Our body in winter especially needs a large amount of minerals and vitamins to increase
resistance to all infections, boost immunity. There are many ways to do this, but few people know that the most ordinary pumpkin, or rather, its juice, successfully copes with this problem. It would seem that there is nothing special in the vegetable. But it turns out that
pumpkin juice is an extremely healthy drink not only for an adult, but also for a child. It is enough to use 2 glasses of wonderful juice a day and you can cover the daily requirement of the body for phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, vitamins E, A, C. And at the same time, the figure will not suffer at all. Moreover, pumpkin juice is known for its healing properties. It is used to treat diseases of the stomach and intestines, you can defeat insomnia. Due to its vitamin K content, it eliminates low blood coagulation. As you can see, the benefits of the drink are not in doubt. It remains only to learn how to prepare juice from pumpkin.
Healing pumpkin juice
You can drink the drink freshly squeezed, or you can also prepare for the future. Fresh pumpkin juice (fresh) is made very simple. It is necessary to peel the vegetable from the skin, remove the insides, cut the pulp into small pieces. Next, prepare the prepared pieces through a juicer or meat grinder.
Squeeze through cheesecloth. And that’s it, the process is over. Drink to your health! It is better to cook in small portions, but daily. And another tip: do not throw away the flesh or seeds. The pulp can be used for other dishes or for compresses, and the seeds can be used either as a separate product or for baking.
To prepare juice from pumpkin with pulp for the winter, you will not need much effort. The recipe is very simple. It is necessary to take a small pumpkin (1 kg), granulated sugar (glass), water (up to 2 l) and lemon juice.
To make pumpkin juice with pulp for the winter, it is better to take a vegetable with a brighter orange color, it contains more carotene. Peel the pumpkin from rough skin and seeds. Cut the flesh into small pieces (or grate with large holes). Put everything in a pan. Pour with clean water, fill with sugar and cook on a slow fire. Bring to a boil and continue cooking for 10 minutes (the vegetable should become much softer). While the pumpkin is being boiled, squeeze the juice out of the lemon. After time, the boiled mass should be cooled and thoroughly wiped through a fine sieve. Next, add the lemon juice to the rubbed mass . Now pumpkin juice needs to be cooled. And you can drink on health. According to the same recipe, pumpkin juice with pulp is prepared for the winter. To do this, you need to bring the drink again to a boil, boil for 4 minutes and pour into sterilized cans. Cork and cool the container with pumpkin juice.
There are many recipes for preparing pumpkin juice for the future. You can also add vegetables and fruits to it. And then the juice from pumpkin with pulp, prepared for the winter, not only multiplies its useful properties several times, but also becomes tastier.
Pumpkin is very well stored, preserving its taste and healing qualities, so that this extraordinary juice can be drunk all year.