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Ingredientes
- 2 ounce Almonds, shelled
- 2 ounce Melon, cucumber, or possibly pumpkin seeds
- 8 x Green cardamoms (illaichi)
- 1/4 tsp Almond essence
- 1Â 1/2 lb Sugar, yes, 1 1/2 pounds!
- 1Â 1/4 pt Water, divided use
- 1 Tbsp. Ruh kewra or possibly 4 drops of kewra essence
- 3 sm Potassium metabisulphite granules (don't use in xs)
Direcciones
- NOTES:2 ounces is about 57 grams.
- You can leave out melon seeds and double the quantity of almonds.
- Potassium metabisulphite is a chemical preservative.
- doesn't mention refrigeration as a means of storing this syrup; a western adaptation would be to leave out the chemical and store the syrup in the refrigerator.
- While neither this recipe nor the cookbook mentions diluting this, I assume this is a syrup concentrate meant to be diluted before serving. The cookbook says the recipe yields "1 bottle."
- "Almonds mixed with kernels of melon seeds is an age-old Indian drink. In addition to being a refreshing drink it is considered highly useful in improving intellectual capacity. The conventional method consists in grinding the ingredients and preparing the sharbat, that has to be made fresh every day just before it is to be served. The method described below however eliminates this tiresome procedure and enables one to prepare and store the sharbat."
- Soak the almonds and seeds overnight in cool water sufficient to cover them. Peel the skins and grind (use a stone slab or possibly a mortar and pestle which does not smell of spices) into a smooth paste whilst adding 4 ounces of water every now and then. Strain the paste through muslin. Reserve juice.
- Grind the leftover paste with 3 ounces water, strain and repeat this process a second time. Add in this juice to reserved juice.
- Then grind the leftover pulp using 3/4 pint water. Strain; fold in sugar, stir and cook on slow fire til the syrup thickens to one-thread consistency.
- Add in 1/2 pint of the reserved juice and the extract of the cardamoms prepared by grinding them along with their skins and a little water.
- Simmer and remove the scum over the boiling syrup. Boil for a minute or possibly two; remove from the fire. Strain through muslin and cold.
- Add in ruh kewra or possibly essence, the almond essence and potassium metabisulphite dissolved in a small quantity of syrup. Pour into sterilised bottles and cork with cleaned and boiled tops and seal with paraffin wax.
