Wood Apple or Bael and Mint Smoothie

Name: How to cook Wood Apple or Bael and Mint Smoothie - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Kumkum Chatterjee

Wood Apple or Bael and Mint Smoothie

#ga24 #WestBengal #WoodApple Wood Apple or Bael fruit is available in abundance during summer.It is flavourful and mildly sweet in taste.The pulp makes a popular health drink due to its cooling effect and can be prepared in various ways like smoothie, sharbat or juice, milkshake, murabba,candy etc. So let's make a mint flavoured ripe bael smoothie today.Adding chopped nuts enhances the taste of this smoothie.Bael has a cooling disposition and has immense health benefits for digestive system. It also helps to keep you hydrated during the scorching heat of summer. So sip a glass full of healthy qmint flavoured bael smoothie and stay cool.

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 servings

Cooking time :

15 minutes

large ripe bael fruit / wood apple

200 ml

cold water or as needed

3 tsp

sugar or as needed

7-8

ice cubes

1/2 cup

yogurt

1/4 tsp

black salt

10-12

mint leaves muddled

7-8

cashewnuts

almonds

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Crack open the ripe bael fruit to reveal the fragrant, yellow fibrous flesh with seeds enveloped by a gel like substance. A ripe bael tastes sweet. Scoop out the pulp with a spoon in a wide bowl.Discard the gel like substance and seeds as much as possible. Gradually add water and mash with hands or masher.

* Step 2

Add sugar and 2 tbsp yogurt.Mash well and strain all pulp discarding the fiber and seeds.The pulp is now thick.

* Step 3

Muddle few mint leaves.Pour the pulp, mint leaves, rest of yogurt and ice cubes in a blender. Blend till frothy. Adjust consistency of smoothie after blending as ice cubes will release water. Pour in individual glasses. Sprinkle pinch of black salt and ice cubes in each glass. Garnish with chopped nuts and mint leaves.