Sweet basil lemonade or sabja drink recipe. Healthy homemade summer drink, non-alcoholic and immunity boosting drink made with sabja (sweet basil seeds) and Gond katira.
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Ingredients
1tbspTragacanth gumGond katira
1tspbasil seedssabji
2tbspRock Sugarmishri, powdered
2tbsplime juicenimbu
1limesliced
1/2cupMint leaves
Instructions
Soak gond katira in plain water for 2-3 hours or overnight. When it fluffs up keep it aside. Best way to eat Gond katira is soak it overnight in the fridge in more quantity and keep it there.
Soak basil seeds or sabja for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes the puff up to form a gelatinous structure.
Next in a jar add 4-5 tbsp of soaked Gond katira, 3-4 tbsp of soaked sabja/basil seeds.
Add in lime juice, powdered mishri and mint leaves. Crush some mint leaves or pudina for better flavour.
Next add 2 glasses of chilled water to the jar and stir everything well.
You can add few ice cubes if you desire that and serve this sabja drink or basil lemonade to cool down this summer.
Notes
Make sure to clean the sabji seeds for any small stones or debris.
Allow them to bloom before adding in any recipe.
Gond katira or tragacanth gum takes time to soak and fully bloom. It is better to soak it overnight in the fridge that way you can use it anytime when you want to use it. Soaked Gond katira stays good in fridge for 2-3 days.
You can use ice cubes or just use chilled water or regular water both are fine.