Saturday, May 17, 2008

Sugarcane Juice~Cheruku Rasam


According to my school knowledge the world's largest producer of Sugarcane is India...well so i'm worth enough to participate in Sharuk's Paanchvi Pass(;).....lol):D.

Before starting how to prepare the juice,letzz know something more abt sugarcane gals...Sugarcane called as Cheruku in Telugu.Uses of sugar cane include the production of sugar, Falernum, molasses, rum, soda and ethanol for fuel. 

Have you ever thought of theremains of the crushing,well i thought that it may be used as feed for cows and buffalos,apart from that it is used in several ways like.... may be burned to provide both heat - used in the mill, and electricity - typically sold to the consumer electricity grid, used as raw material for paper and cardboard, branded as "Environmentally friendly" as it is made from a by-product of sugar production.

Fiber from Sugarcane is also used to make mats, screens or baskets . This fiber is also used inUpanayanam a rite-of-passage ritual in India and therefore is also significant religiously.

Usually we get this in summer season.We'll found sugarcane juice shops in each n every corner of our gullies and god the taste is simply mmm...mouthwatering.When I was i my granny house..a small village in Andhra Pradesh..v used to eat Sugarcane with bare tooth n taste is...hmmm.I think every body once in their lifetime did this....n how wonders if keep on chewing,the juice will be really tasty....!!!

I thought of preparing a juice something different and unusual(v wont prepare this@home).So I bought sugarcane from the shopwala..i told him to cut into very small pieces and as we all know wt r things we need to do this....I just tried this,it turned out really tasty.

Ingredients:

Sugarcane pieces

Lemon

Ginger piece(small one)

Crushed Ice

Directions:

Cut sugarcane pieces as small as possible and now take a mixi juice jar,add sugarcane pieces,ginger piece n crushe ice.Blend it well.Drain the juice,remove the pulp n once again blend the pulp.Do this till u feel that thats it.

Add lemon juice as per ur taste,chill it and serve juice with ice cubes.

Your summer juice an unusual one@ur home is ready :D

18 comments:

Cham said...

Lovely summer drink, beautiful picture, can i grab a glass and share with u Shree!
Love ur profile pic!

Pravs said...

This is my fav drink ! Never made it at home.

Jamie said...

I have never had this before. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

TNL said...

I love this....adding ginger gives it such a wonderful zing...i love it.

thanks for sharing,
trupti

the spice who loved me

Sum Raj said...

hey sree...thanks for ur lovly comment..u too have a gr88t blog....ur sugar juice feels refreshing.......a good summer drink sip...

Sangeeth said...

wow i miss sugarecane juice...used to have every summer in India but in chicago i dont get them......ur sugarcane juice is very tempting :)

Sagari said...

beautifulll drink ,love it

Swati Raman Garg said...

u bad gurll... u remind me of d sugarcane juice vendors.. n i will ask him bhaiya thoda aur adrak daalna .. bhaiya thora aur nimbu.. n u made it urself.. :) hygienically its so good

Suganya said...

Hi First time to ur blog. U have a nice set of recipe. Loved all. Sugar cane juice is my fav. Looks YUM!...

Sum Raj said...

Thanks for commenting on my blog...my fav drink is sugarcane juice....its just out of the world...i liked it

SASHREE said...

thank you all for your wonderful comments,im sure this wuld be a fav summer drink for every one

Kumudha said...

Sugarcane juice used to be my frequent drink when I was in India!

thanks for the recipe!

Hetal said...

Love sugarcane juice.....its gr8 u made it at home...

SASHREE said...

thank you kumudha and hetal for your comments

Anonymous said...

Thanks for commenting on my blog..It's my fav drink.I miss sugarcane juice...used to have every summer in India but in Paris i don't get them......Never tried at home.Now definitely I will try...

Sailaja said...

I was just recollecting 2 days back about the sugar cane juice. In India we used to have everyday atleast one glass from Cherukurasam Bhandi (Sugarcane person) in summer. Thanks for sharing. Will give a try once

Arundathi said...

thats a favorite in chennai - and yours looks great with the ginger! thanks for dropping by my blog - yours is lovely!

Alpa said...

Hi! First time to your blog too! Thanks for visiting me! I had to leave a comment, because when I was in India a few months ago, we drank this almost everyday! There is nothing as sweet and refreshing in the heat!