Paan Sharbat recipe | Betel leaves drink

30 May Paan Sharbat recipe | Betel leaves drink

Last Updated on May 30, 2024 by blessmyfoodbypayal

Paan Sharbat recipe | Betel leaves drink with step wise pictorial and video method.

Paan Sharbat is a refreshing drink made from the infusion of betel leaves (paan), often mixed with various ingredients which are usually part of paan. It’s such a soul satisfying beverage known for its unique flavor and cooling properties.

This aromatic elixir offers a unique blend of sweet, tangy and herbal notes, creating a sensory experience like no other.

Paan Sharbat is not only a popular summer thirst-quencher loved for its cooling properties but also a cultural symbol, deeply rooted in the culinary heritage of the region. Its vibrant green hue and exotic aroma make it a favorite among connoisseurs of refreshment.

There are variety of betel leaves but to make this paan Sharbat, better to opt for Banarasi or Calcutta variety. These leaves are known for their aromatic flavor and are commonly used in preparing paan-based drinks like paan sharbat.

Further, let’s pick up gulkand. If you don’t have gulkand, you can add fresh or dry rose petals but in that case, enhance the amount of sweetener.

In the given recipe, we have added rock sugar, which is called mishri in Hindi but you can simply use sugar.

Rest all the ingredients need no elaboration because they are simple and regular.

So try this amazing recipe which can be stored in refrigerator for 15 to 20 days.

STEP WISE PICTORIAL RECIPE OF PAAN SHARBAT RECIPE

Take a bowl and add fennel seeds, green cardamoms and 1 cup water in it. Mix and soak for 2 hours. Quantity of all the ingredients is mentioned in recipe card bleow. 

Add them, including water in which they are soaked, in the small grinder (chutney jar). Actually it is hard to grind fennel seeds and cardamoms, that is why small chutney jars work best.

Grind to a smooth paste. Keep aside.

Remove the stem part and wash the betel leaves.

Tear them roughly and put in another grinder jar.

Also add desiccated coconut, rock sugar (mishri), gulkand, green food colour, ice cubes and 1/2 cup water.

Grind to a fine puree.

Now transfer that ground fennel seeds and cardamoms paste to this puree.

Blend again so that everything assembles so well.

Now pass the mixture through a fine sieve. Better to put a kitchen towel for perfect filtration.

Add lemon juice and mix well. Paan syrup is ready.

For serving, take 2-3 tbsp of paan syrup  in a serving glass having ice cubes.

Pour water and mix.

Enjoy chilled.

PAAN SHARBAT RECIPE | BETEL LEAVES DRINK – RECIPE CARD

Paan Sharbat recipe | Betel leaves drink

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Paan Sharbat is a refreshing drink made from the infusion of betel leaves (paan), often mixed with various ingredients which are usually part of paan.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Course Beverages & Drinks

Cuisine Indian

Servings 1 Litre

Ingredients

  

• 1/2 cup Fennel seeds/sounf
• 20 green cardamoms
• 10 betel leaves
• 1/2 cup desiccated Coconut
• 1.5 to 2 cup rock sugar (mishri or sugar)
• 1/2 cup gulkand/Rose jam
• 8-10 Ice cubes
• Few drops of green food colour (optional)
• Juice of half lemon
• 1 +1/2 cup water

Instructions

 

• Take a bowl and add fennel seeds, green cardamoms and 1 cup water in it.
• Mix and soak for 2 hours.
• Add them, including water in which they are soaked, in the small grinder (chutney jar). Actually it is hard to grind fennel seeds and cardamoms, that is why small chutney jars work best.
• Grind to a smooth paste. Keep aside.
• Wash betal leaves very well.
• Remove the stem part.
• Tear them roughly and put in another grinder jar.
• Also add desiccated coconut, rock sugar (mishri), gulkand, green food colour, ice cubes and 1/2 cup water.
• Grind to a fine puree.
• Now transfer that ground fennel seeds and cardamoms paste to this puree.
• Blend again so that everything assembles so well.
• Now pass the mixture through a fine sieve. Better to put a kitchen towel for perfect filtration.
• Add lemon juice and mix well. Paan syrup is ready.
• For serving, take 2-3 tbsp of paan syrup in a serving glass having ice cubes.
• Pour water and mix.
• Enjoy chilled.

Notes

1. If don't have gulkand, you can use fresh or dry rose petals alongwith sugar.
2. Instead of making sharbat with water, you can make a pan milkshake by assembling it with milk.

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