Homemade Turkish Lemonade (limonata

Turkish Homemade Lemonade (limonata)


         

         

         Amazing Turkish Homemade Lemonade (Limonata)'s Recipe 

         Nowadays, weathers are so changeable, sometimes sunny but not hot, and sometimes cools or rainy. Yes, temperatures are dropped, and fall is upon us - when we look at the back, we and most of people have consumed cold foods or drinks such as; ice-creams, ice tea or fresh and healty cold lemonade (limonata) during the summer's hot days. Why don't we keep consuming fresh and healty lemonade in fall season or winter season?. We think that, when you taste our Amazing, fresh and healthy Turkish Lemonade (Limonata), you change your mind and drink lemonade whenever you want. Turkish lemonade goes well with  cocoa-brownie-cookies ,

         On the other hand, in here and maybe in many of the regions of the world, Schools are opening and new education season is starting for the students. Many moms worry about the their children. Because, schools play a very important part in children' diet. Unfortunatelly, It means that lots of unhealtyh market foods, fast foods and beverages (such as coke, marketing fruit juice or others) are consumed by the students (or childrens in kindergarden). According to us, todays modern and digital world is really changing situation as negatively for the hunanity. Because, here and many of the regions of world, more and more moms (women) are going out to work, and are either just not at their homes when their children need to be fed, or are very quick and little of time to prepare proper homemade meals. The children consequences end up with meals of chocolate, chips, coke and biscuits. If we want our children to be properly nourished, when they are at home, at school and everywhere. We should increase our homemade foods and drinks for the children. Forexample: if you prepare fresh and healty homemade lemonade, you can keep your children away from the unhealtyh beverages, when they are at schools. Our limonata goes well with  Easy-breakfast-rolls ,  Rose-shaped-turkish-pogaca ,  Cotton-soft-home-made-turkish-pogaca .

Homemade Lemonade (Limonata)

    

        In this post, we are going to mention about our famous and amazing"Turkish Lemonade (Limonata)". Yes, summer season and hot days gone. We are at cool days and couple of months later, cold and snowy season will come. Maybe you think that lemonade is only drunk at hot summer days. But, we dont agree with you, we think that homemade fresh and healty lemonade, especially our amazing fresh and healthy lemonade (limonata) is consumed all around the year. Homemade Limonade goes well with Turkish-style-semolina-cake-in-syrup ,  Turkish-home-made-baklava ,  Newspaper-baklava ,  Rose-baklava .

   

         What is Lemonade and What is Amazing Turkish Lemonade (Limonata)?

         The lemon and orange trees are beautiful. They have alot of shiny green leaves. The small white flowers of them smell very sweet. According to historians; there were lemon and orange trees twenty million years ago (Nearly 2400 B.C.). They came from Chine. Many different kinds of wild lemon and orange trees grow there today. Farmers in other parts of Asia, Middle East, Europa, North and South America learned the raise of lemon and orange from the Chinese farmers, Spanish traders and European traders. Maybe the Spanish Traders discovered the lemonade drink. Becayse lemonade is very popular beverage in Spain. It is called "Limonade".

  

         Lomanade, limonade or (In Turkish: Limonata) is maybe the most easiest homemade bevarege in the world. You just need 3 ingredients: "Fresh lemons + Sugar + Water". That's it. Even though this beverage has just 3 ingredients (lemons, sugar and water), the right method is very important. If you just stir the lemons and sugar into cold water, mixture of lemon and sugar will sink to the bottom and won’t dissolve. According to us, perfect Lemonade (Limonata) must be the perfect balance of sweet and tangy. Sothat, proportion of sugar and lemon juice are very important. Now, in this recipe, we are sharing our favorite proportions of sugar to lemon juice but you can add more sugar or more lemon juice to taste.

         What is Amazing Turkish Lemonade (Limonata)?

       Because of the silk road has passed on the middle east and Mediterranean regions (Especially on Anatolia), maybe the first Farmers of lemon or orange trees were in Anatolia (Turkey). When you go to regions of Anatolia close to Mediterranean Sea, such as; Antalya city, Mersin city, Adana city, Gaziantep city and Hatay city, you can see that everywhere or every corner is covered the lemon or orange trees. We recommend that "visit our lovely country Turkey and taste our delicious meals". Because, in Turkey, vegetables, fruits, meat and all kinds of foods are very unique, very organic and tasty. Our lemons "Turkish Lemons" are too. What do we mean? Please, Let us to explain it! Did you ever hear of lemonade or limonade (in Turkish: Limonata) that wasn't sour? When you take a sip of  Amazing Turkish Lemonade/Limonata and you will be surprised at its refreshing lemon taste without the sourness. The unique Turkish lemon rinds and sugar are either rubbed together or cooked before they are mixed with the lemon juice. Please, trust us, it is very yummy and perfect. Turkish lemonade (Limonata) is a very popular drink and you can see it being delivered throughout the day. Especially, in summer hot days, you can see lemonade vendors everywhere. Sometimes, they can slow down the traffic and absolutely no one minds at all. In daily life of Turkey, we serve a fabulous Turkish lemonade (Limonata) to accompany our extravagant meal. Our limonata goes well with  Turkish-semolina-cookies-in-syrup ,  Green-cake .

Turkish Limonata Recipe

         What Do You Think About Lemonade? Is It Healthy?

      Homemade Lemonade is still a sweet beverage but it is certainly healthier than concentrate and often less sweet than what you might order at a restaurant or buy from the markets and groceries. Proportion of sugar and water mixture depends on you. If you can add less of the sugar syrup, you can cut down on calories and carbs. Actually, homemade fresh lemonade (Limonata) very useful comfort drink for the health of body. Here the benefits of drinking homemade fresh lemonade are;

1- Staying hydrated,

2- Homemade lemonade (Limonata) has high in Vitamin-C as each glass has about the equivalent of one juiced lemon,

3- Forexample: During the day you did lots of errands, and you feel yourself very tired, at that time, please stop infront of the patisserie or lemonade vendor, and take a glass of fresh lemonade, we are sure that, you feel yourself strong and joyful. 

         How to Make Homemade Lemonade (Limonata)?

         As we said above; "Lomanade (In Turkish: Limonata) is maybe the most easiest homemade drink in the world. You just need 3 ingredients: "Fresh lemons (we hope that you have our Turkish Lemons)+ Sugar + Water". That's it. Even though this drink has just 3 ingredients (lemons, sugar and water), the right method is very important."

Before, we give our recipe of "Homemade Turkish Lemonade (Liminata)". Lets examine the tips to make best homemade lemonade;

You should try our lemonade (limonata) and  3000-years-old-pita-develi-civiklisi  , Healty-pizza-homemade-pizza ,  Turkish-pide-kiymali-pide

         Tips To Make The Best Sweet Homemade Lemonade (Limonata)

       - First of all, we should get real lemons for the high quality lemonade. What does it mean? It means that for the best flavor, you use freshly squeezed lemon juice from real lemons (our lemons are really very unique and perfect), please, not store bought bottled lemon juice. Bottled lemon juice doesn’t taste as good as lemon juice from fresh lemons. It usually has some things (chemical things) added to it and the flavor is not quite right. It’s definitely better to make your homemade lemonade with real lemons.

         - When purchasing lemons from markets or groceries or bazaars, choose large ones that give to gentle pressure; avoid to buy lemons that still have some green, white or brown spots. Hard lemons have thicker skin and yield less juice.

         - To extract the most lemon juice,  before you cut your lemons, roll each lemon over your cutting board with the palm of your hand, very pressing down as you do. This will help your lemons to release their juice.

         How to Store Turkish Honemade Fresh Lemonade (Limonata)

      Since ice cubes can dilute your lemonade (Limonata), it is best to store in the refrigerator without ice. Add ice when serving to enjoy ice cold lemonade.

         Recipe of Amazing "Turkish Homemade Lemonade (Limonata)"

         Today, we are sharing 3 different recipes to make our "Turkish Homemade Lemonade (Limonata)". We tried 3 ways. Results were great. Here is an 3 different recipes for you;

         Serve: 7-8 Servings (7-8 Glasses), Preparation Time: 10-20 minutes, Cooking Time: NO Cooking,  Recipe Type: Drink (Beverage), Cuisine: Mediterranean & Anatolian Cuisines,

Freezed Lemons

         1. Way; (For Hot Summer Days)

         Ingredients:

         - 3 Fresh Lemons, washed and then placed in freezer,

         - 1 Cup Granulated sugar or 1/2 Cup Honey, (if you want lemonade as less sugar, you can reduce granulated sugar to 3/4 cup- Also you can use honey for the swetener),

         - Nearly 1.5 or 2 litres chilled water,

         Preparation:

         First of all wash all your lemons thoroughly with soap or vinegar, and warm water very well. Then, placed in freezer. Then, remove the your lemons from the freezer once frozen. This could take 3 or 4 hours, Leave at room temperature for 10 minutes. Then, cut your lemons into about 5 pieces and place in blender. Add 1 cup (3/4 cup) sugar and blend (The amount of sugar depends on you, it is determined by your taste, Forexample friend of us Selma prefers a sour lemonade, so we choose the lesser amount of sugar on this recipe). Blend until the your lemons are completely pulverized. The mixture should be slightly foamy with a whitish color.  Then, add 1.5 to 2 litres of water depending on the strength you like. After these processes, leave to rest 30 minutes then strain through some muslin or fine filter. Squeeze out the remnants and discard. Pour into Bottles or Glass pitcher and place in freezer for a while. Then, pour in the lemonade in glasses! Garnish each glass with sliced lemons.

Homemade Limonade Recipe

         2. Way; (For Hot Summer Days);

         Ingredients:

         - 3 Fresh Lemons, washed and then quartered or cut into 5 slices,

        - 1 Cup Granulated sugar or 1/2 Cup Honey, (if you want lemonade as less sugar, you can reduce granulated sugar to 3/4 cup- Also you can use honey for the swetener),

         - Nearly 1.5 or 2 litres water,

         Preparation:

         First of all wash all your lemons thoroughly with soap or vinegar, and warm water very well. Then, roll your lemons firmly on a hard surface until they become soft. This will help lemons to release their juice. Then, in a small saucepan, combine water with sugar. Place over medium heat and bring just to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Then, remove from the heat and let the syrup cool to room temperature. Then, pour into a jar, cover and refrigerate until ready serving. Then, cut your lemons into about 4 pieces (quartered) and place in blender. And blend it. Blend until the your lemons are completely pulverized. The mixture should be slightly foamy with a whitish color. Then strain through some muslin or fine filter. Squeeze out the remnants and discard. Then, pour lemon juice into a jar and refrigerate up to 10 days until ready to make lemonade. To make of lemonade, pour couple of cups water into a pitcher, and then add the lemon juice and syrup and stir to combine. Now, your lemonade is ready. Then, pour in the lemonade in glasses! Garnish each glass with sliced lemons.

Making Lemonade/Limonata Process

         3. Way; (For Fall and Winter Seasons)

         Ingredients:

         - 3 Fresh Lemons, washed and then quartered or cut into 5 slices,

        - 1 Cup Granulated sugar or 1/2 Cup Honey, (if you want lemonade as less sugar, you can reduce granulated sugar to 3/4 cup- Also you can use honey for the swetener),

      - Half or 1 Tablespoon Ground Dried Ginger or grated Fresh Ginger root, (in this recipe, we use ground ginger)

         - Nearly 1.5 or 2 litres water,

Homemade Lemonade Recipe

         Preparation:

         First of all wash all your lemons thoroughly with soap or vinegar, and warm water very well. Then, roll your lemons firmly on a hard surface until they become soft. This will help lemons to release their juice. Then, cut your lemons into about 5 pieces (or quartered) and place in blender. Add 1 cup (3/4 cup) sugar and your ground ginger and blend (The amount of sugar depends on you, it is determined by your taste, Forexample friend of us Selma prefers a sour lemonade, so we choose the lesser amount of sugar on this recipe). Blend until the your lemons are completely pulverized. The mixture should be slightly foamy with a whitish color.  Then, add 1.5 to 2 litres of water depending on the strength you like. After these processes, leave to rest 30 minutes then strain through some muslin or fine filter. Squeeze out the remnants and discard. Pour into Bottles or Glass pitcher and place in freezer for a while. Then, pour in the lemonade in glasses! Garnish each glass with sliced lemons.

Making Turkish Limonata Process

       

      

Using Honey and Ginger for Homemade Lemonade

       P.S.: Dont forget to read the our nutrition label below to get a full calorie count per serving.

Nutrition Label: Calories: 275kcal | Protein: 3g | Carbohydrates: 76g | Sodium: 9mg | Potassium: 391mg | Sugar: 56g | Vitamin A: 1.2% | Vitamin C: 182.1% | Fiber: 7g | Calcium: 7.6% | Iron: 9.6%

         Please let us know how this "Homemade Limonade (Limonata)" turns out for you in the comments. We are always so eager to hear from you.

           ENJOY!!!
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