Ginger Beer:
Medium sized lemon - 4
Fresh ginger - 4”
Sugar - 2 cups
Water - 1 cup
Lemon food colour - 2 drops, liquid.
Squeeze the juice from the lemons.
Scrape & grate the ginger.
Grind in a mixie till a smooth paste is obtained.
To the ginger paste add 1 cup of water, liquidise & extract the juice completely.
Mix ginger juice & sugar in a vessel & allow to boil, stirring all the time, since the syrup will boil over – it is a better to use a big vessel.
When the syrup gets sticky, add lime juice, boil once & remove immediately.
Allow it to cool & add the food colour.
Lime – ginger Squash
Mix together:
Lime juice - 4 cups
Ginger juice - 1 cup ( grate & mince ginger, put in a cloth, gather & squeeze)
To 1 cup of above mixture, add
Water - 1 cup
Sugar - 2 cups
Heat to dissolve sugar.
If you are making 5 cups & above, add ½ tsp K M S ( a preservative) dissolved in 2 tsp boiling water.
Lemon Squash:
Lime juice - 1 cup
Sugar - 3 cups
Water - 1 cup
Salt - 1 tbsp
Heat water & sugar together on a low fire to sticky consistency.
Remove & when slightly warm add salt & juice.
Cool & bottle.