Homemade Lemonade

Limbu sarbat in Marathi

Time: 25 minutes
Yield: around 3 to 3.5 cups Lemon juice concentrate (Good for 20-22 servings of Lemon juice)

Ingredinets:
1 cup lemon Juice (12 big lemons)
2 and 1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup water
2 tsp salt

Method:
1) Strain the lemon juice so that there won't be any lemon particles and seeds.
2) Add sugar and water into a pan. Mix nicely and boil it until the syrup reaches soft ball consistency.
3) Once syrup is ready, turn off the gas. Add lemon juice and stir for few minutes. Then stir occasionally until mixture cools down. Mix in the salt.
4) Pour the lemon juice syrup into a clean glass jar or any clean container. Refrigerate.
When making lemon juice, mix 2 to 3 tbsp syrup in 1 glass of cold water. Add salt and ice if required.

Tips:
1) Addition of little cardamom powder gives nice flavor to the juice.