{"id":4900,"date":"2010-07-29T01:16:34","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T06:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/?p=4900"},"modified":"2021-03-02T04:59:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T10:59:52","slug":"summer-guava-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/summer-guava-drink\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Guava Drink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_2hAJiuLHN2I\/TFEVwTmWUNI\/AAAAAAAABHQ\/FxSPIq9zEoQ\/s800\/guava_400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"597\">I grew up drinking <strong>guava<\/strong> nectar, my first real introduction being rare, but exciting trips to a&nbsp;Puerto&nbsp;Rican&nbsp;corner store with my mother. She would spoil me with tiny bananas, coconut candies and&nbsp;other goodies not found in our neighborhood stores.&nbsp;Opening up a can of <strong>Goya<\/strong> drinks, be them mango,&nbsp;<em>pera <\/em>(pear), or <em>guyaba <\/em>(guava)&nbsp;would evoke a keen sense of exotica in my mind. I knew instinctively at a young age that these flavors&nbsp;flourished&nbsp;in a place my mother loved, a place I was somehow connected to.<\/p>\n<p>To this day, when I smell these fruits, I&#8217;m instantly&nbsp;taken back to the days spent excitedly waiting&nbsp;to see&nbsp;my <em>abuelo <\/em>(grandfather) in the <em>barrio <\/em>(neighborhood) where he made sure we had whatever Puerto Rican delicacies we craved; and to the moments my <em>abuela <\/em>(grandmother) stepped out of the plane as she arrived from San Juan, with piles of <em>pasteles <\/em>(savory <a href=\"https:\/\/billydoemeats.com\/?sca_ref=612140.OUBMoNQMp3\">meat<\/a> tamales wrapped in banana leaves) and <em>dulce de guyaba <\/em>(guava candy) <em>para los ni\u00f1os<\/em> (for the kids).<\/p>\n<p>I am fortunate enough, <em>alhamdullilah <\/em>(thank God), to live in a&nbsp;city like Chicago where I can find just about any Caribbean fruit and product I crave&nbsp;from my childhood. Recently, I found the guava pictured here. I have to admit- I bought them simply because of the nostalgia that the smell stirred inside of me. I didn&#8217;t know what I wanted to do with them, other than embrace the memories of my childhood and&nbsp;some of&nbsp;the people I love the most.<\/p>\n<p>When you can find it ripe, guava should have a lovely, fresh, almost flowery scent. Just be sure to strain the drink with a fine sieve or you may be crunching on the seeds as you drink.<\/p>\n<p>I did end up making this delicious drink, a recipe I think you&#8217;ll find refreshing and flavorful. What foods evoke your childhood memories?<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">Serves 2<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">1 medium grapefruit<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">2 small yellow guavas<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">\u00bc cup orange juice<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">1 tsp. powdered sugar<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">1\/8 cup water<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/HyIIp6kmxBTAXeZgy5zINQ?feat=embedwebsite\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_2hAJiuLHN2I\/TFEVwECgwII\/AAAAAAAABHM\/9VilER7TpWw\/s800\/guava_whole_and_open.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">Remove all the outer tough skin from the grapefruit and the white skin underneath it. Remove the seeds, too, otherwise the drink will be very bitter.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">Remove the stem from the guava and wash the outer part very well. There is no need to remove the skins.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">Add all the ingredients to a blender and combine on high speed for about 30 seconds- 1 minute. (To make this drink cold, add some ice before blending)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">Pour the drink through a fine sieve or strainer before drinking in order to remove the hard seeds of the guava.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/cuiREDVAklqtYhiBne-DJw?feat=embedwebsite\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_2hAJiuLHN2I\/TFEXaRJkaMI\/AAAAAAAABIM\/Y92oZJGmTM8\/s800\/drink%20at%20end.JPG\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I grew up drinking guava nectar, my first real introduction being rare, but exciting trips to a&nbsp;Puerto&nbsp;Rican&nbsp;corner store with my mother. She would spoil me&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,99,124],"tags":[568,588,611,944],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Summer Guava Drink - Yvonne Maffei - Making Global Cuisine Halal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My Halal Kitchen is a halal food and cooking blog featuring culinary tips and healthy halal recipes anyone can make and demonstrating how any cuisine can be made halal. wholesome living, quick recipes, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, food photography, food industry, nutrition, Recipes, Culinary Tips, Aprons, Clean Your Kitchen Green book on eco-friendly cleaning, E-books, Kitchen Gadgets, Table Linens\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/summer-guava-drink\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Summer Guava Drink - 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