This is an unusual cold Thai drink available in cans, but here we make it cool.It looks like frog spawn, but don't let that put you off, these little pieces of gelatine with black centres are really Thai basil seeds.Thai Basil has a lower than sheet you see on Italian cuisine, but the seeds are widely available when you add water the seed soft swells in small balls and these give an unusual texture to traditional drink. aroma is rose water, but you can taste with vanilla essence or peppermint, if you prefer, or try adding seed Iced Tea for tea with texture!
Ingredients for 2 drinks
Thai basil seeds 5 g.
Water 500 ml.
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon of honey
Rose water 200 ml.
Crushed ice for notification
Preparation
1. using a tea strainer to hold them, rince seeds under a tap to clean them.
2. Soak the seeds in 100 ml of water.
3. With the other 400 ml of water, warm with sugar and honey until sugar is completely dissolved. prove it, you can adjust the sweetness of your choice at this time, remember that the drink will be slightly more diluted, as the other ingredients are added.
4. cool back to room temperature.
5. once the water is at ambient temperature and increased seed Basil mix them all together, rose water, water and water sweetened with Basil seeds.
6. Chill and serve over crushed ice.
No comments:
Post a Comment