Recipe: These summer coolers from your childhood promise nostalgia in every sip

Mohabbat ka Sharbat

Ingredients

• 500 ml Chilled Milk

• ¼ cup Sugar

• 3 tbsp Rose Syrup

• 1 cup Watermelon Juice

• 1 cup Watermelon (chopped)

• 1 cup Chilled Water

• Rose Petals (to garnish)

• Ice Cubes (as required)

Instructions

• Mix chilled milk, sugar, and rose syrup in a bowl.

• Add watermelon juice, chopped watermelon, and chilled water and mix well.

• Add ice cubes and garnish with rose petals.

• Serve immediately.

Jeera Soda

Ingredients

• ½ cup Cumin Seeds

• 1 tbsp Black Peppercorns

• 1 cup Granulated Sugar

• 4 tsp Black Salt

• 4 tsp Chaat Masala

• 1 cup Water

• 1 tbsp Lemon Juice

• Plain Soda (as required)

Instructions

• Dry roast cumin seeds and black peppercorns until slightly browned.

• Remove the pan from heat and let it cool.

• Grind the roasted cumin seeds and peppercorns to make a coarse powder.

• Transfer this powder into the pan.

• Add sugar, black salt, and chaat masala.

• Add water and cook to make a thick syrup.

• Store this syrup in a glass syrup.

• Add ice cubes in a glass.

• Add lemon juice and 2 tbsp syrup to the glass.

• Top the glass with soda and served immediately.

Recipes shared by Neha Mathur of Whisk Affair, a dentist-turned-Instagram inspiration for all things food.