Maharashtra

Kokum sharbat

Name: Kokum sharbat
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Konkani and Malvani
Ingredients: 15 to 20 dried kokum petals kokum; 3 1/2 cups water; 6 tbsp sugar; 1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder (ground cumin); 1/2 tsp black salt; a pinch salt

Deep pink, sweet and sour, with roasted cumin. The Konkan coast's summer cooler.

25 minTime

0 gProtein each

mildSpice

1hPlan ahead. Soak for 1 hour first; the 25 minutes come after.

Konkan's purple fruit2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayKokum, sugar, roasted cumin.

The original

108kcalsame

0 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

25minutessame

Classic kokum sharbat.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Kokum15 to 20 dried kokum petals

Water3½ cups

Sugar6 tbsp

Cumin powder (ground cumin)½ tsp, roasted

Black salt½ tsp

Salta pinch

Method

3 steps

1Soak the kokum in 1 cup hot water for an hour, then squeeze and mash.
2Simmer the kokum water with sugar until the sugar dissolves. Strain and cool.
3Stir in cumin, black salt, salt and the rest of the water. Chill and serve with ice.

Serve it like this

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

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Maharashtra

Kokum sharbat

Deep pink, sweet and sour, with roasted cumin. The Konkan coast's summer cooler.

25 minTime

0 gProtein each

mildSpice

1hPlan ahead. Soak for 1 hour first; the 25 minutes come after.

Konkan's purple fruit2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayKokum, sugar, roasted cumin.

The original

108kcalsame

0 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

25minutessame

Classic kokum sharbat.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Kokum15 to 20 dried kokum petals

Water3½ cups

Sugar6 tbsp

Cumin powder (ground cumin)½ tsp, roasted

Black salt½ tsp

Salta pinch

Method

3 steps

1Soak the kokum in 1 cup hot water for an hour, then squeeze and mash.
2Simmer the kokum water with sugar until the sugar dissolves. Strain and cool.
3Stir in cumin, black salt, salt and the rest of the water. Chill and serve with ice.

Serve it like this

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

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Kokum sharbat

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Kokum sharbat

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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