Limonana – A Mid- Eastern Summer Drink is a refreshing & coolant middle eastern drink specially to beat the heat of summers.
Around seven years back , it was one of the many afternoon telephonic conversation with my dear friend Bhumika we started comparing the summers of India with UAE . Our conversation diverted to seasonal food & drinks. Being a Punjabi girl , her insistence that lassi is the drink of summers and with my background of different states I was hell bent on convincing her it was Neebu Ka Sharbat or Shikanji. Both being stubborn girls , we stood our stand and decided that we enjoyed both the drinks equally from time to time. We started discussing as middle east has long summers , there must be some special drink to beat the heat. Bhumika informed me there was one drink named Limonana – A Mid- Eastern Summer Drink
I later googled to explore more about this drink . According to wikipedia, Limonana is believed to be originated in Turkey or Syria. The name Limonana is a mix of two Arabic words. Limo meaning Lemon & nana meaning mint. Some say it is a middle eastern Slush with a mix of lemon , mint & ice. Today I am sharing with you my version of Limonana. This drink can be sweetened using sugar, honey & jaggery too. Nowadays honey has been my top most sweetener for my drinks.
Lemon
Sugar/Honey/Jaggery
Mint
Salt
Ice Cubes
Huma Kalim
Yields 2 glass
Serves 2
Limonana - A Mid- Eastern Summer Drink
5 minPrep Time
5 minTotal Time
Ingredients
- 2 lemon peeled
- 6 -7 mint leaves
- 3 tbsp sidr honey/3 -4 tsp sugar
- 1 cup ice cubes
- 1/2 glass water
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Peel the lemon skin & deseed the lemon
- Remove the white part in the middle of lemon too
- In a grinder mix together all the ingredients.
- Pulse till all is completely crushed.
- Pour in glass & serve
Notes
This drink has to be served immediately after preparing as grounded mint has the tendency to turn bitter.
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