Ramadan mothers-style drinks .. Learn about their benefits and how to prepare them

Larissa Slaei - Beirut

Ramadan is famous for its unique juices, which are bought and prepared daily rituals that many love to follow, and every mother prepares a long list of juices and Ramadan drinks, and she tries to make her varied and different to make her children happy, and everyone in her family finds what he loves from these drinks.

Gulab, mites and Indian dates
. Housewives Tharwat Sidawi was known for preparing these three Ramadan juices, which are: gulab, mites and Indian dates, especially in the blessed month of Ramadan, without the need to buy them.

Tharwat provided the island with methods to prepare it, as well as its benefits in preventing various diseases, and being the source of vitamins, nutritional minerals and sugars that the human body needs, and also contributes to moistening the stomach and rehabilitating it to accommodate the food that the fasting person will eat after breakfast.

Do not give away julab
 julab a delicious sugary drink spread in the Levant, especially in Lebanon, and is known for its many health benefits to compensate the body for lost salts and its supply of vitamins and minerals. And drink it a lot in Ramadan because it dispels the feeling of thirst during the extreme heat.

The name of this delicious drink is related to Ramadan, as it is a healthy drink prepared from juice of dates molasses or raisins with raisins, with rose water and sugar.

Jilb recipe for 5 people

Ingredients: a
cup of grape molasses

3 cups of water

A cup of raisins

A quarter cup of rose water

A cup of sugar

Some incense tablets

Half a cup of pistachios

Half a cup of pine

Half a cup of almonds 

How to prepare :
Soak raisins in water for a full day in the refrigerator.

When raisins become soft, mash them with water.

Add the grape molasses, sugar, and rose water, and mix well.

Strain the mixture using a gauze filter cloth.

Light incense in a heat-resistant dish, then put it in the container containing the julab.

Cover the container with a towel to keep the smoke concentrated inside the julep.

Leave the bowl unchanged until you notice that the incense layer has floated on the surface of the jalab.

Lift the incense plate from the julab bowl, and transfer the drink to a glass container after moving it and put it in the refrigerator.

When applying, mix the julep with crushed ice and nuts soaked in time with water, and serve it to your family.

Al-
Jallab’s benefits for Al- Jallab are many benefits, as Sidawi said, including - in addition to deformation after thirst - providing the body with rapid energy, stimulating blood circulation, building brain cells, treating heartburn, softening the intestine, fighting constipation, strengthening nerves and body muscles, and protecting against poisoning Diet, facilitate digestion, treat flatulence, and replenish skin cells.

Tamarind drink
Put a cup of tamarind with three cups of water, and soak it in the water for the whole night.

The next day, it is rubbed with two hands thoroughly until all the tamarind juice is released in the water.

Strain it, add 1 liter of water or more, depending on the desired density, half a tablespoon of rose water, and a cup of fine sugar.

Put the ingredients in a blender, mix well, put the mixture in a bowl in the refrigerator until breakfast, and work and recover.

Benefits of Tamarind Tamarind dates
have benefits that cannot be neglected, such as: improving digestion, because it is one of the most important natural laxatives due to its high content of dietary fiber, improves blood circulation, contributes to protecting the heart, and the ability to control diabetes while strengthening the immune and nervous system, as well as It is a powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory, according to Sidawi.

Licorice Drink
This drink is one of the juices very beneficial to health during the month of Ramadan, and its presence lends a special charm to the Ramadan table.

Ingredients:
2 cups licorice

A glass of water

A teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate

Method:
Licorice is placed in a bowl and mixed with bicarbonate, after which water is added and set aside for at least two hours.

It is filtered using a cloth bag, and there is a container under it, and water is added to licorice with pressure on it to drain in the container under the cloth bag.

Put it in the fridge until it is served at the iftar table, evening or suhoor.

The benefits of licorice to the
mites are many benefits. It helps to treat stomach ulcers. It also helps the liver get rid of toxins that afflict it. Besides, it is considered an appetite suppressant and is suitable for people with thinness, Sidawi says.

She adds that licorice helps maintain heart health, lowers cholesterol in the blood, helps to strengthen the immune system, and contributes to preventing various cancerous diseases, in addition to its contribution to getting rid of depression and insomnia.