Delicious lychee lemonade made with fresh lychees and lemon juice
" width="640" height="496" border="0">We love lychee, and whenever this fresh fruit available in the store we buy it. My princess also likes it very much. I won’t buy any canned ones which are usually drenched in sweet syrup and also lack the fresh fruit smell. You know sweet is deadly things in our house.
We eat them fresh, and it will finish in a day or so. It is very expensive fruit, so whenever I see the price, my heart will be beating and I will think I don’t want to buy. Fiesta store guys always keep it in front aisle and you see it as soon as you enter the store. Then hubby will say what are you thinking; do you want to buy it? I will tell him it is really expensive, and he will tell me if you want to eat it, then don’t worry about the price; otherwise leave it. Finally I will buy them and this story continues almost every weekend.
Do you know, lycheeis the only member of soapberry family. It has a pink shell in the outer; and when you tear the shell you can see white fleshy part, really sweet, tasty and aromatic. Don’t eat the entire lychee after removing the shell; it has brown seed in them, which is not edible. So you need to work a little to eat them. It was once considered precious in the past and was only available to Chinese emperors. There are lots of folk stories in China related to lychee.
Even though it is cultivated in northern part of India, I got to taste it only when I was in Japan. Once I tried, I got hooked on the taste. Lychee can be converted into various desserts especially puddings and ice cream. I have not tried though. I have seen lychee drinks in market, so I decided to make a drink with it. Thus this lemonade is born, the first when I added an entire lemon it turned out to be very tangy, so the next time used only ½ of lemon.
Take 12 lychee and ½ lemon, 2 cup water and 2 tablespoon sugar your lemonade is ready. It looks like snow white drink, taste great. Here go the recipes.
How I made, first grabbed following along with ice cubes.
" width="400" height="255" border="0"> Then comes the hard part, removing the shell of each lychee, like this and cutting in the center to remove its black seed.
" width="400" height="293" border="0">Put lychee, sugar, lemon juice into the blender and blend it until everything mixed well. Add some ice cubes if you want.
" width="640" height="400" border="0">Strain and enjoy the drink as much as you want.
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Lychee Lemonade
Delicious lychee lemonade made with fresh lychee and lemon juice.
Servings: 2
Calories: 94kcal
Ingredients
- 12 Lychee
- ½ lemon
- 2 tablespoon Sugar
- 2 cup of water
- Few ice cubes
Instructions
- Cut open the shell of lychee and remove pink shell and black seeds in the center.
- In a blender put lychee, half of lemon juice, sugar, 1 cup of water and ice cubes.
- Blend everything for about 5 minutes , strain using strainer
- Add rest of water and ice cubes if you need.
- Enjoy as much you wish.
Notes
Instead of lemon try with lime or any other citrus fruit.
Nutrition
Calories: 94kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 14mg | Potassium: 140mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin C: 57mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Manju says
Nice post and a refreshing drink...I was hunting for a similar recipe, gada to have found one here...
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Archana says
Yummy yummy lemonade.
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The Roasted Root says
One of the reason why I LOVE blogs is because I constantly come across ingredient I had never heard of...I've never heard of lychee, and your recipe looks so refreshing that I can't wait to find some and whip up this tasty drink! Thanks! - Julia http://www.roastedrootfood.com
Balvinder Ubi says
Hey, I did not see this recipe on my dashboard.
Looks so refreshing!
Reeni says
What a luscious and refreshing lemonade Swathi! I never had fresh lychee - I've been missing out.
spusht says
I used to eat lots of lychees back in Bangkok. Haven't eaten any here in US. It really has a unique taste, so I'm sure the lychee lemonade must have tasted great. Nice pics by the way, Swathi!
Priya says
Wat a fantastic exotic lemonade, wish to have some anytime.
Veganosaurus says
Looks so refreshing! *slurp*
Renata says
Hi Swathi, love your idea of the lychee and lemon for such a refreshing drink.
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mjskit says
Well, this is definitely one I've never heard of before. Love the flavor and texture of lychee so it's easy to know that this lemonade is delicious! Thanks for sharing such a refreshing drink!
Reshmi Mahesh says
Yummy looking lemonade...Should be having a wonderful flavor...Lovely clicks..
Rebecca Subbiah says
Love lychee too genuis to make lemonade with it 🙂
sonu says
looks yummm....quiet an innovative lemonade ...very flavourful ..wud luv to taste it !
Lizzy Do says
I've never tried lychees either...but I'd love a tall glass of this exotic lemonade to experience the taste 🙂
Mango Ginger says
This is brilliant! Would love a nice cool glass of it now!
Sharans Samayalarai says
Refreshing & healthy drink !!
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Shweta in the Kitchen says
Love Lychee, nice refreshing drink
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♥peachkins♥ says
This looks very refreshing!
Madhavi says
Great combo..very refreshing drink...
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Kavi Foodomania says
The only Lychee I've tasted is in some candy! dying to taste the real fruit! Your juice looks fantastic! 🙂
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Nivedhanams Sowmya says
Truth is I have never seen or tasted a lychee.. How does that taste? Yours is looking so tempting... I will see if I can find this fruit nearby!!!
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Swasthi says
Refreshing and healthy! A unique drink!
DivyaGCP says
Interesting and refreshing lemonade..
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Kaveri Venkatesh says
Lychees are one of my favorites....I usually have it as such...never thought of converting it into a drink..this one sounds and looks very refreshing...Love your click
Navaneetham Krishnan says
What a refreshing drink and just like you, we too enjoy lychees. We get plenty of fresh ones and these are actually quite affordable.
Cindy DG says
Wow, this sounds yummy! So freshing!! My name is Cindy and I blog over at Vegetarianmamma.com I wanted to invite you to link up your recipe at our Gluten Free Fridays Recipe Link up party! It happens every Friday and we'd love to have you join us with some of your awesome recipes! You can find this week's link up here: http://vegetarianmamma.com/glutenfree-fridays-recipe-party-4/ It doesn't mean that you have to be a gluten free bloggers. If you have some recipes on your blog that are gluten free that counts! 🙂 Many recipes are naturally gluten free.
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Guru Uru says
I absolutely love lychees so this exotic creation is on my list 😀
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El Oteador de los Mercados says
I love the Lychee, but as I have never tried them refreshment, it must be delicious.
Vimitha Anand says
Thats a very refreshing lemonade...
Sherin Deepu says
This is a great combo. Will try it for sure Swathi
MaryMoh says
This dish looks so refreshingly good! I love lychees too but it's not easy to get here. Hope you have a great weekend. MaryMoh at http://bakericious.blogspot.sg
Tracy Iseminger says
wow, I've never seen a lychee! Thanks for sharing at Foodie Friends Friday! http://www.foodiefriendsfriday.com
Suryaprabha Parthasarathy says
Refreshing drink!! Lychee is my fav..
Amrita Vishal says
Your lemonade looks so refreshing..must try with all the lychees we get here in Kolkata.
Premalatha Aravindhan says
wow delicious lemonade,luks yum...
Sanoli Ghosh says
Absolutely delicious and refreshing drink of lychee. Very inviting Swathi.
Jay says
looks so delicious & inviting
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Julie says
Yummy delicious lychee lemonade..Loved the color!!
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Suja Manoj says
Refreshing and healthy one,will try this,tempting
lata raja says
I have eaten fresh lychees only once in India! Here we make do with the packet juice. You have paired it well with the lemon. The juice from fresh fruit is always healthy and more tasty.
Divya Pramil says
Love lychee a lot...Wow the peeled ones look teasingly yummy!! Refreshing drink dear 🙂
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Shailaja Reddy says
Refreshing drink. Ymmm...
PT says
cool and refreshing..
radha says
Yes, lychees are expensive and for that matter all fruits too, which is such a sad thing. This looks inviting. I think what we get in a store are artificially flavoured and so the taste of real fruit is totally missing. Nothing like homemade!