The benefits of pumpkin juice can be talked about endlessly. This is a dietary product, and a remedy for insomnia, and the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, and a remedy for urolithiasis, and much more. In addition, pumpkin juice has practically no contraindications, and this sunny nectar can be consumed in unlimited quantities.
It is necessary
- - pumpkin;
- - sugar;
- - water.
Instructions
Step 1
Making pumpkin juice in a juicer
Wash the pumpkin, cut it into 2-4 pieces. Remove seeds, peel. Chop the pumpkin pulp into large pieces so they can fit in the juicer. Squeeze out the juice. Pumpkin drink should be served and consumed immediately, as it quickly loses nutrients, vitamins and trace elements.
Step 2
Making pumpkin juice by hand
If the house does not have a juicer, making pumpkin juice is quite simple by hand pressing. Wash, cut the pumpkin, remove the seeds. Cut the pulp into 1–2 cm cubes. Pour water into the bottom of the pan and immerse the cubes in it, you can add a little sugar, boil for a short time. Rub the softened pumpkin through a sieve, then pass through cheesecloth. You can drink the juice.
Step 3
Making pumpkin juice for the winter
To prepare pumpkin juice for future use, select ripe fruits, peel, remove the seeds and grate the pulp on a coarse grater. For 10 liters of juice, you will need 7 kg of pumpkin, 4 liters of sugar syrup and 1 tsp. lemon juice. Place in a saucepan of water in a ratio of 1 cup per kilogram of pumpkin pulp and heat until softened. You can cut the fruit lengthwise into slices and bake in the oven. Rub the pulp through a sieve, add sugar syrup (50-100 g of sugar per 1 liter of water), heat to 80 ° C, add lemon juice and pour into sterilized 1-2 liter jars.
Step 4
Pumpkin juice, like any freshly squeezed vegetable or fruit juice, is a healing agent. It can be used as breakfast or afternoon tea. It would be useful to have a glass of pumpkin juice 20-15 minutes before meals or immediately after. Do not dilute pumpkin juice with mineral water, it is better if it will be other juices: carrot, apple or beetroot.
Pumpkin juice is suitable both for fasting days (2 liters of juice per day) and for everyday use for the prevention of diseases. Pumpkin juice has practically no contraindications. For insomnia, drink 1 glass of pumpkin juice with a spoonful of honey at night. As a rule, for pumpkin juice to have a healing effect, it should be consumed for at least 3-5 days.
