Homemade Soda
People of our generation are used to drinking cola, like the generation before us used to drink water. With kids and adults both, so used to this beverage, then shifting to a substitute of cola, which tastes equally well, but is somewhat healthier and much lesser in calories, makes sense. And what better way to replace colas than with some easy to make, homemade soda. It is very simple as well as can be quite fun to make. Its recipe is so easy that even kids can try it out, once they get used to the method. Given below is a simple recipe, which you can easily try at home.
Homemade Soda Recipe
Ingredients
- Sugar
- Yeast
- Soda Flavorings (choose the one according to your liking, most supermarkets have flavorings in ginger ale, orange, grape, root beer, cola and cream soda)
- Two large, empty bottles, preferably of two liters
- One large Jug or any other container
- One cup and a measuring spoon
To make this, start with preparing the yeast for carbonation first. Warm some water (it should not be more than 110 degrees Fahrenheit), and pour it in a cup. Take a small amount of yeast, around one eighth of a teaspoon and dissolve it in the warm water, inside the cup. Make sure that the amount of yeast is neither too less nor in excess, cause in either case, the taste of the soda can get spoiled. Also, the water in which it is dissolved should not be too hot or cold, so that the right amount of carbonation can be yielded.
Take two and a half cups sugar, one tablespoon of the flavoring, dissolved yeast and mix them together to form a syrup. Now in the large jug, pour this mixture and add around three and a half liters of water to it. Cover the jug with the lid and shake the contents of the jug for a few minutes, so that the sugar gets completely dissolved.
Once the sugar is dissolved, pour the entire mixture in the two large, two liter cola bottles. Cap the bottles very tightly and let them remain like this for around six days, so that proper carbonation can be yielded. In between these days, press the bottles from time to time to see that carbonation is not in excess. If the bottles feel very firm, open the cap of the bottle for some time, and then put it on again.
If you want to make low-calorie soda, then you can follow the same recipe, with a small change in the amount of sugar that you put. You can replace half of the sugar with a low-calorie sugar substitute.
Homemade soda has many benefits, vis-a-vis regular cola. Firstly, if you compare the costs of the two, it is much cheaper than a cola. Secondly, it is much more healthier, as it is made from all natural ingredients. Yeast, which is an important ingredient of homemade sodas, is very rich in B complex vitamins. And lastly, the amount of sugar that you put to make the soda can be controlled by you. In place of sugar, low-calorie sweeteners can also be used, thus, making the soda very less in calories and much healthier than the regular cola.
