Beetroot Squash

Back home Amma used to make a variety of squashes with the seasonal fruits available like Grape, Mango, Orange, Lime, Passion fruit etc. Here in Kuwait as fruit juices are easily available, I never bothered to make squash at home until recently as my son drinks a lot of juice.... Now I started making it at home so that I can at least avoid giving him packet juice which contains lot of preservatives....also he is such a picky eater who refuses to eat any veggies so the only way to include some veggie in his diet is through juice :D...he loves to drink this juice as his mouth and lips become red after drinking this :D.. This juice tastes like Grape juice and is healthy too.....

Beetroot Squash

Ingredients:

Beetroot – 1kg

Water – 6 cups

Sugar – 1 ¾ kg

Water- 4 cups

Tonovin essence – 1 tbsp

Citric Acid – 1 tbsp

Lime juice from 6 limes

Method:

• Grate beetroot and boil in 6 cups of water and keep this aside.
• Boil sugar and 4 cups of water till the sugar melts. Keep this also aside. Keep these two to cool very well.
• Strain beetroot and sugar water. Mix these two together and add tonovin essence, citric acid and strained lime juice.  
• Pour squash into sterilized bottles and store refrigerated, This squash can be stored refrigerated up to 6 months.
• To serve, fill 1/3 of serving glass with the beetroot squash and remaining by water. Mix up well and serve chill topped with ice cubes.