Welcome Drink – Jal Jeera
Ingredients
- ¼ cup chopped fresh mint leaves (pudina)
- ½ cup packed chopped fresh coriander leaves (hara dhania)
- 1 marble sized seedless tamarind (imli) ball (for a more pronounced sourness, you can add one more marble sized ball of tamarind)
- 1-1½ tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1 tsp fennel seeds (saunf)
- ½ tsp black pepper (kali mirch) powder
- ½ -1 tsp dry mango powder (amchur)
- ⅛ tsp asafoetida (hing)
- ½ -1 tsp black salt (kala namak) or pink unrefined salt (sendha namak)
- 3½ – 4½ cups chilled water
Method
Rinse the mint and coriander leaves and blend them in a blender with the tamarind. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend with ½ to ¾ cup water until smooth. Strain.
Add 3-4 cups (or as required) of chilled water to the strained mixture. Chill in the refrigerator, pour into glasses and serve chilled.
Serves 4