I love all things citrusy and making a juice of orange with some drops of lemon and sugar just seemed like a welcome change to the usual tea we have in the evenings. This orange lemon juice was born out of necessity though.
The other day, we saw this huge orange being sold in a supermarket nearby. When I say huge, I mean huge – almost three times the size of a regular orange. See below for comparison in sizes of the orange against a pretty large-sized lemon. See what I mean? I am sure there’s some other name to this fruit than “orange” so if you know, please share share your wisdom.
Update: thanks to the many who pointed out that this is actually a mandarin. I have seen the regular mandarins that come individually packed during Chinese New Year but this one was huge so I got confused. Thanks for clarifying, you all know who you are 🙂
Chinese New Year time is when all sorts of oranges in different shapes and form enter the market. Although this is our 4th Chinese New Year in Singapore, neither of us had seen an orange this big. So we did what any curious person would do and bought one.
It peeled like any other orange would do but with a bit more resistance. The skin was thick, the insides were more fibrous and the seeds were huge. We both bit into one piece with great anticipation but owwww, it was very very sour.
So I did the obvious thing and juiced it. That one orange + a few drops of lemon juice gave us three 200ml glasses of orange lemon juice.
I altered the proportion of orange : lemon in each glass which explains the difference in colours. We polished off all three glasses of juice in a matter of minutes! Make these for guests or your dehydrated kids/selves when the sun is hot and there’s that lull between breakfast and lunch. Your body will thank you for it.
I don’t like pulp in my orange juice so passed the juice through a relatively fine-meshed sieve. You can squeeze the juice directly using a hand-juicer and just remove the seeds if that’s what you prefer. I used my blender for the job.
ORANGE LEMON JUICE RECIPE
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Makes 3 glasses
Ingredients:
- 3-4 of regular-sized oranges or 1 large orange if you can find them
- 1/2 of a lemon
- 2-3 tbsp of sugar (adjust to taste)
How to Make Orange Lemon Juice:
- Peel the oranges and add them to a blender. Alternately, you can use a hand-juicer and juice them with the pulp intact.
- Blend the oranges and pass through a sieve or mesh to remove the hard fibres and pulp.
- Squeeze the desired amount of lemon and add sugar.
- Chill and add ice cubes before serving
Notes:
– Don’t make this too much in advance – about 30 mins max before you need to serve is ideal
– Add ice cubes just before serving, otherwise the juice will become too dilute from the melting ice cubes
– Adjust the proportion of orange and lemon to your taste
yep my fav drink .Its very refreshing. its very famous in MCC(madras cricket club )in chennai. with soda and mint inside it.
Is this a recipe after all…….just bcos u have a lot of followers,doesn't mean u can post nonsense recipes like this..try posting "water recipe" next time!
oh hi there anonymous nasty rude commenter whose mother didn't teach them manners,
definition of a recipe: A set of instructions for preparing a particular dish, including a list of the ingredients required. Now please go back and read the RECIPE above. happy?
i will post whatever the hell i want, whether i have followers or not. i didn't start with thousands of followers and i used to post whatever i wanted back then too.
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no thank you,
nags
the glasses of juice look vibrant and refreshing.
Looks good !! 🙂 Just add a pinch of salt and see the magic 🙂
lovely picture 🙂 try with some mint and green chilly 🙂 it taste more !
Lovely pics Nags… Again you made a simple thing into a lovable one… I recently made watermelon juice to quench the thirst… Will surely try your orange juice next time… 🙂
Topped with lemon Soda and garnished with mint, this drink is called cricket in most Clubs in Chennai. To avoid dilution of the fruit juice, I usually freeze a little bit of the juice in the ice-tray. That way one can add as many of the 'juice cubes' without altering the flavour of the drink.
that's a great tip! i was just too lazy to do it on that day but worth the effort if you are entertaining. i also hear this is called ganga jamuna juice in chennai 🙂
My understanding was that Ganga Jamuna Juice was sweet lime (Mousambi) and Orange Juice. 🙂
you are probably right. i have never had this ganga jamuna, only heard of it 🙂
They r known as Kinu or Kinnow in India .
I too make this but with the navel orange after tasting in Indian wok 🙂 But I would love Mandarin are more better
Haha. I'm S'porean so I know this fruit very well. It's called Mandarin Orange. Yes normally they are sold in boxes during Chinese New Year.
It's known as a "heaty" fruit so do not consume too much. The sweetness really depends. I have eaten countless sweet ones than sour ones.
oooh good to know 🙂 i have updated the post