Description
Es timun is a healthy, refreshing drink to cool you down when the weather’s too hot. It’s quick and easy to prepare and contains all the benefits of cucumber and lime.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 small cucumber (around 150 gr)
- 1 lime
- 5 tbsp granulated sugar
- ¼ cup hot water
- 2 glasses cold drinking water
Instructions
- Dissolve the sugar in the hot water, set aside to cool.
- Cut and remove both ends of the cucumber, remove the seeds if necessary, and wash it thoroughly.
- Grate the cucumber.
- In a glass bowl or a jug, put the grated cucumber and then squeeze the lime all over it.
- Add the sugar syrup.
- Add the cold water.
- Stir all the ingredients, and then chill in the fridge.
- Serve cold with some ice cubes.
Notes
- In this recipe, I used Japanese cucumber, which doesn’t contain a lot of seeds. If other types of cucumber with a lot of seeds are used, scrape the seeds using a spoon to remove.
- The liquid sugar can also be replaced with (green coloured) syrup (melon syrup is the most common one), but I frankly like the clean taste of dissolved sugar.
- Chill the drink in the fridge for a while before serving to let all the ingredients nicely infuse.
- Adjust the amount of sugar and lime juice according to your liking.
Keywords: Quick and easy, healthy, common ingredients