RECIPE: Healthy Green Drink Recipe
A few weeks in the past, clean rambutans had been on sale for handiest $zero.69 a pound and we bought numerous kilos. I figured flight tickets to Vietnam are so expensive, it would not be so awful to splurge at the tropical culmination in place of a ride to Asia!they're called chôm chôm in Vietnamese. After some baggage, my own family in the end got ill of them, so i stopped up making fruit purée and storing it inside the freezer. I already had in mind a selected drink recipe i would make. I organized a flavorful however wholesome drink with a vibrant inexperienced coloration. in addition to the rambutans, I used spinach, kiwis, lemon and lime juice.
The end result changed into delicious. I cherished the acidic taste of the kiwis, lime and lemon that balanced so well with the sweetness from the rambutan purée.
Ingredients
Yields: 4 servings
1½ pounds rambutans
4 cups baby spinach leaves
2 kiwis
1 cup water
juice of 1 lime, + 4 thin slices for garnish
juice of 1 lemon
4 tablespoons green-colored decoration sugar
Directions
Prepping the rambutans:
Using a sharp hook-like paring knife, create a small cut around the fruit crosswise, being careful not to touch the flesh so the juice doesn't ooze out.
Gather the rambutan flesh in a blender. Pulse until blended. Strain the pulp through a large-mesh sieve, using a silicone spatula to press through as much as possible. Discard the fibrous solids. Place the fruit purée in half of an ice cube tray and store in the freezer for 2 hours; that way you don't need to add crushed ice in the drink.
Prepping the kiwis: Peel and coarsely chop the kiwis, reserving 4 thin slices for garnish.
Assembly time:
Add the rambutan ice cubes, kiwis, spinach, lemon juice and lime juice to the blender. Blend for 1 minute. Pour in 1 cup water for a smoother flow. The consistency of the drink should be smooth.
Fill a shallow plate with a little water and another plate with the green sugar. Dip the rims of the glasses first in the water and then immediately dip them in the sugar.
Pour into 4 glasses.
Finish with slices of fresh kiwi and lime for decoration (place on the rim of the glass).
Enjoy!
Tips
You could "up" the flavors by adding coconut milk, instead of water.
For an alcoholic version, you could spike the drink with Vodka.
For a healthy equivalent drink, you could add celery, cucumbers or green apples.
For extra zing, you could add 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger.
You could replace the spinach leaves with kale (stems removed), parsley or a bit of mint.
You could add additional sweeteners in addition to the natural sweetness from the rambutans and kiwis.
