Delicious strawberry and rose flavored agua fresca made with fresh strawberries, lime juice, rose water and sweetener. Summery drink.
Summer bounty fresh sweet strawberries are easily available in the market. My daughter’s loves strawberries and her breakfast are a bowl of strawberries and whipped cream. I love to make desserts with strawberries too.
So, every trip to the market has a pound or two of strawberries in my shopping bag. I thought of making some strawberry lemonade but changed the idea at the last minute and made this strawberry rose agua fresca.
This is festive easy drink you can make with fresh strawberries and mint. Yes, my herb garden has lot of mint, and I decided to make use of that too. I also added rosewater.
In Indian cuisine, rosewater is a must to make an exotic Indian dessert. I used Nectevia sweetener which is diabetic friendly so that my hubby can enjoy it, if you can’t get hold of it use honey or sugar.
You can make puree ahead of the day when you plan to serve and when ready to serve add ice and club soda. For kids you can try with sprite or any other lemon soda.
Aguas frescas is a Spanish word for cool waters and literally means fresh waters. These are light non-alcoholic beverages made from one or more fruits, cereals, flowers, or seeds blended with sugar and water.
They are popular in Mexico and the United States. Some of the more common flavors include tamarind, hibiscus, and horchata.
Not only strawberry is delicious fruit, laboratory studies has also shown that consumption of strawberries may be associated with decreased cardiovascular disease risk and that phytochemicals present in strawberries have anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties.
Strawberries is also one of the favorite fruits of my two kids, my son who only loves banana and strawberries.
When you get fresh strawberries, try to make this strawberry rose agua fresca. Next time when looking for a drink for get-together, then try this one, if you don’t like rose water, then try with orange blossom water.
Strawberry Rose Agua fresca
Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped hulled strawberries
- 10 mint leaves
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 tablespoon Nectevia or use your favorite sweetener Increase amount if you want more sweetness
- ½ cup cold water
- ½ teaspoon rose water use orange blossom water if you don’t like rose water
- Club soda
- Ice cubes
Instructions
- First process, strawberries, mint leaves and lime juice in a blender into fine puree with ½ cup water.
- Fill the glass with ice and add ⅔ rd of glass with strawberry -rose-mint puree and then top with club soda and enjoy.
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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.
Heather says
This is the PERFECT summer drink. Super easy to make with ingredients already on hand and it looks so refreshing!!
Oana Iancu says
Your recipe is so refreshing and perfect for summer time! I absolutely love the addition of the rose water to it. Saving to give a try this summer
Priya Srinivasan says
Agua Fresca’s are so fresh and
Refreshing ❤️ I love strawberry agua Fresca! To team it up with rose water must have taken it to another level! Looks amazing !
Tammy says
Oooh this sounds so refreshing and perfect for a day like today where it's almost 90 degrees out! Love the addition of the rose water- a perfectly elegant touch ^_^
Natalie says
I love addition of rose water in this one. It sounds sooo good. So refreshing and perfect for SUmmer.
Veena Azmanov says
That looks refreshing and perfect for this weather. Strawberry and rose sound like a perfect combination. Can't wait to make this soon Swathi.
Tiffany Haywood says
hot looks so perfect for the hot summer months!!
Lauren Vavala says
I love strawberries so this looks so so good! Perfect for summer!
Jaclyn Anne says
Strawberries are my fave! This strawberry rose aqua fresca recipe is perfect for relaxing on the deck on a nice summer day.
What Corinne Did says
This looks so refreshing! and sound so nice! I'd love to have a glass right now! I need to try this recipe!
Tami says
This looks refreshing. I am trying to give up my beloved pop. Maybe this will be my new obsession.
Claudia Lamascolo says
Wow this looks so refreshing . I think it will be the perfect summer drink especially here in Florida when the temperatures soar over 100 degrees!
Katrina Gehman says
This looks so good. I make something similar, but going to try out your recipe soon
Danielle says
This drink looks so yummy! Need to try these ASAP!
Ruxana says
The drink looks superb and refreshing 🙂