Honey Lemon Aloe Vera

My friend once told me Singapore has 3 seasons: Hot, hotter and hottest. So I guess now is in the hottest season. Typical tropical weather: very sunny and warm in the morning, cloudy, humid in the afternoon, then followed by thunder storm and heavy rain.

So really needs something light and refreshing to keep you cool! Also my girls are down with flu now. Honey lemon drink with aloe vera would be great to soothe their sore throats.

Aloe Vera is rich in vitamin E. Lemon is refreshing, and honey is soothing. They're the best mix. It is easy to do. It only takes half an hour to get it done. My eldest girl took 2 glasses the moment it was done...

Ingredient:

600 gm Aloe Vera
2 Ltr Water
Rock Sugar (2 pcs medium size)
Honey 3 - 4 table spoon
Lemon (2 - 3 slices)

Clean and dice Aloe Vera (see photo). You may need to change water a few time in order to get rid of the slime. Drain and set aside.
Boil water in the pot with rock sugar. When rock sugar dissolved, plunge in aloe vera. Switch off the fire when it reaches boiling point.

Squeeze lemon juice and rind till you can see the zest spraying out. Best do it while the solution still hot and let it infused in the solution. Add honey but remember hot water will dissolve some of the nutrients in honey, so only add in when it becomes warm.

Variation:

You may add in lemon grass if you fancy the unique flavour when boiling the water, remove them before adding aloe Vera. However, I'll omit honey in this case, cox it overwhelms the lemon grass flavour.


P.S.

Oh, don't throw away the aloe vera skin. Keep them for your facial or rub on the hair. It helps nourish your hair. My helper has black and healthy hair. She says she has been doing this since young. One more magic with aloe vera: when my girls hurt their lips and swell badly, I use the aloe vera skin to rub gently on the wound and it soothes the lips. The red and full lips will soon return to normal. Thanks to the rich vitamin E.