Ingredients
- 1/2 cup water
- 5 ice cubes
- 1 & 1/2 teaspoons powdered dehydrated tomato
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon powdered dehydrated habanero chilli pepper
Instructions
- A quarter teaspoon of habanero powder is not a garnish. Dried chilli is concentrated far past the fresh pod, so measure it level and put in less than that the first time you make this.
- Slake the tomato powder in the water before the ice arrives. It is fine enough to float and will ride on the surface of a cold jug indefinitely.
- Give it five minutes to swell. What was a thin orange liquid thickens into something with body, and that body is the whole difference between this and chilli water.
- Blend the ice in last and only long enough to break it down. The name refers to the chilli — overworking it warms the drink and it stops being refreshing.
- Taste with a clean spoon each time rather than sipping from the jug. Capsaicin builds on the tongue and by the third sip you cannot judge it any more.
- Pour it immediately. Tomato solids drop out quickly, and the last mouthful in a glass left standing is nearly all heat.
Nutrition
| Per 100 g | Per 1 oz (28 g) | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 333 kcal | 94 kcal |
| Protein | 4.2 g | 1.2 g |
| Fat | 0.9 g | 0.3 g |
| saturated | 0.1 g | 0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 77.1 g | 21.9 g |
| sugars | 76.2 g | 21.6 g |
| Fibre | 5.4 g | 1.5 g |
| Sodium | 24 mg | 7 mg |
Estimated from the ingredients, for the finished dried product. Actual values vary with the produce you use and how far you dry it.
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