I totally love iced tea, my favorite is the lemon iced tea from nestle brand. But oneday i tried my hands on homemade one and it was totally yummy. I will soon share my version of homemade lemon iced tea. You can check out my other mango recipes and drinks recipes too..
I mentioned that i was in mood for all things drinks lately. I had few mangoes on hand, so i was thinking what to try with those. Suddenly this recipe came to my mind. Immediately tried it, it tastes so yum..So try this out and let me know how it turned out for you..
Preparation Time : 15 mins
Chilling Time : 1 hour
Cooking Time : 5 mins
Ingredients:
Ripe Sweet Mangoes - 2 large peeled and cubed
Water - 2 cups
Tea Powder - 1 tblspn
Sugar - ½ cup
Lemon Juice - 3 tblspn
Ice Cubes for Serving
Ice Cold Water for Serving
Method:
Take chopped mangoes in a blender and puree them. Set aside till use.
Now take water in a saucepan. Heat it up, once it reaches a boil, add in tea powder and mix well. Add in sugar and mix well.
Now take it off the heat and add in lemon juice.
Now strain this whole thing in a jug or a bowl.Place the jug into the fridge so it gets cold.
Once it is cold, add in the pureed mangoes and mix well. You can chill this whole thing untill serving.
When you serve. Take a serving glass, pour some mango tea syrup in it, add lots of ice cubes and fill it with ice cold water, mix well and serve immediately.
Notes:
1)The amount of mango tea sauce you want to add depends upon your taste.
2)You can keep the mango tea syrup for a week in fridge.
Pictorial:
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| Take your ingredients |
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| Peel mangoes |
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| cube them |
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| take them in blender |
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| puree them |
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| Heat water in a saucepan |
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| add in tea |
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| bring it to boil |
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| add sugar |
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| mix well |
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| remove it from stove |
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| add in lemon juice |
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| mix well |
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| Place a strainer over a jug |
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| strain the tea |
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| all strained |
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| now the tea decotion is done |
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| chill it |
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| add in mango puree |
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| mix well, chill it till use |
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| Now take serving glasses |
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| pour some mango syrup in it |
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| you can adjust the amount as per you wish |
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| put some ice cubes |
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| pour some cold water |
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| done |
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| mix it up |
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| serve |
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| enjoy |
Fatima Nayani
I'm not fond of ice tea but this one looks yummy. Awaiting your lemon ice tea recipe Aarthi.
traditionallymodernfood
Mango in ice tea:) amazing:)
Kurinji
innovative and refreshing drink...
Sarah Gul
Hi.! Can we use any other fruit instead of mangoes?
Aarthi
@Sarah GulYou can use orange, strawberries, apples anything as you wish..