Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, tropical hibiscus juice (zobo). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The hibiscus has had a lengthy history of use in Africa and neighboring tropical countries. Its fragrant flowers have been used in sachets and perfumes. In areas of northern Nigeria, this plant has been used to treat constipation. Fiber from H. sabdariffa has been used to fashion rope as a jute substitute.
Tropical hibiscus juice (zobo) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Tropical hibiscus juice (zobo) is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have tropical hibiscus juice (zobo) using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Tropical hibiscus juice (zobo):
- Prepare 3 cups hibiscus
- Prepare Water(as required)
- Get Half pineapple
- Get 3 medium size mango
- Take 1 medium size cucumber
- Take 7 pieces clove
- Get 1 thumb size fresh ginger
- Take Mint (as required)
- Make ready Lemon grass(optional)
- Get 1 cup orange juice
- Make ready 1 lime
- Make ready Sugar (as required)
This drink that goes by many names including zobo, red sorrel, and agua de Jamaica. Basically, Zobo is an annual or perennial herb that is botanically known as Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa). The drink is known as zobo or zoborodo drink by Nigerians and in some west African countries (Ghana) is it know as Sobolo Drink. Hibiscus tea is ruby red in color and has a sour taste.
Steps to make Tropical hibiscus juice (zobo):
- Wash the hibiscus and add to a pot, wash and peel the pineapple, mango and add the skin into the hibiscus.
- Add the clove, chopped ginger, cutted lime, lemon grass and mint into the hibiscus, add water and put it on medium heat. Allow it to boil for at least 20 minutes.
- Allow it to cool for 5 minutes and drain out the juice using a strainer (be careful while draining the water cos it's still hot) Add sugar and mix.
- Blend the peeled mango, pineapple and the cucumber. When it's well blended then drain the juice.
- The hibiscus juice is now cool then you can add the other juice into it and add the orange juice and mix.
- Put it in a fridge or you can add crushed ice into to it.
- Serve!
- Note: it's not compulsory to strain you hibiscus juice when it's still hot but the sugar dissolves well when add to the juice when it's still hot.
The drink is known as zobo or zoborodo drink by Nigerians and in some west African countries (Ghana) is it know as Sobolo Drink. Hibiscus tea is ruby red in color and has a sour taste. Zobo, Sobo or Zoborodo is a healthy popular Nigerian drink made from the dried red calyces and sepals of the Roselle plant. Sobo drink as it is commonly called in Nigeria is derived from the name of its parent plant called Zoborodo. The Zobo drink, also known as Hibiscus tea is one of the world most popular beverages and it originated from Nigeria.
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