Lemon Squash
Lemon Squash is a ready made lemon concentrate that gets us refreshing instant lemonade anytime. Lemon Squash is made using just 3 ingredients lemon, sugar and water. Learn to make perfect Lemon Squash with step by step pictures and video.
Servings2 cups
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder (optional)
Instructions
Preparing lemon syrup
- Use fresh lemons. Cut into half first then squeeze it using a lemon squeezer. Extract the juice, discard the seeds. Measure 1/2 cup lemon juice and collect the juice in a bowl and set aside.
- To a sauce pan add 1 cup sugar.
- Add 1 cup water to it.
- Stir it well for the sugar to dissolve and let it to boil.
- Let it boil until it reduces and starts to turn sticky. Stir very now and then. The syrup will start bubbling.
- Add 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder if you wish to add at this stage.
- Allow it to boil. Carefully take the syrup and touch it between your fingers like this. The syrup with form half string but will break - this is half string consistency.
- Once half string consistency is reached, Switch off and cool down completely.
- Add the syrup to a fine holed strainer and strain it. You can even use a muslin cloth to strain. This is to remove impurities in sugar if any.
- Add extracted 1/2 cup lemon juice to it. Add lemon juice only after the sugar syrup is cooled.
- Mix it well.
- Store in a clean dry jar, preferable glass.Keeps well in room temperature itself for 3 days after that refrigerate and use it.
To prepare lemon juice
- Pour 2 tablespoon syrup in a glass.
- Add 1 cup water to it adjust according to the sweetness you prefer. Add more syrup if you like.
- Add few ice cubes and mix it well with a spoon. Lemon juice is ready!
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Notes
- Don't squeeze lemon very hard and take the juice as it will give a bitter taste.
- Always mix lemon juice only after the sugar syrup cools down.
- You can use fine strainer or even a muslin cloth to strain.
- You can even use crushed saffron for a nice flavor and beautiful color it gives to the drink.
- You can add soaked sabja seeds to lemonade.
- You can skip cardamom powder and make it plain too, that's how my grandmother used to make.
- Store in a sterilized glass bottle with tight lid for more shelf life.
- Add ice cubes and serve the lemonade chilled.
Nutrition Facts
Lemon Squash
Amount Per Serving (200 ml)
Calories 399
Calories from Fat 5
% Daily Value*
Fat 0.5g1%
Saturated Fat 0.03g0%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.01g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.01g
Sodium 8mg0%
Potassium 68mg2%
Carbohydrates 104g35%
Fiber 0.3g1%
Sugar 101g112%
Protein 0.2g0%
Vitamin A 4IU0%
Vitamin C 24mg29%
Calcium 9mg1%
Iron 0.1mg1%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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