Indian · 4 glasses
Nimbu Pani
Lemon, sugar, salt, water. The most useful four ingredients in an Indian summer.
Ingredients
- Juice of 2 lemons
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp black salt
- 1/4 tsp roasted cumin powder
- A pinch of regular salt
- 500ml cold water
- Mint leaves
- Ice
Method
- Dissolve the sugar and both salts in a little warm water first. Cold water leaves gritty sugar at the bottom of the glass.
- Lemon juice in, then the rest of the cold water.
- Roasted cumin powder stirred through — that is the difference between nimbu pani and lemonade.
- Over ice, mint bruised between your palms and dropped in.
- Taste before serving. It should be sharper than you think, because the ice dilutes it.