Ugu And Tiger Nut Juice See How To Make This Healthy Juice

How many of us did our mother give ugu (fluted pumpkin) leave juice and milk to drink as periodic supplement or after the doctors has said you are anemic,

I remembered this juice and decided to replace the diary milk with a plant based milk

What came to my mind is one of Nigeria’s easy to find crop,

Can you guess what that is?

Ok it’s tiger nut

Tiger nuts is known for its milky, slightly nutty and sweet taste

It is used in making tiger nut milk, and tiger nut drink (kunu aya) and tiger nut flour.

Today I am replacing the normal dairy milk with tiger nuts in this recipe.  

Aside from the nutritional benefit of adding milk to ugu leaf juice, which is that milk contains protein and tiger nuts have lots of protein.

The ugu leaves juice alone has a taste that makes it difficult to drink in order to make it easy to drink, add milk to improve the taste and makes it more palatable.

While ugu leave is a source of iron the milk (tiger nut) is a source of protein

To make ugu and tiger nut juice

Get fresh Ugu leaves and tiger nuts from the market or stores and better still grown ugu plants from your garden.

Follow this guide to grow ugu and grow tiger nut at home.

Let’s dive into the recipe to make ugu and tiger nut juice

Ingredient

• ½ cup fresh tigernut
• ¼ cup fresh ugu leave (washed and shredded)
• 1 cup water

Steps

• Put all ingredients into a blender
• Blend until smooth
• Pass through a sieve or cheesecloth
• Refrigerate or serve immediately

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