India is
famous for its food but hardly many
people know that it has array of drinks
that are both unique and refreshing.
Since, drinking alcohol was consider
bad in many Indian ethnic cultures,
there is not many Indian alcoholic
drinks worth mentioning. We are going
to primarily focus on the Indian drinks.
Indian
Tea:
Indian tea, also know as Chai
is probably the most favorite drink
throughout the India.
Indian
Coffee:
Coffee is less popular than tea. Coffee
is choice of drink for many upper
middle classes. Indians mostly use
instant coffee and drink relative
light coffee with milk and sugar.
Lassi:
Lassi
is basically smoothie/milkshake type
drink made out yogurt.
Indian
Soda water drink:
Club Soda or any other carbonated
drink and other flavor is mixed with
salt, lime to give fizzling refreshing
sweet and salty drink. Indian Soda
drinks are readily available in many
road side stall. At first the idea
seems kind of crazy but give it a
try, you might like it.
Fruit
Juices:
Many road side stalls in Indian city
sell refreshing juices. Beside universal
fruit juice such as apple and orange
juice, many other fruits and plants
such as mango, guava, sugarcane juices
are also very popular.
Coconut
Milk:
Milk of coconut is also a very popular
drink in India.
Jal
Jeera:
Jal (water) Jeera (cumin) is a salty
refreshing drink. Click
here for Jal Jeera recipe.
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