Nimboo Adrak Pani

Cooking Time: 0-5 minutes
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes
Category: Veg

Ingredients

• Lemons 2
• Lemon juice 1 tablespoon
• Ginger 1 inch piece
• Cumin seeds 2 tablespoons
• Fresh mint leaves a few
• Salt to taste
• Black salt (kala namak) to taste
• Ice cubes as required

Method

1. Dry roast cumin seeds till dark brown and fragrant. 
2. Slice ginger. Halve 2 lemons and remove seeds and quarter each half. 
3. Put ginger and fresh mint leaves in a mortar and crush with a pestle. 
4. Put this mixture into a cocktail shaker.
5. Similarly crush 3-4 lemon pieces and add to the shaker. 
6. Squeeze the juice of the remaining lemon pieces into the shaker. 
7. Add another 1 tbsp lemon juice, salt and black salt.
8. Cool cumin seeds and crush in a clear mortar and pestle. 
9. Add ¾ tsp of crushed cumin seeds into the shaker along with a few ice cubes and ¼ cup water and shake well.
10. Strain into serving glasses, add a few of the crushed lemon pieces. 
11. Fill up the glasses with drinking soda, stir well and serve immediately.