Name: Sharbat Badam
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 2 ozs (60 g) almonds + 2 ozs (60 g) 4-magaz (kernels of sweet melon, water melon, cucumber and pumpkin; ¼ pt (480 mils) water; 4 ozs (115 g) almonds or; ¼ teaspoonful almond essence; 1½ lb (680 g) sugar; 4 drops of kewra essence; 3 to 4 small granules of potassium metabisulphite (do not use in excess); 8 green cardamoms (illaichi); 1½ dessertspoonful ruh kewra or

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Mrs. Balbir Singh's Indian Cookery

By Mrs Balbir Singh

Published 1961

About

Almonds mixed with kernels of melon seeds is an age-old Indian drink. In addition to being a refreshing drink it is considered highly useful in improving intellectual capacity. The conventional method consists in grinding the ingredients and preparing the sharbat, which has to be made fresh every day just before it is to be served. The method described below however eliminates this tiresome procedure and enables one to prepare and store the sharbat.