Zobo drink, also known as Zoborodo or Hibiscus drink, is a popular nutritious healthy drink to make at home. It's an ox-blood or red wine colored drink made from dry petals of the Rosaline plant(Hibiscus sabdariffa) which is a hibiscus specie. It goes by different names such as Rosella in Australia, Jamaican sorrel drink in the Caribbean, sobolo in Ghana m, depending on the region it's prepared. It's a rich natural healthy drink filled with enormous benefits I love preparing my zobo drink with more natural fruits including the Peels of the particular fruit I use for the flavour I want, but you may add artificial flavours and sweeteners such as foster clarks, Nutri C, jolly juice etc if you don't have the natural substitute.
Traditionally zobo drink has been used for years and thereby seen as a herbal health drink which has been known to help several health issues including high blood pressure, loss of appetite, circulation, Liver diseases, cancers and fevers and as a gentle laxative and diuretic.
Modern research also supports the fact that hibiscus has multiple health effects. This definitely makes it one of the top 10 healthy drinks to make at home.
How to make zobo
You will need: 5-6 cups of dried zobo leave.
Ginger (2-3 fingers)
2 sachets of joccy's pineapple flavours and 4-5 liters of water.
Procedure: Hand pick every unwanted substance from the zobo leaves and start cooking with about 4 liters of waters. Cook to boil before adding the ginger, you can chop them into tiny bit or grind with a kitchen blender the same way I did mine.
Cook for another ten to fifteen minutes before you taste the zobo. If it does taste alright then filter and add joccy pineapple flavour. Refrigerate and enjoy.
Zobo is one of the popular Nigerian drinks, easy to make. Better when served chilled.
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