Green juice with musambi and raw mango

Musambi is sweet lime, which has a mild, lemony tang. Its skin is tough and it needs to be cut open unlike an orange. The rind is green while the inside is pastel yellow in color. It is usually juiced.

 

The ingredients of the drink...

Ash gourd - 250g

Raw mango - 1

Musambi - 1

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp

Lemon - 1/2

Salt - a bit

Spinach powder - a tad

Turmeric ginger powder - a little

Plant-based collagen powder - a smidgeon

 Ashwagandha powder - a pinch

Water - 6 glasses

 

 

 

 

 

The procedure to attain the magic potion ...

 

Deseed ash gourd and remove its outer skin. Peel off skin of mango too. Chop ash gourd and mango into small pieces. Throw in ash gourd, mango, cumin seeds and 2 glasses of water into a blender jar. Blitz. Strain the juice into a glass jug. Squeeze in juice of lemon and musambi. 

 

 

 

 

 

Cast in salt, spinach powder, collagen powder, turmeric ginger powder, ashwagandha powder and rest of the water. Give a good stir. Serve into tall glasses and drink up!

 

 

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