and dip the pulp of Bael into it.

5. Let it rest for 8 to 10 hours.
Meanwhile change the top part of this pulp to the bottom so that you will get the essence of it from the top.

6. By doing so...You will find all the maximum juice of Bael ( even a single drop ) without any trouble.

7. After the time, you will see that water has become yellow, cool and fragrant.

8. Now take out its pulp and strain this soaked water of Bael in a soup strainer.

9. Add the desired sugar powder or boora and ice cubes in it. It takes little sugar because Bael pulp itself is very sweet to eat.

In this way, transparent Bael juice is ready to enjoy.

Serve it chilled at anytime.

#  Note....

1. At the time of buying Bael...just choose that bael which is heavy in weight.
It would be sweet and riped.

2. If you don't want to eat the pulp of its skin, then take out it and dip it too in the  water of whole pulp.
You will find more Sweet and dark yellow colour of Bael juice.

3. If you like, you can add some black salt and lemon juice in it.
But it's real taste will come as simple.

4. In place of adding ice in this juice, just transfer this soaked juice in the refrigerator and strain it after 8 hours.

Thanku Friends,
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