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    Home » Beverages » Kulukki Sarbath | Sweet and Spicy Shaken Limeade

    Kulukki Sarbath | Sweet and Spicy Shaken Limeade

    Posted on February 10, 2017 · Last Updated on August 14, 2019 · By Srividhya G · 33 Comments

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    Kulukki Sarbath is one of the popular sarbath or juice from God’s own country, Kerala, especially Cochin. Kulukki is a Malayalam word which means shaken, and sarbath, as we all know, means juice. It’s a sweet and spice shaken limeade or lemonade with basil seeds and pineapple. Here is the easy to prepare Cochin fame, Kulukki sarbath.


    I know it’s pouring in Bay Area and why am I posting a summer drink now? If BM theme is one reason, the other reason is, it’s summer in Southern Hemisphere. :-) Before getting into the BM theme, I wanted to share the foodie in me. Be it a movie or a place or book, the first thing that entices me is the food. One of my favorite movies is the Malayalam film Premam. I am not going to talk about the movie but about the sarbath that George and his friends drink in the phone booth shop. It’s a lemon soda with khus khus Khus (basil seeds). For some reason, that sarbath intrigued me, and I was searching for it online. That’s when I stumbled upon this kulukki sarbath. We tried it right away and thought of posting it during summer. But what made me post now? – The BM Theme. KochiKulukkiSarbathThis week’s BM theme is Ingredient Exchange. So basically we bloggers paired up and exchanged three ingredients, and we need to prepare a recipe with that ingredient. Interesting huh? I shared the ingredients with Smruti of Herbivore Cucina and guess what, I met her too. It was a brief meeting, but still, it was super fun, and we had an excellent time. Hope to meet her soon. By now you might have guessed it; one among the three ingredients that Smruti gave was basil seeds. Without a second thought, I prepared this sarbath again; here I am sharing it with you all. 

    SweetandspicylimeadeNow that the background story is over let’s come to the main part – the recipe. Kulukki Sarbath is a sweet and spicy sarbath. It gets the spiciness from green chilies. All we need to do is prepare a lemonade or limeade and add green chili, basil seeds, pineapple chunks, sugar and shake nicely along with ice cubes. Boom, the sarbath is done. I went with limeade and last Christmas I received a cocktail mason jar as a gift from one of our friend and made full use of it for this recipe.  Without any further ado, here is the recipe.
    KulukkiSarbath   Like food photography, I am taking my own sweet time to learn videography. I tried shooting close up this time but didn’t come as I expected. But I went ahead and edited, just to improve the editing skills, and I am presenting the same. I know I have to re-shoot this again. I will do better justice soon. :-) Here is a short video of preparing the sarbath. 

    Ingredients:

    • Medium Sized Lime – 1
    • Water – 2 cups + ¼ cup
    • Sugar – 3 tbsps.
    • Ice cubes or crushed ice – ½ cup
    • Green chili – 1
    • Pineapple – 1 ring finely chopped. Or approx. ⅓ cup of chopped pineapple
    • Chopped ginger – 1 tsp
    • Basil Seeds / Sabja Seeds – 1 tsp (You can read about its health benefits in watermelon Popsicle post)

    Prep Work:

    • Chop the pineapple, green chili and ginger into small pieces.
    • Soak the sabja seeds in ¼ cup of water for at least 15 to 20 minutes.
    • You can squeeze the juice from 1 lime beforehand or squeeze the juice fresh before shaking the sarbath.

    Steps:

    • Add the chopped ingredients (pineapple, green chili, ginger) and the crushed ice to a cocktail mason jar or a water bottle or any bottle or vessel with a lid so that you can shake the sarbath without spilling.
    • Add the sugar and squeeze the lime juice.
    • Finally, add the soaked basil seeds and 2 cups of water. Close the lid and shake vigorously until the sugar is dissolved.

    That’s it. Kulukki Sarbath is ready. Serve chilled right away. :-)

    Notes:

    • Adjust the sugar as per your preference and also depending upon the sourness of the lime.
    • Instead of lime, lemon can be used too. 
    • If your limes are small, you can use up to 2. Mine was pretty big and when squeezed I got approximately ¼ cup of lime juice.
    • A pinch of salt can be added. I did not add in mine.
    • If you are using canned pineapple, adjust the sugar accordingly as canned pineapple might have sugar in them already.

    Sending this to the BM 72. Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing this BM

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    Kulukki Sarbath | Sweet and Spicy Shaken Limeade

    Kochi fame kulukki sarbath or shaken sweet and spicy limeade with pineapple chunks, basil seeds, green chili. A perfect summer drink to quench your thirst.
    Prep Time20 mins
    Cook Time5 mins
    Total Time25 mins
    Course: Beverages, Drinks
    Cuisine: Kerala Cuisine
    Servings: 3
    Calories: 66kcal
    Author: Srividhya G

    Ingredients

    • 1 Medium Sized Lime
    • 2.25 cups Water
    • 3 tbsp Sugar
    • ½ cup Ice cubes or crushed ice
    • 1 Green chili
    • ⅓ cup Pineapple 1 pineapple ring finely chopped
    • 1 tsp Chopped ginger
    • 1 tsp Basil Seeds Sabja Seeds - You can read about its health benefits in watermelon Popsicle post

    Instructions

    Prep Work

    • Chop the pineapple, green chili and ginger into small pieces.
    • Soak the sabja seeds in ¼ cup of water for at least 15 to 20 minutes.
    • You can squeeze the juice from 1 lime beforehand or squeeze the juice fresh before shaking the sarbath.

    Steps

    • Add the chopped ingredients (pineapple, green chili, ginger) and the crushed ice to a cocktail mason jar or a water bottle or any bottle or vessel with a lid so that you can shake the sarbath without spilling.
    • Add the sugar and squeeze the lime juice.
    • Finally, add the soaked basil seeds and 2 cups of water. Close the lid and shake vigorously until the sugar is dissolved.
    • That's it. Kulukki Sarbath is ready. Serve chilled right away. :-)

    Video

    Notes

    Adjust the sugar as per your preference and also depending upon the sourness of the lime.
    Instead of lime, lemon can be used too.
    If your limes are small, you can use up to 2. Mine was pretty big, and when squeezed I got approximately ¼ cup of lime juice.
    A pinch of salt can be added. I did not add in mine.
    If you are using canned pineapple, adjust the sugar accordingly as canned pineapple might have sugar in them already.
    Adapted from KurryLeaves

    Nutrition

    Calories: 66kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 0g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 60mg | Potassium: 42mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin C: 17.1mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 0.1mg

    I am not a nutritionist. The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It varies depending upon the product types or brands.

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    Filed Under: Beverages, Blogging Marathon Tagged With: Blogging Marathon, cochin kulukki sarbhat, kerala delicacy, Kerala Recipes, Kerala Special, kerala special kulukki sarbath, kochi kulukki sarbath, kulukki sarbat, Kulukki Sarbath, limeade, summer drinks, summer special, Sweet and Spicy Shaken Limeade, under 30 minutes

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    Comments

    1. Priya Srinivasan says

      April 16, 2017 at 9:01 am

      That looks amazing, i bought some basil seeds yday, planning to try some summer drinks, bookmarking this!!!

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        April 16, 2017 at 6:36 pm

        Thanks Priya.. Please do let me know how you liked it.

        Reply
    2. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      March 09, 2017 at 4:55 am

      What a beautiful drink this and loved your pictures and video. So glad you have started your video attempts.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        March 09, 2017 at 8:40 am

        :-) Thanks Sandhya.

        Reply
    3. Srivalli Jetti says

      March 07, 2017 at 3:39 am

      What an awesome dish, very apt to the name and the drink..the video is lovely, maybe you can move a little further from camera..still very nicely done.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        March 07, 2017 at 7:36 am

        Oh yeah.. tried with tripod for first time and kept it too close.:-) Thanks much Valli

        Reply
    4. Harini-Jaya R says

      March 02, 2017 at 5:34 am

      Perfect thirst quencher.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        March 02, 2017 at 2:50 pm

        oh yes. :-) Thanks

        Reply
    5. Pavani says

      February 27, 2017 at 12:51 pm

      That is a very interesting limeade with basil seeds, chili, pineapple chunks. Perfect summer thirst quencher.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        February 27, 2017 at 5:50 pm

        Oh yes absolutely. Thanks Pavani.

        Reply
    6. themadscientistskitchen says

      February 15, 2017 at 6:52 am

      Wow! its amazingly beautiful n refreshing.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        February 15, 2017 at 8:34 am

        Thanks Archana.

        Reply
    7. Vaishali Sabnani says

      February 12, 2017 at 3:36 pm

      The drink looks very refreshing , good choice to use basil seeds in this sharbet.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        February 12, 2017 at 3:57 pm

        Thanks Vaishali.

        Reply
    8. Priya Suresh says

      February 12, 2017 at 6:45 am

      Kulukki Sarbath looks fabulous and very refreshing, well done with basil seeds.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        February 12, 2017 at 2:47 pm

        Thanks :-)

        Reply
    9. Sarita says

      February 11, 2017 at 4:08 am

      Nice refreshing drink Vidhya! love to have it any time.

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        February 11, 2017 at 10:19 am

        Thanks Sarita. :-)

        Reply
    10. veenashankar says

      February 10, 2017 at 5:32 pm

      so refreshing I can have the whole jug

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        February 10, 2017 at 10:33 pm

        Thanks Veena. :-)

        Reply
    11. Smruti@HerbivoreCucina says

      February 10, 2017 at 4:05 pm

      I LOVED this drink. You made a wonderful recipe using basil seeds. Looking forward to the other two :)

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        February 10, 2017 at 10:48 pm

        :-) Thanks Smruti.

        Reply
    12. Gayathri Kumar says

      February 10, 2017 at 3:42 pm

      This is such a nice refreshing drink Vidya. Summer started here and I love to have this now. And the video is very nice…

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        February 10, 2017 at 10:48 pm

        Thanks a lot Gayathri.

        Reply
    13. Cook with Smile.. says

      February 10, 2017 at 1:53 pm

      Refreshing sarbath vidhya…Will try once this cold weather goes?

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        February 10, 2017 at 2:53 pm

        :-) Thanks Lathiya.

        Reply
    14. searchofscrumptious says

      February 10, 2017 at 1:23 pm

      this would be perfect on a hot summer day

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        February 10, 2017 at 2:52 pm

        Yup. Thanks :-)

        Reply
    15. Sharmila -The Happiefriends Potpourri Corner says

      February 10, 2017 at 10:04 am

      Such a refreshing drink!! Perfect!

      Reply
      • Srividhya G says

        February 10, 2017 at 2:46 pm

        Thanks Sharmila.

        Reply

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