Pumpkin is a food rich in nutrients that are good for health: fiber, iron, various vitamins,… pumpkin is not only used for eating but can now also be made into refreshing, nutritious juice that greatly supports you in gaining weight. Let’s cook with TasteVN cooking right away with 5 very simple and nutritious juice recipes using pumpkin!
1. Pumpkin juice with apple and passion fruit
Preparation
20 minutes
Cooking
15 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Pumpkin Juice with Apple and Passion Fruit Serves 2 people
Pumpkin 500 gr Green apple 2 fruits Passion fruit 2 fruits Filtered water 150 ml Salt a little
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh green apples
- Choose apples that are neither too big nor too small because if the fruit is too large, it is often treated with harmful growth agents, while too small fruit is not ripe and will not be sweet.
- Choose apples that are round and evenly shaped, with fresh green skin, smooth and shiny, and without tiny black spots.
- Apples should feel heavy, firm, and solid when held, not soft when pressed.
- Naturally ripened apples usually have a light fragrant smell when sniffed, while artificially ripened apples often have no scent.
How to choose fresh passion fruit
- Choose passion fruits that are dark purple-red, slightly wrinkled, large in size, with a dry stem.
- Ripe passion fruit usually has a distinctive aroma; the stronger the scent, the better the fruit.
- If the passion fruit feels heavy in hand, has smooth skin, and is still green, it means the fruit is not ripe, has thick skin, and less pulp, so it should not be chosen.
- You can check the density of the pulp by picking it up and shaking it gently; if the fruit is juicy, it will feel slightly heavy when shaken, and the inside appears to have dense pulp.
Tools needed
How to make pumpkin juice with apple and passion fruit
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Prepare the ingredients
Soak the apples in diluted salt water for about 10 minutes, rinse well with water, drain, and cut into small pieces.
Cut the passion fruit in half and scoop out the pulp into a bowl. Peel the pumpkin, soak it in diluted salt water for about 10 minutes, rinse well with water, and then cut it into small pieces.
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Juicing alternating apple, passion fruit, pumpkin
First, place the chopped apple into the juicer and blend until smooth.
Next, add the pumpkin and the pulp of the passion fruit together, and blend until smooth. Stir well to combine the juice mixture.
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Completion
Pour the freshly made juice into a glass bottle, seal the bottle tightly, and place it in the refrigerator refrigerator for about 2 hours before serving.
Tip: To maintain its deliciousness and nutritional value, you should store the juice in the refrigerator and consume it within the day. -
Final Product
The pumpkin juice with apple and passion fruit has an enticing aroma and a beautiful bright yellow color. The juice is sweet and slightly sour, and it will taste even better when served cold.
2. Pumpkin Honey Juice
Preparation
15 minutes
Processing
10 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Pumpkin Honey Juice Serves 2 people
Pumpkin 1 kg Honey 2 teaspoons Filtered water 200 ml
How to choose fresh, delicious, quality honey
- Choose honey that has a bright yellow or orange color, with a uniform color.
- Try putting a drop of honey on a tissue; if it absorbs and spreads into the paper, it’s honey that has been diluted with water. Pure honey will form a solid drop on the surface of the paper.
- Put a drop of honey into a glass; if it forms a round ball and sinks straight to the bottom, it’s good honey.
- You should not buy honey that has turned black, has bubbles on the surface, has a strong spicy smell, and tastes sour and bitter, as this is fermented honey, which is not good for health.
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Tools needed
How to make Pumpkin Juice with Honey
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Prepare the pumpkin
Peel the pumpkin, remove the seeds, wash it clean, and cut it into thin slices.
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Blend pumpkin
Take the cut pumpkin pieces into a blender with 200ml of water, blend until smooth, then strain through a sieve to extract the juice.
Add 2 teaspoons of honey, stir well for about 1 – 2 minutes for the mixture to combine, and it’s ready to be served.
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Final product
So, with just a few simple steps, you have a beautiful bright yellow pumpkin juice with honey, fragrant and with a rich, sweet taste that is not harsh at all. This juice will be even more enjoyable when served cold!
3. Pumpkin juice with lemon and ginger
Preparation
20 minutes
Cooking
1 hour 10 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Pumpkin Juice with Lemon and Ginger Serves 2
Pumpkin 500 gr Ginger 1 piece Lemon 1 piece Honey 1 tablespoon Filtered water 150 ml
How to Choose Fresh Ingredients
How to choose fresh lemons
- Choose lemons with smooth, shiny skin that is firm and not rough or lumpy. The skin should be shiny, thin, and free of mold.
- It’s better to choose smaller lemons that feel heavy in your hand. However, avoid choosing those that are too small as they are likely unripe, contain less juice, and may be bitter.
- Fresh lemons will have a light, pleasant aroma typical of lemon trees. In contrast, lemons containing chemicals will have a strong, unpleasant smell.
How to choose fresh ginger
- Choose older ginger with many surface ridges as it contains more essential oils that enhance the aroma of dishes.
- Select pieces with a muddy outer layer and shiny skin, avoiding those with dark spots.
- Fresh ginger will have a strong aroma; avoid purchasing ginger that has no scent as it may be old and stale.
Tools needed
How to make Pumpkin Juice with Lemon and Ginger
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Prepare the ingredients
Peel the pumpkin, remove the seeds, wash it clean, and cut it into small pieces.
Wash the ginger, keep the skin on, and cut it into small pieces. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze out the juice.
Put all the prepared ingredients into the blender.
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Blend the mixture of ingredients
Add 150ml of water and 1 tablespoon of honey to the mixture and blend until smooth.
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Strain to get the juice
Pour the blended mixture into a strainer to extract the juice from the ingredients.
Finally, just add a few ice cubes to the glass and pour in the strained juice to enjoy.
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Final product
The pumpkin juice with lemon and ginger has an enticing aroma of lemon and ginger blended together. The juice has a light sour taste, a sweet and strong flavor, and drinking it cold will stimulate your taste buds even more!
4. Pumpkin Carrot Juice
Preparation
10 minutes
Processing
5 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Pumpkin Carrot Juice Serves 2 people
Pumpkin 150 gr Carrot 1 piece Grated coconut 120 gr Cardamom 1 piece Palm sugar 2 tablespoons
How to choose fresh and delicious carrots
- Choose carrots that are bright orange in color, selecting those that are of moderate size for the best flavor in your drink.
- Prioritize buying carrots with green leaves still firmly attached to the root. The greener the leaves, the fresher the carrot, as it has just been harvested; if not, it indicates the carrot has been stored for a long time and is less sweet and fresh.
- Avoid buying carrots that feel slightly soft when pressed, as these are wilting and will not taste good when cooked.
What is cardamom? Where to buy it?
Cardamom is a type of spice fruit commonly used in cooking or making drinks to create aroma and enhance flavor.
This fruit has a light sweet taste and a strong fragrance, usually harvested and dried before use. Cardamom can be used whole or ground into powder.
You can find cardamom at imported food stores, organic ingredient shops, or purchase it on various e-commerce platforms!
Essential tools
Blender, strainer, glass, knife, cutting board,…
How to make Pumpkin Carrot Juice
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Prepare pumpkin and carrot
Peel the pumpkin, remove the seeds, wash it, and cut it into small pieces. Wash the carrot and cut it into round slices.
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Blend pumpkin and carrot
Add all the pumpkin, carrot, 120g of grated coconut, 1 cardamom pod, and 2 tablespoons of palm sugar into the blender and blend the mixture until smooth.
Then add 120ml of water and continue blending until the mixture is finely blended.
Finally, strain the mixture through a strainer to obtain smooth and delicious pumpkin carrot juice. At this point, you can pour the juice into a glass to enjoy! Add 1 tablespoon of honey to enhance the flavor.
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Final product
Pumpkin and carrot juice has a light sweet flavor along with the distinctive aroma of pumpkin and carrot, blended with the rich taste of ground coconut, which is very delicious. This will be an extremely tasty drink for you to enjoy to change your palate!
5. Pumpkin juice cooked with cinnamon and star anise
Preparation
10 minutes
Cooking
15 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Pumpkin Juice with Cinnamon and Star Anise Serves 3 people
Pumpkin 400 gr Cinnamon 1 stick Star Anise 3 pieces Yellow Orange 1 fruit (only the skin) Apple Juice 1 liter Nutmeg Powder 1/4 teaspoon Ginger Powder 1/4 teaspoon Clove Powder 1 teaspoon Vanilla Flavor 1 teaspoon Sugar 50 gr Salt A little Yellow Orange 3 slices (for decoration)
How to Choose Fresh and Delicious Yellow Oranges
- You should choose oranges with plump, juicy skins, which feel soft and have essential oils when squeezed.
- Select oranges that feel heavy in hand, have a balanced shape, and are not misshapen.
- Avoid oranges that feel soft and mushy when squeezed, or have large dark spots on the skin’s surface.
What is Star Anise?
- Star Anise is actually the fruit of the star anise tree, shaped like a star with 6 to 8 points, so it is often confused with flower anise.
- Due to its very distinctive aroma, star anise is often used in cooking to enhance the flavor of dishes such as soups, stews, hot pots, pho,…
- You can buy star anise at traditional medicine shops and grocery stores.
What is nutmeg powder?
- Nutmeg powder (known in English as Nutmeg) is a popular spice.
- This powder has a very distinctive smell, sweet, warm, nutty, and slightly spicy with an aroma that resembles both fragrant wood and sour plum.
- You can buy nutmeg powder at spice shops, imported food bakeries, large supermarkets, or look for it on e-commerce sites.
Where to buy apple juice?
- You can use any type of apple juice you prefer, whether it’s fresh apple juice or pre-packaged apple juice, both are suitable for this recipe.
- You can easily purchase apple juice at grocery stores, supermarkets, or look for it at TasteVN stores or buy online at bachhoaxanh.com!
Tools needed
How to make Pumpkin Juice cooked with Cinnamon and Star Anise
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Prepare and blend the pumpkin
Peel the pumpkin and remove the seeds, then cut the pumpkin into small bite-sized pieces.
Preheat the oven to 150 degrees Celsius for 5 minutes. Spread the cut pumpkin evenly on a baking tray, sprinkling a small amount of salt on the surface of the pumpkin.
Then place the baking tray with pumpkin in the oven, baking for 15 – 20 minutes at 140 degrees Celsius. This way, the pumpkin will retain all the natural sugars within and the flavor of the drink will be more delicious.
Once the pumpkin is cooked, take it out and let it cool. Next, put the pumpkin into a blender and blend it until smooth.
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Cook pumpkin sauce
Add the pureed pumpkin into a pot and place it on the stove over low heat. Add 50g of sugar, 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg, and 1/4 teaspoon of ginger powder. Stir well for 2 – 3 minutes until the pumpkin mixture starts to heat up.
At this point, slowly add 1 liter of apple juice, stirring to combine the mixture.
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Cook and filter pumpkin juice
Add 3 star anise, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 teaspoon of cloves, the peel of 1 orange, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence, stirring well.
Continue to simmer on low heat for about half an hour, until the pumpkin sauce thickens and darkens in color, then you can turn off the heat.
Let the pumpkin sauce cool completely, then use a strainer to collect the pumpkin juice.
You can store the spiced pumpkin juice in a jar to keep it cold or pour it into a glass, serve with ice as desired, and add a slice of orange on top for decoration.
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Finished product
Cinnamon star anise pumpkin juice has the rich, characteristic flavor of pumpkin and the extremely attractive aroma of star anise, with the warm taste of cinnamon. It is a drink that helps supplement nutrients and enhance immunity, very easy to drink and delicious.
How to choose fresh and delicious pumpkin
- Choose pumpkins with a rough outer skin, not visually appealing but feel very heavy and firm in hand.
- When cutting the pumpkin in half, the inside should be dense, not mushy, and have a bright yellow color.
- Select pumpkins with a stem length of 2 – 5cm because those with short stems often spoil quickly.
- Do not choose pumpkins with a smooth, shiny skin or those that are large and uniform in size, as they may have been treated with chemicals.
Useful tips for cleaning and maintaining the juicer
- Some types of juice and pulp can be easily cleaned with warm water.
- You should wash the machine immediately after juicing, as if left for too long, they will become very difficult stains to clean.
- If you need to use the juicer multiple times in one day, you only need to clean it after the last use.
- Additionally, you can line a plastic bag in the pulp container before use. After juicing, you just need to throw away the plastic bag containing the pulp.
Above are 5 extremely simple ways to make pumpkin juice that are particularly fragrant and delicious. What are you waiting for? Let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen and show off your skills right away!
