Drinks · Delhi

Nimbu Shikanji

Delhi's street-side lemonade, sharpened with roasted cumin, black salt and pepper and served over lots of ice.

Prep 10 min · Cook 0 min · Total 10 min · Serves 4

Ingredients

Shikanji

• 4 Lemons, juiced
• 5 tbsp Sugar
• 1 tsp Roasted cumin powder
• ½ tsp Black salt (kala namak)
• ¼ tsp Black pepper, ground
• 4 cups Chilled water
• 10 Mint leaves
• Ice, to taste

Method

1. Dissolve the sugar. Stir the sugar into 1 cup of the water until completely dissolved.
2. Mix. Add the lemon juice, cumin, black salt, pepper and the rest of the water and stir well. Taste and adjust the lemon and sugar.
3. Serve. Bruise the mint leaves in the bottom of the glasses, fill with ice and pour over the shikanji.

Tips

Roll the lemons hard on the counter before cutting them; you'll get noticeably more juice.