Squash Recipes

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Apple Squash

Ingredients :

1. Fresh ripe Apples - 1kg
Water - 1cup
2. Sugar - 11/2 to 13/4kg
Water - 2 cups
Citric Acid - 2 heaped tsp
3. Cinnamon 1inch length - 6 pieces
Water - 1/4cup
4. Yellow Colour - a pinch
5. Potassium meta bisulphate - 1/4tsp



Method :

Peel the apples and cut into small pieces. Grind it smoothly with 1cup of water in a liquidiser. Instead of using the liquidiser, you can also steam the apple pieces, smash and mix it well with 1 cup of water. Add the water slowly to the mixture, strain in a sieve and keep aside.

Crush the cinnamon pieces and boil it in 1/4cup of water. When it boils, filter the water and keep aside.

Heat 1/2kg sugar, 2 cups water and citric acid in a vessel. Stir it continuously. When the sugar dissolves in the water, add the apple pulp into it. Add the cinnamon solution and yellow colour in it. Remove from fire as soon as it boils and allow to cool. When the solution cools, dissolve potassium meta bisulphate in it and store the squash in a dry bottle.

Note: You can make tasty Mango soufflé by adding the required amount of milk and cream with this squash.

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Orange or Sweet Lime squash



Ingredients :

* Orange or sweet lime juice - 6cups
* Sugar - 12cups
* Water - 6cups
* Citric Acid - 6tsp
* Orange Colour - 1/4tsp
* Orange Essence - 2tsp

Method :

Take the juice from the orange and strain it.

Heat the water and add sugar and citric acid to it. When the sugar completely dissolvs, remove from the fire and sieve through a thin cloth. Allow it to cool.

Add the orange juice in the sugar solution. Stir it well. Add the colour and essence. Keep it in an air tight bottle.

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Beetroot Squash



Ingredients :

* Beetroot pulp - 1kg
* Water for boiling beetroot - 51/2cups
* Sugar - 1kg
* Water - 5cups
* Tonovin essence - 1dsp
* Citric Acid - 11/2tsp
* Fresh lime juice - 21/2

Method :

Scrape the beetroot and boil in 51/2cups of water. Keep the pan open while boiling. When it is done, keep it aside.

Boil sugar in 5 cups of water. When the sugar completely dissolves, keep it aside.

Squeeze the beetroot pieces and strain out the pulp. Grind the beetroot again and sieve out the maximum pulp. Add the pulp to the sugar syrup. Add essence, citric acid and lime juice to it and stir it well. Pour the squash into a dry bottle when cool. Refrigerate.

Note: You can make more than 15 glasses of juice from one bottle of squash. Add more sugar if needed .

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Passion fruit squash



Ingredients :

* Juice of passion fruit - 2cups
* Sugar - 6cups
* Water - 1cup
* Citric Acid - 1/2tsp
* Ginger juice (optional) - 2dsp
* Potassium meta bisulphate - a pinch

Method :

Dissolve sugar in 1cup of water and filter it. Place it in fire and add citric acid into it. When the solution becomes thick, remove it from the fire. Add the juice of passion fruit and ginger juice into it and stir well. Simmer the contents again stirring continuously. Bring to a boil and remove from fire and allow to cool. When the solution cools, take 1/4cup of juice from it and dissolve potassium meta bisulphate in it. Pour this to the remaining squash and stir well. Store the squash in an airtight bottle.

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Cashew Apple Squash

Ingredients :

* Juice of Cashew Apples - 6cups
* Water - 6cups
* Sugar - 6cups
* Citric Acid - 5 tsp
* Potassium meta bisulphate - 3/4tsp

Method :

Steam the cashew apples for 15 minutes. Smash the cashew apples and strain out the juice from it.

Take 1/2cup of water strained from boiled rice and keep aside.

Add 1/2cup boiled rice water to 6 cups of cashew apple juice and keep it for a night. Next day, separate the clear solution from it and keep aside. The squash is made out of this solution.

Heat the water and add sugar and citric acid to it. When the sugar completely dissolves in the water, remove from fire and sieve through a thin cloth. Allow it to cool.

Add the cashew juice in the sugar solution. Stir it well. Dissolve potassium meta bisulphate in some water and mix it with the squash. Store it in dry air tight bottles.

Note: If you adding colour and Essence, do it before you add the Potassium Meta bisulphate to the squash.

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Pineapple squash


Ingredients :

* Pineapple juice - 6cup
* Water - 6cup
* Sugar - 12cup
* Citric Acid - 5tsp
* Potassium meta bisulphate - 3/4tsp
* Lemon Yellow Colour - 1/4tsp
* Pineapple Essence - 1tsp


Method :

Clean the pineapple and peel the skin thickly. Grate it. Do not take the hard portion inside the pineapple. Filter the grated pineapple through a clean cloth and take the juice out of it. Keep it aside and allow to cool.

Heat the water and add sugar and citric acid to it. When the sugar completely dissolves, remove from fire and sieve through a thin cloth. Allow it to cool.

Add the pineapple juice in the sugar solution. Stir it well. Add the colour and essence. Dissolve potassium meta bisulphate in some water and mix it with the squash. Keep it in an air tight bottle.

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Grape Squash

Method 1

Ingredients :

* Grape (black) - 1kg
* Sugar - 1kg
* Water - 6cups
* Citric Acid - 1tsp
* Grape Essence - 1tsp


Method of Preparation :

Cook the grapes for 10 minutes. When cool, squeeze it well and sieve. Make a syrup with sugar, water and citric acid. Add the grape juice and essence to this syrup and stir well. Store the squash in a bottle. To serve, take 1/4glass of squash and mix it with water. Add more sugar if needed.

Method 2

Ingredients :

* Grape juice - 6cups
* Water - 6cups
* Sugar - 12cups
* Citric Acid - 4tsp
* Grape Essence (tonovin) - 2tsp
* Sodium benzoate - 11/4tsp

Method of Preparation :

Clean the grapes (either black or rose) and smash it with a ladle. Boil this until the grapes completely dissolves in the solution. After that filter it and remove the skin and the seeds. Keep aside and allow it to cool.

Heat the water and add sugar and citric acid to it. When the sugar completely dissolves, remove from the fire and sieve through a thin cloth. Allow it to cool.

Add the grape juice in the sugar solution. Stir it well. Add the essence in it. Dissolve sodium benzoate in some water and mix it with the squash. Keep it in a dry air tight bottle.

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Lime Squash



Ingredients :

* Lime juice - 6cups
* Sugar - 12cups
* Water - 6cups
* Potassium meta bisulphate - 3/4tsp

Method :

Take the juice from the lime.

Heat the water. Add sugar and 2tsp of lime juice to it. When the sugar completely dissolvs, remove from the fire and sieve through a thin cloth. Allow it to cool.

Add the lime juice in the sugar solution and stir well. Dissolve potassium meta bisulphate in some water and mix it with the squash. Store in an air tight bottle.

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Mango squash



Ingredients :

* Ripe Mango juice - 6cups
* Water - 9cups
* Sugar - 9cups
* Citric Acid - 4tsp
* Potassium meta bisulphate - 3/4tsp

Method :

Cut the mango (with less fibre) into small piece and with the hands, squeeze the juice from it. Strain the juice through a sieve and keep aside.

Heat the water and add sugar and citric acid to it. When the sugar completely dissolves, remove from fire and sieve through a thin cloth. Allow it to cool.

Add the mango juice in the sugar solution. Stir it well. Dissolve potassium meta bisulphate in some water and mix it with the squash. Keep it in an air tight bottle.

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Raw mango squash



Ingredients :

* Raw Mangoes - 1kg
* Water - 1cup
* Sugar - 11/2kg
* Water - 2cup
* Citric Acid - 2tsp
* Potassium Meta bisulphate - 1/2tsp

Method :

Peel the skin of the mango and cut into small pieces. Cook the mango pieces with 1cup of water. When it is done, remove from the fire and allow to cool. After that either grind it in an electric liquidiser or squeeze the mango pieces with a ladle. Sieve the solution through a cloth and keep aside.

Heat 11/2kg sugar, 2 cups water and citric acid in a vessel. Stir continuously. When the sugar dissolves in the water, add the mango juice into it. When the squash boils, remove it from the fire and allow to cool. When the solution cools, take 1/4cup of juice from it and dissolve potassium meta bisulphate in it. Pour this to the remaining squash and stir well. Store the squash in an airtight bottle.