Bel Sharbat
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Bel ka Sharbat | Wood Apple Juice | Bael Juice

A sweet Wood Apple drink with lemon and Mint flavor 
Prep Time40 mins
Cook Time3 mins
Total Time43 mins
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 2
Author: Hazel D

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

If your Wood Apple is already ripe and very pulpy you can skip the boiling step. Boiling makes the extraction easy if the Wood Apple Pulp is little hard or raw.