Podina (Peppermint) Sharbat Recipe

Ingredients

Peppermint Syrup

1. Water: 2½ Cups

2. Sugar: 4 Cups

3. Fresh Lime juice: ¼ Cup

4. Fresh Peppermint leaf: 4 cups

Method

Peppermint Syrup

1. Add water and sugar in a heavy bottom pan. Heat till all the sugar is dissolved

3. Crush the peppermint leaves and lime juice with mortar and pestle. Put it in a large stainless steel bowl. Rinse mortar paste with hot syrup and put it in the bowl. Add the remaining syrup.

4. Cover and let it come to room temperature. Age in refrigerator for about 12 hours. Strain. Discard solids.

Serving

Mix one part of Sharbat with 3 parts of water, serve on ice. Add ginger sticks, and Kala Namak or Sea salt