Bel ka Sharbat or Bel Juice or Wood Apple juice is a Summer drink which is very healthy and refreshing. It is very easy to make. It has good health benefits too. We have made a sweeter version of Bel juice. You can make a salty version too.
Variations
We have added Jaggery for sweetness, you can replace it with Sugar too. Even half jaggery and half quantity of sugar can be added. Salt can be replaced with Black Salt. This is entirely according to your taste, you can change the recipe. We have boiled the Wood Apple pulp since it was a little hard(we just got this variety of Wood Apple from where we live. North India has a different variety of Wood Apple) and boiling does make the extraction of juice from pulp easy.
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Wood Apple has many health benefits. Wood Apple is also referred as Bael or Bel or Elephant Apple. It helps in digestion, purifies blood, prevents scurvy, boosts energy. Wood Apple Plant is used to provide relief from snakebite. As a precautionary, you should not consume this in excess quantity, also make sure you are not allergic to this fruit.
Bel Juice Recipe in a page
Bel ka Sharbat | Wood Apple Juice | Bael Juice
Ingredients
- 1 small Wood Apple or Bel or Bael or Vilampazham
- 200 gms Jaggery or as per the tanginess
- 1 Big lemon juice You can more as per taste
- 7-8 leaves Mint
- 1 pinch Salt
- 2 cups Water initially, then add as required
Instructions
How to prepare Bel Sharbat or Wood Apple drink
- Cut open a Wood apple.
- Scoop out the pulp from Wood Apple
- Soak the pulp in water for about half an hour
- If the pulp is raw or little hard, then you need to give it a boil
- Cool the Boiled mixture
- Now smash the pulp thoroughly in the container
- Take a filter and squeeze out the liquid from the pulp as much as possible. You can add some water if needed to extract the pulpy liquid. Some fiber and seeds will be left out in the pulp
- Now add jaggery in the extracted liquid and let it dissolve completely. The quantity of Jaggery is based on the Tanginess of Wood Apple.
- Add some lime juice. I have used one big lemon. You can add little more based on the quantity of liquid extracted
- Add a pinch of salt
- Add mint leaves
- You can add some water to the mixture, since the above Juice will be thick, or you can use as it is.
- You can keep the Juice in the fridge for 15 mins or Add some ice cubes and serve it.
Notes
Bel Sharbat on Video
Step by step directions to make Wood Apple Juice
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Break open a Wood apple.
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Scoop out the pulp from Wood Apple
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Soak the pulp in water for about half an hour
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If the pulp is raw or little hard, then you need to give it a boil. If you boil the extraction of juice will be easier
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Cool the Boiled mixture
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Now smash the pulp thoroughly in the container
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Take a filter and squeeze out the liquid from the pulp as much as possible. You can add some water if needed to extract the pulpy liquid. Some fiber and seeds will be left out in the pulp
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Now add jaggery in the extracted liquid and let it dissolve completely. The quantity of Jaggery is based on the Tanginess of Wood Apple.
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Add some lime juice. I have used one big lemon. You can add little more based on the quantity of liquid extracted
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Add mint leaves
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Add a pinch of salt
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You can add some water to the mixture, since the above Juice will be thick, or you can use as it is.
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You can keep the Juice in the fridge for 15 mins or Add some ice cubes and serve it.
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