Watermelon lollies

Watermelon Lollies

Ice lolly are everyones favorite (specially children's). I usually make fruit juice  lollies and cubes to get relief from summer heat.  I still remember the childhood days, when we used to run out to get those colorful ice lollies from ice-cream vendor, coming to our door step every evening. Now I prefer making them from fresh juice of seasonal fruits.

These ice beauties are very cooling, healthy and very refreshing. 

Preparation Time : 10 minutes
Cooking Time : nil
Freezing Time : 5-6 hrs.

Ingredients For MakingWatermelon lollies :

• Watermelon : 22(3inches thick)
• Black salt :1/2 Teaspoon
• Blackpepper powder:1/4Teaspoon
• Honey : 2 Teaspoon

Directions For Making Watermelon Lollies:

• Scoop out red pulp from one watermelon slice and remove the seeds from it.
• Scoop as much possible and discard all green peel.
• Mix the red and white pulp and pulse it.
• Squeeze as much juice as possible.

Freshly squeezed Watermelon juice 

• Add:
• Black salt
• Black pepper powder
• Honey
• Mix nicely.
• Pour this juice in mounds and freeze for 5 to 6 hrs.
• Ice lollies will be nicely set and frozen by now.

Juice in moulds kept for freezing 

• Remove the pulp from the second slice of watermelon, cut into cubes and remove as many seeds as possible. Freeze the watermelon cubes in a covered container. 
• Freeze the cubes in a covered container 

• Unmould the lollies and serve.

Watermelon Ice Lollies 

• The juice can be frozen in ice tray.

Ice cubes of Watermelon juice 

• Serve the cubes of watermelon juice with frozen cubes of watermelon pulp.

Watermelon juice cubes cubes served along with frozen watermelon cubes 

Enjoy healthy  yummy, cooling ice lollies with family and friends.

Tips :

• White pulp of watermelon is rich source of minerals so it's use inhances the nutritive quality of lollies.
• Shake the moulds once or twice during freezing  Lollies will come out better.

Suggested  Variations :

• Honey can be replaced with sugar.
• Two teaspoon of lemon juice can be added to watermelon juice to get sweet and sour taste in lollies.