Fresh, bright, and straightforward to put together, Mint Juice is a vegan, vegetarian Indian beverages made with simple everyday ingredients in about 10 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: Not specified
- Total time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 3 · 3 glasses
- Category: Beverages
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh mint leaves ((pudina))
- 9 to 10 tablespoons jaggery powder (or sugar, add as required)
- ¼ cup water (or add as required)
- ½ teaspoon black salt (or regular salt)
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder ((jeera powder))
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Method
- Remove the mint leaves from the stems. Rinse in water for a couple of times. Drain all the water.
- Add all the rinsed mint leaves, jaggery or sugar, salt, cumin powder, lemon juice and water in a blender and blend to a smooth and fine paste.
- Strain the juice mixture.
- Take ¼ amount of the strained mint juice in a glass. Add ¾ amount of water. Mix well.
- Add a few ice cubes and serve the Mint Juice cold.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
