Watermelon Granita | Summer Cooler

A perfect season to taste all the refreshing coolers is summer and these drinks serve as the perfect way to quench the thirst too.Fruits and vegetables are found in abundance in this season and we get to taste all different flavors.Watermelon is one such fruit with a high water content and is refreshing when served chilled.When we were kids,one such hot summer vacation train journeys to Kerala reminds me of this very fruit.The three day tiring journey in the hot weather from Delhi was miserable but mom carried lots of cucumber,watermelon,lime packed in ice coolers and chilled water cans to keep us safe from the bubbling heat in the train.Though watermelon was not a newly introduced fruit then but I remember this very incident always.Long train journeys had been an entertaining one with family but at the same time equally tiring too esp in summers.Coming back to this recipe-Watermelon granita.Adding lemon to the juiced fruit and then making similar to ice cream granules(by looks) is indeed a chilled pleasure for kids and even adults too.Enjoy making this simple granita and feel rejuvenated !!

Preparation time ~ 15 minutes

Cooking time ~ nil

Author ~ Julie

Serves ~ a large bowl
Ingredients
watermelon diced 6 cups
lemon juice 2.5 tbsp
granulated sugar 1/3 cup- 1/2 cup

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Method

• Cut and dice the watermelon in small cubes, leaving out the thick outer portion.Add this to the blender and blend until smooth.Strain for any solid chunks, if any. 

• Add the lime juice, sugar.Mix well and pour in a glass dish.Cover with cling film and freeze for 2 hours.

• Take this out and scrape the formed ice with a fork, whatever possible.Freeze again for 45 mins and then remove, repeat the same step, scraping with fork.Repeat the same steps until you can no longer scrape the hard ice any more. Then, deep freeze for 6 hours or overnight.

Finally :)

• Remove from freezer and then, using a fork scrape the layers gently to form small ice granules.
• Scoop in glasses and serve chilled !!!
  
  
  
  
  

Servings ~ 8 -10 servings

NOTES
* You can use any other fruit to make granita.
* I have used seedless watermelon to make this.But you can always pit the seeds and use the regular watermelon. Remove seeds if using watermelon seeds.

* The amount of sugar can be modified as per the sweetness of the watermelon.

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