India x Cuba

Virgin paan mojito

Name: Virgin paan mojito
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: 3 leaves torn betel leaf; 16 leaves mint leaves; 1 cut in wedges lemon; 1 1/2 tbsp gulkand; 4 tsp sugar syrup (simple syrup); 2 cups crushed ice cubes; 1 1/4 cups cold soda water (club soda)

Mint met its peppery cousin from the paan shop. They get along.

5 minTime

1 gProtein each

mildSpice

A mojito from the paan shop2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

77kcal

1 gprotein

1 gfibre

5minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Betel leaf3 leaves, torn

Mint leaves16 leaves

Lemon1, cut in wedges

Gulkand1½ tbsp

Sugar syrup (simple syrup)4 tsp

Ice cubes2 cups crushed

Soda water (club soda)1¼ cups, cold

Method

4 steps

1Wash the betel leaves and mint leaves and shake dry. Tear the betel leaves and cut the lemon into wedges.
2Split the betel leaf, mint leaves, lemon wedges, gulkand and sugar syrup between two tall glasses. Muddle gently.
3Fill both glasses to the top with crushed ice.
4Top with the cold soda water and stir once from the bottom.

Serve it like this

Tall glass, a sprig of mint and a rolled betel leaf on top, a lemon wheel on the rim.

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Virgin paan mojito

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Ingredients

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