Royal Challenge (Blended Whisky for Spicy Food)
Royal Challenge - Smoky Indian Night Brown Highball
Description
Popular whisky nicknamed 'RC', blending Indian malt and Scotch malt. Smoky mellow taste perfectly harmonizes with greasy meat dishes.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Whisky
- Water(or Carbonated water)
- Ice
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients] 120ml Royal Challenge (Whisky), 200ml room-temp water (or carbonated water), massive ice, Mutton curry or Tandoori Chicken (for pairing).
- In a bustling Indian bar, throw massive rugged ice into large tumbler glasses.
- Pour
- fingers from bottom (~60ml/Large Peg) of 'Royal Challenge (RC)' featuring smooth slightly smoky aroma.
- Here, to make Indian men's staple style 'Water Mix (Whisky Pani)', pour room-temp mineral water equal to or slightly more than whisky (*Highball style diluting with carbonated water also okay).
- Gently stir exactly
- rotations with muddler, blending water and whisky.
- Shovel piping hot super-spicy 'Mutton Curry' floating with oil placed before you with Roomali Roti (flatbread); moment your mouth is coated with spices/mutton fat, wash down this 'RC water mix'. Scotch-derived smokiness erases meat odor, mellow molasses (sugarcane honey) sweetness gently resets spice stimulation—night Dhaba's blissful loop.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
None
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Black Nikka or Teacher's (as smoky highball whisky sub)
Pairing
Mutton Curry、Various kebabs
Trivia
[Hardcore] Super major whisky brand in India rivaling McDowell's. Abbreviated as 'RC'. Since it imports Scottish malt blending with Indian spirits, it features 'Scotch-like peat aroma' slightly mixed within Indian whisky unique sweetness. This matches abnormally well with smoky meat dishes baked in Tandoor ovens.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Drinking] Dilute with Cola, further thrusting a whole raw green chili into glass acting as muddler, transferring sharp heat to drink—transcendental wild cocktail!
Allergen
None