Necessity is the mother of invention, they say. So, a couple of years ago, when bartender Binny Dadhwal was asked to make a martini at a friend's home, all the ammo he had at hand was some gin and a few green chillies with a bund of cilantro lying in the fridge. "I agreed, and to my surprise, it turned out to be a rich, potent drink," says Dadhwal, founder of Flaming Trio, a professional bartending company with operations in India, Thailand and Dubai. Since then, Dadhwal has experimented with whatever fridge ingredients he can lay his hands on — right from beetroot and spinach to fruits like peaches, plums and watermelon. "I think the whackiest one was with Lebanese pickle and apple cider. I had prepared it in Dubai at a party," he says.