Here are some cocktail recipes to try at home
A good cocktail, whether an Anarkali or James Bond's Classic Dry Martini, is worth a million on the summer menu. If you want to get high on cocktail wisdom, here's a new manual to leaf through.
"To shake or to stir, Ian Fleming's super spy James Bond worked wonders in taking the Classic Dry Martini to the tables of the discerning the world over," says "The Tulleeho Book of Cocktails" (Westland Ltd).
The toughest cocktail exercise is mixing, for it involves a flair for flavours and some measure of imagination. The first thing is to understand the ingredients, the book says. Try to imagine which ones will taste good when mixed.
Here is a lowdown for the perfect cocktail:
* Practice makes art picture perfect.
* Do not stir or shake a drink containing carbonated water. It will turn flat.
* When you are making a highball, fill the glass two-third with ice, then add the alcohol followed by the mixer.
* When you are making a cocktail with a shaker, fill it half way with cubed ice for a good chill. Smaller chunks of ice melt quickly and dilute the drink.
* Unless you are well-versed in free pouring, use a standardised measure to portion out cocktail ingredients.
Here are some cocktail recipes to try at home:
1. Instant Karma: This has been concocted by Ajay and Menka Asrani.
They were inspired by music group Instant Karma's rendition of the song, "Bahon Mein Chale Aao", which brought on the right mood.
Ingredients:
Smirnoff 30 ml;
Freshly brewed black coffee 90 ml (chilled);
Cappuccino ice cream 1 scoop;
Amaretto Almond liqueur 15 ml; and Coffee liqueur.
Preparation: Pour chilled black coffee into a large cup. Add Smirnoff & stir. Place 1 scoop of Cappuccino ice cream in it. Mix 15 ml each of Amaretto & Coffee Liqueur in a large spoon, run a flame under the spoon and as soon as the spirit catches fire, pour on the ice cream.
2. Sex in Mumbai: Prepared by the well-known Shatbhi Basu, this is a Vodka-based cocktail recommended for those who've been there, done that and enjoyed it - for the men and women of the world.
Ingredients:
1 oz of vodka;
1 oz of cranberry juice;
1 oz orange juice; and
1 oz lime juice
Preparation: Fill tall glass with ice, add spirits, lime juice, orange juice and cranberry juice. Garnish with cherry and orange.
Alternates without cranberry juice:
Sex on Juhu Beach: Use a generous splash of strawberry crush (30 ml) to the spirits plus orange juice.
Sex on Chowpatty Beach: Switch the strawberry for 60 ml of tomato juice.
Sex at Alibag: Add a splash of campari (as per your requirement) to the spirits plus orange juice.
3. Bikini With Burqa: This one's by Vinay Kant. A dark rum recipe, it pledges to whip up Mughal era grandeur with the new life - a blend of the old and the new.
Ingredients:
60 ml of dark rum;
Lemon chunks 2 tbsp; and
Brown sugar 1 tbsp.
Preparation: Crush lemon chunks and brown sugar. Put 60 ml of dark rum. Shake not stir.
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