Recipe & photo by Marie Rousset, @Marie_Shakitini , communications manager at Sol Semilla.
The urucum is a small red fruit with a hairy appearance, its red seeds contain bixin, a molecule cousin of beta-carotene. The peoples of the Amazon use them to protect themselves from the sun
This drink can be drunk throughout the day, preferably before the first rays of summer sunshine!
Preparation: 5 minutes
Rest time: 1 night
1 empty 1L glass bottle
1 strainer (Chinese type) for filtering
STEP 1: INGREDIENTS
- a little less than 1L of water
- The juice of a lemon
- 1 tsp. acerola powder
- 2 tbsp. of urucum seeds
- 1 tbsp. of yacon syrup or coconut syrup/sugar
- Optional: 1 tsp ginger (juiced)
STEP 2: RECIPE
In a glass bottle pour the urucum seeds.
Add the water, the acerola powder , the lemon juice (and ginger) and the sweetener of your choice then wait 1 night for the water to turn yellow thanks to the pigments contained in the urucum seeds.
In the morning, filter to collect only the lemonade to remove the seeds urucum of the drink.
What to do with the seeds at the bottom of the bottle once it is empty?
Mix the filtered urucum seeds into your sauces, hummus, and vegetable creams!
