Kumquat and Chili Serai
One of the latest watering holes in Delhi, Serai is a culinary cocktail bar by AD Singh's Olive Group. Adjoining Olive Bar & Kitchen at Mehrauli, Serai is a travel inspired cocktail bar where mixologist Harish Chhimwal offers a range of global flavours. We bring you three cocktail recipes from the Serai menu.
Tamarind and Kafir Serai
Kumquat and Chili
Inspired by Greece, Chhimwal uses a kumquat and chili marmalade to give this cocktail a sweetish taste.
Ingredients:
Tequila - 50ml
Agave syrup - 15ml
Lime juice - 20ml
Egg white - 1
Homemade kumquat and chili marmalade - 2 bar spoon
Method:
Shake all the ingredients and pour it in a sour glass. Garnish with a kumquat.
Sangria Sour Serai
Tamarind and Kafir
This sour cocktail is inspired by Myanmar. The tamarind flavour also appeals to the Indian palate.
Ingredients:
Tequila - 50ml
Lime juice - 10ml
Tamarind puree - 2 bar spoons
Kafir lime leaf - 1
Method:
Shake all the ingredients and pour in a high ball glass. Garnish with a kafir lime leaf.
Sangria Sour
This cocktail with wine and vodka infused fruit syrup, Crème de cassis, red wine, whisky, egg white and lime juice is mixologist Harish Chhimwal's take on the Spanish Sangria and the Whiskey Sour
Ingredients:
Fruit infused sangria syrup - 30ml
Crème de cassis - 10ml
Jack Daniel's whisky - 15ml
Cabernet Sauvignon - 50ml
Egg white - 1
Lime juice - 20ml
Method:
Mix all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake hard. Pour it in a coupette glass and garnish with rose petals.