When life gives me lemons, I make Strawberry Lemonade…
…but in our local wet market, lemons are seldom available. Most often, life gives me a bag of Wild Mangosteen, locally known as Santol.
So instead of Lemonade, I make Santol-ade.♥
We used to have three big Santol trees in our house in Novaliches. During Santol season, we can just grab fresh santol from the branches of the tree and eat them right then and there.
Gosh, I miss those trees…and I just wish we still have them so ykaie could experience what I was able to experience when I was a child.
…and I wish this juice has sleeping powers. I had a hard time sleeping last night…
Santol has a rough orange peel and has a thick rind and seeds surrounded by sweet white pulp which looks like cotton. I usually eat it raw dipped in shrimp paste or salt, make it into juice or cook the rind into candied santol.
A cousin cooks it into a spicy stew with coconut milk. I’ve never tried it but I will one of these days…
PrintSantol-ade {Wild Mangosteen Juice}
Ingredients
- 4 large santol/wild mangosteen
- 8 cups of water
- 1 cup sugar
- lots of ice
- ¼ cup calamansi juice {optional}
Instructions
- Dissolve sugar in 3 cups water.
- Peel santol/wild mangosteen and chop it up horizontally and vertically.
- Crumble it into pieces into the water with dissolved sugar.
- Do this one by one to prevent the rind from turning brown.
- You can also purée half the rind using a blender. It would be a lot more flavorful.
- Add the rest of the water and calamansi juice. Stir.
- Steep in the fridge for 4 hours, letting the flavor of the rind and the seeds into the water.
- Serve with lots of ice
38 Responses
Hmm this looks like a delicious juice, i will try this recipe for sure, thanks a lot for the tips.
ayyy sarap nyan ngayung tag ulan
Love this easy and nourishing fruit juice,and would be perfect as a great summer treat!
Wow santol, may puno kami niyan dati, matagal pa siguro ulit bago ako makatikim niyan
Yum! Looks refreshing.
Looks very yummy, I should give it a try:)
Whooo nangasim ako ng husto hehehe. Wala akong nakikitang santol dito eh… pero sa Pinas kinakain ko yan with patis na may konting asukal (weird noh? Hehe).
Not very often that we can get Santol here. If we get lucky, we get the
frozen ones. I guess it should work using your recipe. Thank you very
much for sharing Peachy! 🙂
Looks so refreshing. What is calamansi juice?
Your santol-ade looks refreshing1 I have never heard of this fruit, but now I will keep my eye out for it now. Thanks for sharing your recipe with the Hearth and Soul Hop; I love learning about new foods.
Santol juice looks delicious, I will look for them in store.
this looks great can you believe they sell this in the US as a supplement for crazy money
Waah! Brings back good memories of home – my mom used to make this when we were kids pa..
absolutely refreshing n healthy..
lovely cliks..
Tasty Appetite
I never had this before…look so interesting 🙂
Hope you are having a great week!
haven’t tried this before but find it very interesting!
I never had mangosteen! Looks refreshing!
we had lots of santol when I was a child but never tried this. maybe,I’l grab the ingredients here and try one now.. I’m imagining the taste now and hmm, refreshing with lots of ice..
wow, interesting. first time to encounter santol as a drink. thanks for sharing. i might try this when i get hold of santol in the market. looks so refreshing=)
may puno na ganito kapitbahay namin dati na tinitirador namin tuwing tanghali pagnatutulog sila, para mahulog yung bunga. tapos may baon kaming asin. 🙂
I wish I could find some of those exotic Santol fruit to try!
My mom loves this fruit and enjoys it exactly the same you made it. Specially in peak summer, it’s a perfect drink to cool you off!
How cool!
This sound amazing and delicious!! gloria
my lola, she’s the one who taught me to make santolada, sarap yan, refreshing 🙂
wow! haven’t tried this yet… i’m off to the market now to buy santol (you made me to.. *v*)
i’ve recently posted my santol recipe you might want to try it if you haven’t yet. 🙂
http://busykitchenette.blogspot.com/2011/07/ginataang-santol-with-bagoong.html
just followed you..
Looks yummy.
Thanks for sharing with us at Simply Delish Saturday
I’ve never tried this before….very interesting!!
Thanks for sharing at the hearth and soul hop.
I don’t eat santol much but this drink looks really refreshing and worth another taste of the fruit. 🙂
This would be perfect for thee 100 degree days!
This would be perfect for thee 100 degree days!
I’ve never heard of mangosteen, but it looks quite tasty! Great pics too!
oops, that last comment should be from Chef Fresco
I like what you are doing with “life’s lemonades”…..:D
i love santol with salt, vinegar and soy sauce…. i just can imagine it in a drink. thanks for sharing
wow, this is different… Thanks for joining last week. Join me again this week: http://www.morefoodadventures.com/2011/08/sweet-mangoes-and-fried-sweet-potatoes.html
I will definitely have to try this. Hopefully I can find this at my local grocery store. Thanks for sharing.
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I wonder if we can ferment it abit….