- Making Sugar Syrup For Orange Squash First begin making the sugar syrup. Dissolve the sugar in water in a large saucepan or pot.
- Add lemon juice and stir. Let the sugar solution come to a boil. Lower the flame and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes till the sugar solution thickens a bit. You don't need any thread consistency.
- Just a slightly thick and sticky flowing sugar solution. Remove from the pan and let the solution become warm. Filter the sugar solution to remove the impurities.
- Let the sugar solution cool at room temperature. Crush saffron threads and add them to the warm sugar solution. This is an optional step.
- Sterilizing Jars For Storing Orange Squash Whilst the sugar solution is cooling, you sterilize the bottles and start making the orange juice. In a large pot, bring enough water to a boil so that your canning jar or bottle gets completely immersed in it.
- Place the glass jar in it and its lid separately in the hot water. Continue to boil for further 8 to 10 minutes. With the help of canning tongs or regular clean tongs, remove the jar and the lid and keep aside.
- Preparing Orange Juice For Orange Squash Next, peel and chop the oranges.In a blender, add 1/3 or 1/2 of the oranges or as much as the capacity of your blender is. Keep on pulsing for some seconds till the oranges have been crushed very well. Then strain the orange juice through a juice strainer. Press the pulp with a spoon so that all the juice is strained away.
- Making Orange Squash Add the strained orange juice to the sugar syrup and stir. We need to add the orange juice immediately, so that it does not become bitter. Now work again juicing the oranges in batches and then adding them to the sugar syrup.
- You can also use an electric juicer to juice the oranges. Take 1/4 cup of the orange squash in a cup or bowl. Stir in the potassium metabisulphite very well so that it is completely dissolved in the water. Add this preservative solution to the orange squash. stir again very well. Pour the orange squash in the sterilized jars or bottles.
- Close tightly with its lid and let is stay for some hours, about 3-4 hours outside at room temperature. Later refrigerate the orange squash jars or bottles.
- Let the orange squash sit for some days (about 3 to 4 days or a week) in the fridge and then you serve. the flavors improve after some days.
- Serving Orange Squash Shake the jar or bottle before you use the orange squash. For serving, stir 1/4 to 1/3 part of the orange squash with 3/4 or 2/3 parts of cold water or regular water.
- Add ice cubes if required and you can garnish with mint leaves or lemon slices. Serve immedietly.
Orange Squash Orange squash recipe - do it yourself homemade orange squash made from fresh oranges.
Orange Squash
#FoodismSummerBonanza
By Pooja Gujarathi
Apr, 17th
760
Servings
2 persons
Cook Time
1 hr
Ingredients
4
- 6
Ingredients
- 2.25 to 2.50 kg oranges
- 1 kg organic unrefined cane sugar
- 1 litre water
- 3 to 4 tablespoons lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon potassium metabisulphite
- 1 to 2 pinch saffron (kesar)
