Jackfruit Sharbat

Cuisine: Karnataka Category: Beverage Prep: 10 min Cook: 10 min Serves: 4 Difficulty: Easy 🌿 Vegetarian

Traditional Karnataka beverage — jackfruit sharbat made with ripe jackfruit.

Ingredients

Method

  1. About this drink: South India has a wonderful tradition of functional beverages — designed to cool the body, aid digestion or boost immunity. This version features ripe jackfruit. Famous in All Karnataka. Seasonal jackfruit refresher Made during Jackfruit season.
  2. Prepare ripe jackfruit: Blend ripe jackfruit flesh smooth. Strain.
  3. Sweetener: Traditional South Indian drinks use palm jaggery, rock candy or regular sugar. Dissolve sweetener in 2 tablespoons warm water.
  4. Blend or mix: Blend all components until smooth and homogeneous.
  5. Add spice: Add traditional South Indian drink spices — dried ginger, cardamom, fennel seeds, pepper or medicinal herbs as appropriate.
  6. Strain: Strain through a fine mesh strainer to remove any solids.
  7. Add ice or chill: Add ice cubes or refrigerate 30 minutes.
  8. Taste and adjust: Adjust sweetness, spice and consistency.
  9. Garnish: Garnish with fresh mint, cardamom powder or a pinch of saffron.
  10. Serve: Most South Indian drinks can be stored as concentrates in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days.

Recipe from samaiyal.com — Authentic Indian Recipes