Cumin Mint Delight - Mocktail Recipe

Cumin (zeera) and mint (pudina) are useful ingredients for summers as they offer several benefits.

Cumin contains a very high concentration of antioxidants. It enhances immunity, increases metabolism, improves digestive system, and boost the liver's ability to detoxify our body. Mint settles a nervous stomach, reduces irritated bowel syndromes, eliminates toxins, and is a very good cleanser for the blood.

Taking into consideration these awesome facts, I tried a new summer-cool recipe. Here it goes:

Cumin Mint Delight

 

Servings = 4

Time taken: 10 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup crushed ice and few ice cubes

2 tbsp lemon juice
8 tbsp jeera syrup (I used Raj Jeera)
1 bottle chilled soda
Mint leaves

2 tbsp lemon juice

Cumin Mint Delight

Method

1. Dilute jeera syrup by adding 2-3 ice cubes, ensuring that it has a curry-like consistency.
2. Add lemon juice and chopped mint leaves. Mix well.
3. Take 4 glasses, and pour equal quantity of above mixture in each glass.
4. Top with crushed ice and chilled soda.
5. Garnish with mint leaves and enjoy!

The Shirley Temple - Recipe

I’m in an experimenting and cooking mood this summer (Yippee!), have been trying my hands on a variety of snacks and drinks. Following the recipe of ‘Lemon Mint Muddle’, here is my other experiment – The Shirley Temple.

Shirley Temple is a popular drink that suits both alcoholics and non-alcoholics. It is a sweet drink with a twist of grenadine flavor. Grenadine syrup is easily available in provision stores. It is actually a concentrated form of pomegranate juice; alcoholic or non-alcoholic. I used the non-alcoholic one from the brand Fiesta. 

Shirley Temple

 Here’s the recipe.

Servings = 4

Time taken: 10 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup ice cubes
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp grenadine syrup
4 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp ginger-ale squash or a piece of fresh ginger
2 bottles chilled soda
4 cut lemon slices and few mint leaves

Method

1. Take 4 tall glasses, and place 4-5 ice cubes in each.
2. Add ½ tbsp each of lemon juice, grenadine syrup, sugar syrup and ginger-ale squash. Don’t worry if you don’t have ginger-ale squash at home. Grate fresh ginger, squeeze hard to bring out the juice, and mix ½ tbsp sugar in it. Use this instead of ginger-ale squash.
3. Fill each glass with chilled soda.
4. Garnish with cut lemon slice and mint leaves, serve immediately, and enjoy!

Lemon Mint Muddle - Recipe

Summers make feel us thirsty all the time, and a person like me is always in search of a cool drink (reminds  me of the thirsty sheep always asking of 'Cool Drink' in the 'Clouds & Sheep' Android game), to quench my thirst. While wandering on the web for a recipe, I found an interesting drink named 'Lemon Muddle'. So, here's my own version of the recipe:

Lemon Mint Muddle

Servings = 4

Time taken: 10 minutes

Ingredients

20-30 coarsely chopped mint leaves
2 tbsp finely chopped lemon
5 tbsp fresh lemon juice

5 tbsp sugar
1 cup crushed ice
1 bottle chilled carbonated water/soda water

Water

Salt

Lemon Mint Muddle

 Method

1.   Pour 1 glass water in a jug and dissolve sugar in it.

2.   Add salt & 4 tbsp lemon juice, and keep the mixture in the freezer for 5 minutes.

3.   Take 4 rock glasses, and place equal quantity of chopped lemon, mint leaves in each of them.

4.    Pour the above mixture and muddle the ingredients together.

5.    Place ¼ cup of crushed ice in each glass, and top it with rest of the lemon juice & chilled carbonated drink.

6.    Garnish with lemon slice and  enjoy!