Bel sharbat
Bel sharbat
VegVeganUttar Pradesh

Bel sharbat

Wood apple pulp, jaggery and roasted cumin. The hard shelled fruit with a soft, cooling heart.

25 minTime
1 gProtein each
mildSpice
Shiva's fruit2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayBel pulp, jaggery, roasted cumin.
The original
118kcalsame
1 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
25minutessame

Classic bel sharbat.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Bel pulppulp of 1 medium bel fruit
Water3 cups, chilled
Jaggery¼ cup, grated
Cumin powder (ground cumin)½ tsp, roasted
Black salt½ tsp

Method

3 steps
  1. 1Crack the bel open and scoop the pulp. Soak in 2 cups water for 30 minutes.
  2. 2Mash well with your hands and strain through a sieve, pressing hard.
  3. 3Stir in jaggery, cumin, black salt and the remaining water. Chill.
Serve it like this

Pour into glasses just before serving, nicely chilled or piping hot, whichever it's meant to be.

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