Soursop Juice
Remember the good 'ole' Jamaican soursop juice? Well, if you've ever had it the traditional Jamaican style, you would have surely remembered. There are many names for this tropical fruit. In South America it’s called Guanabana, but in Jamaica we call it — Soursop. the flavour is so good and so hard to describe. It’s like a combination of strawberry and pineapple with an underlying creamy flavor of coconut or banana. If you’ve never had soursop juice I urge you to seek it out and indulge.
This soursop juice drink recipe is easy to make. Soursop juice is sweetened with condensed milk and nutmeg to make a thick rich drink (too heavy?) To make soursop juice light and refreshing, sweeten with lime and granulated sugar. Soursop drink is often prepared on Sundays in Jamaica with your traditional Sunday dinner or on special occasions.
Heath Benfits:
Soursop contains numerous phytonutrients that can fight disease-causing cells and even certain kinds of tumors. The fruit is most popular for its cancer-fighting properties and is widely promoted as an alternative cancer treatment.
Below is a list of all the benfits you’ll get from Soursop.
Vitamin C
Minerals (Calcium and Phosporus)
Carbohidrate
Less fat content
Cancer Killers
Treatment of Tumor
Treatment of Osteoporosis
Treatment of Gastrointestinal
Treatment of Diabetes
Alternative to Back Pain
Reduce stress
Skin Health
Produce Breast Milk
Treatment of Fever
Treatment of Hair Fall
Treatment of Eczema etc
And the list goes on, but that is is a few of the health benefits of drinking Soursop.
Ingredients: 1 fit ripe soursop (1lb) 1 cup water Sweetened condensed milk 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1 tsp. vanilla flavouring
Method:
Remove skin from soursop
Put the soursop into a large container and use both hands to extract the juice by pressing the pulp repeatedly.
Add water and continue pressing. If using an electric blender, remove all the seeds, because they are toxic.
Put some of the pulp into a sieve, use one hand to press the pulp, allowing the juice to flow through the sieve into a container. Continued doing this until completed.
Strain again to be sure all the pulps are removed from the juice.
Now, lets sweeten the soursop juice. If the juice is too thick, add water to it, until it reaches to the consistency that you desire. Soursop juice texture is heavy, adding sweetened condensed milk to it will give it a heavier texture. Sweeten with condensed milk.
Add vanilla and nutmeg and stir. Put to be chilled or serve with cracked ice. (I rather to to be chilled because ice water-down the soursop drink)
Side Note:
For variation: Soursop pineapple drink. Add 1/2 cup of pineapple soda to 1 glassful of soursop drink
2. You can also add a little rum to it if you wish.