Gin Hari (Green Chili Spicy Gin Tonic, Street Style)
グラスの中に浮かぶ緑のナイフ！青唐辛子の辛味が突き抜ける魔のジントニック
Description
'Hari' means green in Hindi. Spicy cocktail mega-trending in Indian modern bars, sinking a whole vertically-slit 'raw green chili (Hari Mirch)' into Gin & Tonic.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Gin
- Tonic water
- Green chili
- Lime
- Ice
- Black salt
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients] 90ml Dry Gin (Blue Riband etc.), 300ml tonic water,
- raw green chilies (Hari Mirch), massive ice,
- lime wedges, black salt pinch.
- At modern bars gathering youths in Delhi/Mumbai (or home), prepare
- tall tumbler glasses.
- Here's flavor keystone. Leaving stem of fresh strong-heat 'raw green chili (Hari Mirch)', make
- deep vertical slit with knife exposing seeds.
- Smear lime on glass rim, lightly apply 'black salt' possessing unique sulfur aroma making snow style (salted rim).
- Drop
- slit green chili to each glass bottom, tap lightly with muddler handle (muddle) drawing out heat components/grassy aroma slightly.
- Pack ice brimmingly to rim, pour 45ml each dry gin.
- Quietly pour cold tonic water avoiding hitting ice, lift muddler once from bottom to top.
- Squeeze lime tight to finish. Drinking a sip, after gin botanical aroma, green chili's 'grassy sharp heat' pierces throat, black salt saltiness highlighting umami. Kicking away sugary cocktails, ultimate spicy cocktail for India's tough youths.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Green chili、Black salt
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Jalapeño (as green chili sub, making heat milder)
Pairing
Tandoori Chicken、Masala Papad、Cheese snacks
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'Hari' is Hindi for green, 'Hari Mirch' is green chili. A cocktail where Indians reverse-imported (demonically modified) spicily to their own palates the 'Gin & Tonic (with quinine for malaria prevention)' brought by British to India. For Indian drinkers disliking sweet liquor, this chili's sharp stimulation brings perfect reset effect as meal-accompaniment liquor for spicy Indian cuisine.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Drinking] Enjoy the 'time-lapse super-spicy gradation' where heat extracted from green chili strengthens as you drink, finally biting into the chili!
Allergen
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