Recipes: 4 summer coolers to beat the heat

Stir up refreshing summer drinks in a jiffy.

Blue Lagoon

Photograph: Peter Corbett/Creative Commons

Ingredients

• 30 ml blueberry syrup
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 200 ml soda
• Ice cubes
• 2 to 3 lemon slices
• Few mint leaves for garnishing

Method

• Take blueberry syrup in a big glass.
• Add lemon juice.
• Add soda and stir well.
• Add ice cubes.
• Pour in a mocktail glass. 
• Garnish with mint leaves and lemon slices.
• Serve chilled.

Watermelon Lychee mocktail

Photograph: Mixologist1234/ Wikimedia Commons

Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped watermelon (deseeded)
• 1/2 cup lychee
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp rose syrup
• Lots of ice cubes

Method

• Blend watermelon and lychee well in the blender.
• Add lemon juice.
• Add rose syrup and blend well.
• Strain this liquid through a sieve.
• Add ice cubes and blend on high speed. 
• Serve chilled in a tall mocktail glass.

Red Blush

Photograph: trang nguyen/Creative Commons

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp kokum syrup
• 2 cups chilled soda
• 1 tsp rock salt
• 2 to 3 thin slices of lemon
• Ice cubes

Method

• Take a big glass and add kokum syrup.
• Add rock salt and give it a stir.
• Add soda and ice cubes. Mix well.
• Pour this in a mocktail glass.
• Garnish with thin slices of lemon
• Serve chilled.

Khus Cooler

Photograph: Reshma Aslam

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp khus syrup
• 1 tbsp sabja seeds (basil seeds)
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1/2 inch ginger crushed
• 1/4 tsp rock salt
• 200 ml Sprite
• Few mint leaves for garnishing

Method

• Soak sabja in a cup of water for about 15 minutes.
• Take a glass and add khus syrup.
• Add lemon juice.
• Squeeze out the juice from the crushed ginger and add it to the glass.
• Add rock salt and sabja seeds.
• Stir it well and add Sprite. Stir well.
• Pour it in a mocktail glass.
• Garnish it with mint leaves and serve.