North Indian Watermelon Slush Refreshes Easily and Flavorfully

Summary: North Indian Watermelon Slush refreshes easily and flavorfully in an elegantly simple recipe by North Indian Chef Kunal Kapur.

Gujarati actor Raj Vitthalpura, who based his film career in Israel from 2010 to 2021, likes to cook desi-videsi (Indian, non-Indian) recipes, including Chef Kunal's Watermelon Slush; an aromatic mint leaf aesthetically garnishes North Indian celebrity chef Kunal Kapur's minty Watermelon Slush (left): Raj Vitthalpura @raj_vitthalpura, via Twitter May 26, 2020

North Indian Watermelon Slush refreshes easily and flavorfully in a simply elegant dessert recipe by North Indian celebrity chef, cookbook author and restaurateur Kunal Kapur.

Chef Kunal presents his fruity refresher April 20, 2020, in a video, "Watermelon Ice cream Sorbet / Watermelon Slush Brain-Freeze / Kunal Kapur Recipes / Summer Recipe," via his YouTube channel, Kunal Kapur. He also shares the recipe, "Watermelon Slush Brain Freeze / Kunal Kapur Recipes," April 11, 2020, on his Instagram account, chefkunal. Chef Kunal provides "Watermelon Slush" in print and via YouTube video on his website, Chef Kunal Kapur.

Travel+Leisure India & South India, the Indian edition of the American luxury lifestyle and travel magazine, features Chef Kunal's "Watermelon Slushy" in its TNLTastesOfTheWorld series. "#TnlTasteOfTheWorld With Chef Kunal Kapur: Watermelon Slushy -- Inspired By New Delhi’s Summer," posted April 22, 2020, by Burda Media India content executive Bayar Jain, provides Chef Kunal's recipe in print and in video via its Instagram account, travelandleisureindia.

Chef Kunal's Watermelon Slush maximizes flavor by minimizing ingredients. His fruity refresher emerges from lemon juice, mint leaves and watermelon as the recipe's three basic ingredients and with sugar as an optional, fourth ingredient.

Watermelon Slush: a cool beverage inspired by sun-scorched New Delhi summers

Chef Kunal describes his Watermelon Slush as "brilliant in summers" on his website, Chef Kunal Kapur. He also notes the recipe's receptivity to creative alterations via "a variety of fruit juices."

The inspiration for Watermelon Slush comes from "the scorching summer sun" of India's capital, New Delhi, explains Chef Kunal for Burda Media India content executive Bayar Jain's April 11, 2020, post, "#TnlTasteOfTheWorld With Chef Kunal Kapur: Watermelon Slushy -- Inspired By New Delhi’s Summer," on Travel+Leisure-India's website. Chef Kunal's delicious, elegantly simple, refreshing recipe serves as "the ideal remedy" for New Delhi's sizzling summers, notes Jain.

The appeal of Watermelon Slush, nevertheless, extends beyond the perimeter of Chef Kunal's birthplace. The aromatic, delicious, nutritious refresher's globally familiar basic ingredients easily harmonize with the world's local, regional, national and international cuisines.

Furthermore, Watermelon Slush qualifies not only as a seasonal special but also as a yearlong favorite. As Watermelon.org website proclaims, "It's always 'Watermelon Season' somewhere."

Watermelon Slush: how much watermelon?

Chef Kunal's Watermelon Slush recipe yields four servings. The main ingredient, of course, is watermelon. The recipe calls for 500 grams (approximately 1.1 pounds) of watermelon.

How much of the watermelon is needed for 500 grams (1.1 pounds)? The Watermelon Board estimates an average large watermelon's weight at approximately 20 pounds, according to Senior Contributing Food Editor Sheela Prakash's post, "How Many Pounds of Watermelon Do You Need per Person?," published Aug. 23, 2016, on Apartment Therapy Media's Kitchn website.

Quartering the 20-pound watermelon and then slicing the quarters into 3/4-inch-thick wedges yields about 66 wedges, Prakash helpfully explains. Three wedges then approximate one pound of pulp, rind and skin.

Fortunately, watermelons range in size and weight. One large watermelon equates to four small watermelons. A small watermelon weighs approximately five pounds, according to Prakash's information from the Watermelon Board.

Ingredients for four servings

1 watermelon section, 500 grams (1.1 pounds); rind removed, with pulp roughly chopped

handful of mint leaves

one lemon
or: 4 tablespoons of lemon juice

optional:
2 tablespoons of sugar

Steps

1) Roughly chop the watermelon pulp lengthwise and then widthwise into chunks. There is no need to remove seeds.

2) Deposit watermelon chunks into mixer. Add mint leaves and, if desired, sugar. Blend well.

3) Pour watermelon mixture through a sieve over a large tray. After emptying mixer, press sieve with a spoon to squeeze juice through to tray. Note: Seed bits will remain in sieve.

4) Squeeze lemon or spoon lemon juice over watermelon juice. Lightly mix lemon juice into watermelon juice.

5) Place watermelon mixture in freezer. Freeze until completely frozen.

6) Use a fork to scrape the frozen watermelon mixture into a serving bowl. Distribute the ice shavings into stemmed or unstemmed dessert bowls. Garnish each serving with a mint leaf.

For a smooth Watermelon Slush, deposit ice shavings into mixer. Blend to desired consistency. Distribute into dessert bowls and garnish each serving with a mint leaf.

When to partake of Watermelon Slush?

Watermelon Slush refreshes as a stand-alone snack or as a meal participant. Watermelon Slush complements intricate as well as uncomplicated dishes and pairs smoothly with salads. For example, Watermelon Slush is one of my family's favorite Caesar Salad chasers. Chef Kunal's elegantly simple icy watermelon shavings lightly, yet fillingly, bring every meal or snack to a pleasant close.

Chef Kunal's watermelon repertoire

Chef Kunal's watermelon repertoire extends beyond Watermelon Slush. Other watermelon-based recipes include Watermelon Ice Cream and Watermelon Juice.

Chef Kunal's Watermelon Ice Cream recipe textures the dessert with condensed milk and whipping cream and flavors it with roasted pistachios and rose water. His Watermelon Ice Cream is available in print and video formats on his website. He premiered "3 Ingredients Watermelon Icecream / Eggless Ice Cream / Summer Recipe / Kunal Kapur Recipes" on his YouTube channel July 3, 2021.

Chef Kunal flavors his Watermelon Juice with cucumbers, ginger, mangoes, mint leaves, salt and sugar. On his website, he prefaces his Watermelon Juice recipe with the enticing, succinct description: "Extremely quick & extremely satisfying drink." For the recipe's June 6, 2021, presentation on his YouTube channel, Chef Kunal describes Watermelon Juice as ". . . one drink that always makes you feel fresh and happy . . .".

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Image credits:

Gujarati actor Raj Vitthalpura, who based his film career in Israel from 2010 to 2021, likes to cook desi-videsi (Indian, non-Indian) recipes, including Chef Kunal's Watermelon Slush; an aromatic mint leaf aesthetically garnishes North Indian celebrity chef Kunal Kapur's minty Watermelon Slush (left): Raj Vitthalpura @raj_vitthalpura, via Twitter May 26, 2020, @ https://twitter.com/raj_vitthalpura/status/1265227663431528448

Travel+Leisure India-South Asia, "Learn How To Make Tasty Watermelon Slushy By Chef Kunal Kapur," via YouTube April 22, 2020, @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Ubt_wJG6w

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