Kokum Juice

Kokum juice is a healthy substitute for carbonated / caffeinated drinks and is a great acidity reliever.

Preparation Time: 20 mins.
Cooking Time: 15 mins.
Serve 12 to 15 glasses.


Ingredients

1 cup fresh/semi-dried kokum
1 cup sugar
1 tsp roasted cumin seed powder (jeera)
½ balack salt (kala namak)

Method

• Soak the kokum in 1 cup of water for 2 to 3 hrs.
• Drain and preserve the kokum water.
• Crush the kokum in a blender using ½ cup of the preserved kokum water, to get a smooth puree.
• Add sugar with the remaining kokum water to get string consistency sugar syrup.
• Cool the sugar syrup.
• Add the puréed kokum, roasted cumin powder and black salt.
• Strain and pour into a sterilized air-tight bottle.
• When serving, add 1 tbsp of this syrup into a tall glass along with 3 to 4 ice-cubes and top with cold water.

Note: Partly-dried kokums are available at most provision stores.