For bright sunny days and pleasant winter days!
Winter in Vizag is pretty unpredictable; in the sense some days it's too cold that I see myself wearing sweater and other days it is pretty warm but not hot. Today is one such warm day and it's pretty sunny outside. Now that I am having plenty of fresh lime at my disposal, I could easily resist the unopened bottle of thumbs up and go for a fresh lime drink!
Now the challenge was how to make it special. I spent some time "researching" in my refrigerator to see what I have and finally came up with ginger, mint leaves and yes, fresh yellow juicy lime :-) So here is a quick lime drink that can also be replicated as a decent cocktail (with vodka or gin).
Now the challenge was how to make it special. I spent some time "researching" in my refrigerator to see what I have and finally came up with ginger, mint leaves and yes, fresh yellow juicy lime :-) So here is a quick lime drink that can also be replicated as a decent cocktail (with vodka or gin).
Ingredients
Fresh lime - 1 medium, juiced and one slice for garnishing
Mint leaves - 2 tablespoon, finely chopped
Ginger - 1 inch piece, crushed and juice extracted
Pepper - 1 pinch, freshly ground
Sugar - 1 1/2 - 2 teaspoon (or as per taste)
Salt - 1/2 teaspoon (can ignore if you do not prefer salt and sweet)
Water - 1/4 glass
Soda - 3/4 glass, chilled
Preparation
1. In a small mixing bowl, add ginger extract and mint leaves along with lime juice. Add pepper powder, sugar, salt and water; give it a nice swirl (my bowl had handle and hence it was easy)
Serving
2. Using a filter, pour this into a serving glass. Fill up the glass with soda.
3. Garnish with lemon slice, probably a few mint leaves and a stirrer.
Improvisation Ideas:
Next time I might add chaat masala to make it masala lime cooler! :-)
