Text and recipes by Kaveri Jain
Photography by Aadi Jain
There’s nothing like a delicious cool cocktail and some interesting company to liven up hot summer nights. Try these heady mixtures made with seasonal fruits and quality spirits.
TWISTED MANHATTAN
Ingredients (for 1):
30 ml Monkey Shoulder Whiskey
10 ml Dry Vermouth
20 ml Sweet Vermouth
A dash of orange bitters
Mandarin slices for garnish
Instructions:
Add the whiskey and both vermouths to a mixing glass and fill with ice. Stir and strain into a glass filled with ice. Top with bitters and garnish with a Mandarin slice.
WATERMELON MOJITO
Ingredients (for 1):
Few mint leaves
1 tsp lime juice
1 tbsp honey or maple syrup
100 gm seedless watermelon
A few watermelon balls for garnish
60 ml Bacardi rum
Instructions:
In a shaker, muddle the mint, lime juice, honey and watermelon. Add rum and fill with ice. Shake and strain into a glass filled with fresh ice. Garnish with watermelon balls and mint leaves.
GIN AND TONIC
Ingredients (for 1):
60 ml Bombay Sapphire Gin
90 ml tonic water
5 blueberries
Sliced mandarins
Instructions:
Pour the gin into a glass filled 3/4th with ice. Throw in the berries and a mandarin wheel into the glass. Top up with tonic water.
DIRTY MARTINI
Ingredients (for 1):
60 ml Vodka
15 ml Dry Vermouth
10 ml olive brine
Olives and lemon zest to garnish
Instructions:
Add all the ingredients into a mixing glass with ice and stir. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with olives and lemon zest.
First published in eShe’s June 2019 issue
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