These 15-minute beverage recipes will be a hit with your family
Summer is raging and temperatures are soaring high. In this killer heat, keep your spirits up with these fun, tangy and refreshing beverages that you can whip up for the whole family in a mere 15 minutes.
Bring desi back: Instant Shikanjabeen
No need to head to a restaurant to enjoy your favourite mint cooler! Try this instant shikanjabeen made with SunSip Limopani sachets that will be ready in minutes:
Ingredients (to make 4 glasses)
- Ice cubes – 2 cups (put in a plastic bag and crush with a heavy spoon)
- Water – 2 glasses
- Mint leaves – 1 bunch
- Sunsip Limopani – 4 sachets
- Soda (any brand) – ½ a glass
- Sugar – 2 tablespoons
- Salt – a pinch
Method
Put everything in a blender and blitz together to make a slush; however, make sure that you stop blending before the ice starts dissolving.
Serve slush immediately, garnish with lemon wedges if you like!
For the chai lovers: Lemon mint iced tea
For those who will always ask zaalima for a cup of tea no matter what time of day it is, this quick and easy recipe will be an instant hit!
Satisfy chai cravings and stay refreshed with this icy and minty surprise – this is a quick beverage that you can serve to your guests as well!
Ingredients (to make 4 glasses)
- Black tea bags – 2
- Sugar – 2 tablespoons
- SunSip Limopani – 2 sachets
- Mint leaves – a few
- Lemon slices – to garnish
- Water – 4 glasses
Method
Prepare 2 glasses of SunSip Limopani in chilled water and set aside in a jug.
In a pot, brew 2 cups of tea and add 2 tablespoons of sugar in it.
Cool the tea down, and pour it in the jug of prepared Limopani.
Top with crushed ice and mint leaves.
Garnish glasses with lemon slices before serving.
Sweet, cool and spicy: Ginger Cooler
Nothing beats the fresh and spicy combo of lemon and ginger in the summer!
Here's how to make this drink within minutes:
Ingredients (To make 4 glasses)
- SunSip Limopani – 4 sachets
- Ginger – ½ inch piece, thinly sliced
- Black pepper (crushed) – ¼ of a teaspoon
- Salt – a pinch
- Water – 4 glasses
- Ice cubes (crushed) - ½ cup
Method
In a blender, blitz together all the ingredients and serve in tall glasses with some mint on top.
Sip of lemon: Rim your serving glasses
Decorate your serving glasses and enjoy any beverage with a hint of lemon!
Ingredients:
- A wedge of lemon
- SunSip Limopani – 1 sachet
Method
Empty the contents of a Limopani sachet on a wide plate. (Don't add any water!)
Moisten the rim of your glass with a wedge of a lemon, and then flip it over the plate with Limopani.
Lightly twist the glass to make sure that the edges are completely covered with Limopani.
Pour your prepared beverage in the glass and serve!
All cubed up: Lemon Ice Cubes
Adding ice cubes is more of a necessity in the summer, but they can sometimes make your beverages taste bland.
Here's a way to make every drop of your favourite beverage a refreshing delight!
Ingredients:
- Ice cube tray
- Water – 1 glass
- MInt leaves (roughly chopped) - a few
- SunSip Limopani – 1 sachet
Method
Prepare SunSip Limopani by mixing a sachet of content in a glass of water.
Pour it in your ice cube tray, top with a few mint leaves, and freeze.
Use these cubes instead of regular ones to make the lemony fresh taste in your Limopani more enhanced!
You can even add small ice cream sticks in the Limopani ice cube tray before they set to make instant Limopani-flavoured ice lollies. This will be a treat for the entire family, especially the little ones!
Serve these delicious home-made drinks to your friends and family and earn extra brownie points for creativity. Plus, these 'jhatpat' beverages make sure you are not sweating it out in the kitchen and enjoying maximum time with your loved ones.
Which one are you going to try out today?
This content has been independently produced by the writer and Dawn Images team. SunSip Limopani has paid for association with the content.
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