NIMBU ADRAK SHARBAT
A perfectly balanced refreshing lemonade made of lemon/lime juice, fresh ginger, sweetener of your choice and a hint of salt.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 4 Lemons
- 2 inch Ginger root
- or
- ¼ cup Homemade Ginger extract
- 1 pinch Salt
- 4 cups Filtered water chilled
- ½ cup Sugar
- 10 Mint leaves
Instructions
- Wash and pat dry the lemons with a cotton towel and slice them in halves.
- Squeeze the juice of lemons into a bowl, place a sieve on large water pitcher filter out the lemon juice to the water pitcher and keep aside.
- Wash and pat dry the ginger root, grate it and squeeze the juice out of it using your hand. You can also use ginger extract instead.
- Add the freshly squeezed ginger juice/ ginger extract to the lemon juice in pitcher, add sugar/any sweetener of your choice, pinch of salt and give it a good mix until everything is completely blend together.
- Now gradually add in chilled water, washed mint leaves and give it a good mix.
- Serve immediately or Refrigerate to serve chilled later.
Notes
- You can also make a Ginger lemonade concentrate ahead, refrigerate it and while serving simply stir few tablespoons of the concentrate in chilled water and a pinch of salt.
- Use sparkling water or club soda instead of chilled water to mix in with the ginger lemon concentrate to make fresh Ginger ale.
- You can also add a tbsp of fennel seeds to add more interesting depth of flavor and also increase the healthy benefits.