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Mogra Sharbat Recipe

Mogra Sharbat Recipe | Refreshing Jasmine (Motia) Drink for Summer

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Mogra Sharbat Recipe is a fragrant summer drink made by infusing fresh jasmine flowers with sugar syrup and chilled water.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Resting Time 1 day
Course Beverages & Drinks, Drinks
Cuisine Indian
Servings 1.5 Cup

Ingredients
  

1 cup = 250 ml

    FOR MAKING CONCENTRATE

    • 50 gram Mogra/Motia/Jasmine flower (about 1.5 cup)
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 1 cup water
    • 4 green cardamoms

    FOR SERVING (1 GLASS)

    • 1/4 part Mongra concentrate
    • 1 tsp lemon juice
    • 3/4 part water chilled
    • Ice cubes

    Instructions
     

    • Wash mogra very well. You may remove the green part of it, if you want. We are making the sharbat with the greens intact.

    MAKING OF CONCENTRATE

    • Add water and sugar in a pan.
    • Let it come to roll boil. Discard any impurities if visible floating over the surface of water.
    • Add green cardamoms and Mongra. Mix well.
    • Just one boil.
    • Remove the pan from the heat.
    • Put a lid and leave it soaked from overnight to 24 hours.
    • After the said period, strain the liquid.
    • This is mogra concentrate.

    MAKING OF DRINK

    • Take a service glass and add 1/4 part of mogra concentrate.
    • Also add lemon juice.
    • Fill the rest of the glass with chilled water & ice cubes.
    • Serve chilled.

    Notes

    1. Take the organic flowers which are free from any cent or spray.
    2. This is purely a personal choice to remove stem (green part) of the flowers. With green part, syrup becomes more strong so left them intact.
    3. There's no requirement of making a sugar syrup of any consistency, like one or two string. Just a normal sugar syrup.
    4. Soak the flowers in sugar syrup for minimum overnight to 24 hours at the maximum for strong flavours.
    5. During the resting time (overnight or 24 hours), no need of keeping the syrup in refrigerator.
    6. Mogra concentrate can be stored in refrigerator for 2 to 3 weeks, as it has no preservatives.
    7. To enhance the life of mogra concentrate upto 5 or 6 weeks, add a pinch of citric acid or 1/4 tsp of lemon juice whike the syrup is boiling. These (any of) ingredients will work as a preservative.
    Keyword Mogra Sharbat Recipe, |Refreshing Jasmine (Motia) Drink for Summer