Orange Soda

Ingredients :

1. for the orange syrup
2. Fresh squeezed Orange juice - 4 cups 
3. sugar - 2 cups
4. water -3/4 cup
5. citric acid - 2 tsp
6. soda - as required 
7. Orange essence - 1 tsp (optional)

Method :
Squeeze the juice from the oranges and remove seeds by straining through a wide mesh strainer.
Place the 2 cups of sugar and 3/4 cup water to boil.
when the solution starts boiling and all the sugar has dissolved add in the citric acid and mix well until dissolved.
Allow the sugar solution to cool down to room temperature .
Add the orange juice and mix well.
Add orange essence if you are using it.
Strain and store in clean dry bottles in the fridge.
To prepare Orange soda mix the orange syrup with cold soda in the ratio 1:4.
serve immediately.

NOTE : if you prefer a brighter orange color , add some orange food color .
If you have to store the syrup at room temperature you have to add some sort of preservative 

Arabian Pulpy Grape Juice

Ingredients:

1.    Black Grapes / juice variety not the seedless kind-  1/4 kg
2.    Sugar- 1/2 Cup (increase of reduce depending on the sweetness of the grapes you are using)
3.    Water- 2 Cups divided  into 1 cup (room temperature) + 1 cup (Keep to cool in the refrigerator)

Method:

Wash grapes and boil in 1 cup of water , as the grapes start floating up ,remove them with a slotted spoon and drop them into the 1 cup of reserved cold water .
With your fingers give each grape  a slight squeeze and it gets separated from the skin and seeds.Keep the grape pulp aside to cool in the fridge and return the skins and 1 cup water with the sugar  to the boiling pan and cook for another 5 minutes.
Strain this liquid and squeeze out the pulp from the skin with the back of a spoon.
When this cools down to room temperature , add the pulp you separated earlier and refrigerate until ready to serve , Check for sweetness and add more sugar if needed.

NOTE : I have seen some recipes that mention to boil the grapes and pulp together and that the pulp will get separated by itself - I have tried that and it didn't work for me , the pulp got overcooked and mushy ,So I pick the grapes out as soon as they float and reserve the pulp of 1/2 of the grapes and allow the remaining 1/2 to boil .