Jaljeera Gin (Intense Cumin/Mint Salt Cocktail, Street Style)
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Description
'Jal' is water, 'Jeera' is cumin. Punchy aperitif diluting India-unique salty herb water—made with massive cumin, mint, coriander, black salt—with gin.
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Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients] 90ml Dry Gin, Jaljeera Water (green water blending
- tbsp roasted cumin, handful fresh mint, handful cilantro,
- tsp black salt,
- tbsp lemon juice, 300ml water in mixer), massive ice,
- tbsp fried tiny chickpea flour balls (Boondi).
- First, make 'Jaljeera', gastrointestinal-medicine-like drink indispensable in Indian summers. Blend intensely savory roasted cumin, fresh mint/cilantro, boiled-egg-smelling black salt, lemon juice, water in mixer making dark green spice water.
- At Delhi/Mumbai pubs, pack rock glasses brimmingly with ice.
- Pour 45ml each botanical 'Dry Gin' into glasses.
- Instantly pour pre-made intensely-smelling 'Jaljeera Water' over it, stirring firmly from bottom with muddler.
- As finishing accent, loosely float crispy 'Boondi (tiny fried balls made of chickpea flour)' used in Pani Puri etc. on liquid surface.
- Timidly taking a sip, along with gin alcohol, cumin's 'curry-like smell', mint freshness, and black salt 'intense saltiness/acidity' mix chaotically, causing brain panic. However, from the second sip you realize this saltiness perfectly washes away Tandoori Chicken fat, becoming an unstoppable magic cocktail.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Roasted cumin、Black salt
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Dissolve commercial Jaljeera powder in water (as easy sub not needing mixer)
Pairing
Tandoori Chicken、Seekh Kebab、As pre-meal gastrointestinal activator
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'Jal' is water, 'Jeera' is cumin. Sinful idea diluting Jaljeera—'salt-replenishing/digestion-promoting drink' to survive Indian extreme heat—with gin. Like a spice version of Japan's 'Salty Lemon Sour', but black salt sulfur odor/cumin earthiness are so unusual foreigners drinking first time hallucinate 'being forced to drink cold curry juice'. However, no better optimal solution exists as aperitif paired with Indian cuisine.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Scoop cumin powder settled at glass bottom and 'fried balls (Boondi)' slightly softened absorbing moisture together with spoon, eating like a snack!
Allergen
Wheat (if included in part of Boondi)