Rose lemonade with basil seeds

Its so refreshing to drink lemonade in sunny days....that too homemade flavor filled lemonade! Yes here I have made Lemonade from freshly squeezed lemons, rose petals and with the goodness of sabja seeds(Basil seeds). Usually I try to add sabja seeds in any of my cold drinks... or even simply with water because of its power packed nutrition.Some of the benefits of this seeds are weight loss, helpul in digestion, loaded with nutrients, anti-aging properties and many as I can list all the way! So do try this awesome rose infused lemonade with sabja seeds. Happy Summer!!!

Prep Time: 10 Minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Yields: 2 Cups (concentrated syrup)

 

INGREDIENTS

• Water - 1 Cup (To cook)
• Sugar - 1 Cup
• Lemon juice - 1 Cup (freshly squeezed)
• Dried rose petals(edible) - 1 Tablespoon
• Sabja seeds (basil seeds/tukmaria seeds/falooda seeds) - 1 Teaspoon
• Rose extract - 1/2 Teaspoon
• Salt - A pinch
• Cold water - 4 Cups (To make juice)

MAKE IT

• Soak 1 Teaspoon of sabja seeds in 1/4 Cup of water for about 15 minutes for complete swelling of seeds..
• Take a small sauce pan, add 1 Cup of water and sugar, bring it to boil.
• Once it started boiling, add dried rose petals and simmer it for 5 - 8 minutes until the essence of rose was steeped into water.
• Once done switch off the heat, then add rose exttract and let it cool
• Once the prepared syrup is cooled, add freshly squeezed lemon juice, note here color of the syrup turns vibrant.
• Filter out the syrup to remove rose petals
• Now add soaked sabja seeds to the filtered syrup.Rose lemonade syrup is now ready.
• The above prepared syrup is concentrated, so dilute it to 1:2 (syrup to water) ratios. That is One part of syrup and two parts of water.
• I have about 2 cups of syrup and hence added 4 cups of water to make lemonade juice. Once diluted with water, color of juice becomes pale pink color.
• Store this lemonade in refrigerator. Serve chilled!!!

STEP BY STEP PREPARATION

Soak 1 Teaspoon of sabja seeds in 1/4 Cup of water for about 15 minutes.

 

Take a small sauce pan, add 1 Cup of water and sugar, bring it to boil.

 

Once it started boiling, add dried rose petals and simmer it for 5 - 8 minutes until the essence of rose was steeped into water.

 

Once done switch off the heat, then add rose exttract and let it cool

Once the prepared syrup is cooled, add freshly squeezed lemon juice, note here color of the syrup turns vibrant.

Filter out the syrup to remove rose petals

Now add soaked sabja seeds to the filtered syrup.Rose lemonade syrup is now ready.

The above prepared syrup is concentrated, so dilute it to 1:2 (syrup to water) ratios. That is One part of syrup and two parts of water. I have about 2 cups of syrup and hence added 4 cups of water to make lemonade juice. Once diluted with water, color of juice becomes pale pink color. Here is the diluted rose lemonade

NOTES

• Can store this lemonade either as syrup or diluted
• Can add mint leaves or other herbs too.