Cucumber Lemonade

We all make normal lemonade but ever thought of adding cucumber to it.Try This..

Ingredients

• Large Cucumber     1
• Lemon Juice            1/2 Cup [or to taste]
• Lemon Zest             1 tsp [or of 1 small lemon]
• Sugar                      3/4 Cup [or honey to taste]
• Water                     6 Cups
• Salt                         3/4 tsp [optional]
• Ice Cubes               Few

Method

Wash well and peel cucumber, make few large slices and keep aside for garnishing. Chop cucumber (if too many seeds remove seeds), add 2 cups of water in blender with cucumber pieces, sugar. Blend for 3-4 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Sieve drink  and add remaining water in a large bowl.

Add salt, lemon juice, ice cubes, lemon zest and stir well to combine. Sieve again if preferred. Pour in serving glasses add more ice cubes if required or chill and serve, garnish cucumber slice or lemon wedges.

Note: To garnish glass add ice cubes in a glass and then keep cucumber slice and twist it and pour drink, lemonade in this case.  Ice cubes will hold the cucumber slice in place, in a large jar cucumber slice will float.