How to Make Rooh Afza drink with sweet and citric flavor without using soda or carbonated ingredients. It's a 2-minute job to refresh your body and soul. One of the best summer drink to quench the thirst. Family favorite Ramadan iftar drink. 100% vegan and gluten-free drink.
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About This Recipe
Rooh Afza is the best summer beverage that you can prepare in a variety of ways. It’s the most popular drink in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the Middle Eastern region. Locally known as Sharbat, which is sweet and flowery in taste. In Arabic Rooh means soul and Afza is the refreshing vibes so as the name combines it truly depicts the essence of this red tint squash.
It’s a creation of Hafiz Abdul Majeed, who formulated this drink in 1906 at new Delhi. In Pakistan, it’s been introduced by Hamdard founder Hakim Muhammad Saeed. Hamdard Rooh Afza is the best brand due to its taste and export quality.
Rooh afza is prepared with the extraction of different fruits that include apples, oranges, grapes, lemon, and grapefruit flavored with aqua rose and citrus flower that works as a stabilizer and flavoring agent. Allura red edible food color was added to mark the signature color of the Rooh afza drink. Sodium Benzoate is added as a food preservative.
I used to have this as a drink in my school thermos and believe it was bliss to have chilled rooh afza after a tiring class. Due to the high sugar content, it stayed me active and productive. I miss those days and the flavor.
Best Ramadan Drink
It’s the best sharbat, squash, or beverage for Ramadan iftar. In South Asia, every house prepares a cool and refreshing jug of this soul-rejuvenating drink to break the fast. I love to have rooh afza milkshake in sehri that makes me productive throughout the day.
Rooh Afza drink benefits: It's the best summer drink that helps to improve instant energy, best to refresh the soul in hot and humid weather. Also, help to prevent dehydration, and keep you cool for a long time.
See Also: Date Rolls (Ramadan Special)
Ingredients
Rooh Afza syrup: Increase or decrease the quantity of syrup as per your taste. If you like a concentrated drink then add more otherwise 2 tablespoon in 500 ml is fine!
Chilled Water: To make the drink
Fresh Lemon: Used freshly squeezed lemon extract.
Basil Seeds (Tukhm Balanga): used soaked seeds.
Mint: Dried and crushed mint sprinkled to add a minty flavor to drink. This is an option and you can also use fresh mint leaves.
Ice Cubes: To make it chilled!
How to Make Rooh Afza Drink
In a jug, add chilled water and pour rooh afza according to your taste and flavor. If you like extremely sweet then add more otherwise 2 tablespoon is enough in half liter water. Flavor the drink with freshly squeezed lemon juice. Soak the basil seed before 2 hours of making drink and add in drink with ice cubes. Give it a good mix or blend. Add fresh mint or dried mint to add minty flavor in your drink. This is optional and upto your choice to add mint.
Rooh Afza drink is the trending Ramadan drink that people love to have in iftar. If you are looking how to make this drink at home within 2 minutes then check out the recipe. Ideal drink for summers.
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A chilled glass of Rooh Afza sharbat with water will make you refreshed in a few minutes. Here is the step-by-step recipe and video to make at home.
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Tips & Variations
- Don’t add sugar as rooh afza itself is extremely sweet in taste.
- If you are making citric flavor then add fresh lemons. Don’t add use ready-made lemon juice.
- Colorless carbonated drinks can be used in place of water if you like soda flavor. Avoid carbonation if you are making it for Ramadan iftar.
- Rooh afza is already flavored with rose so don’t add any other flavoring agent like rosewater, kewra, or other flavoring essences.
- Always use soaked basil seeds (tukum e Balanga) in your drink.
- Chia seeds can also be used.
- Rooh afza drink can be stored in the refrigerator.
- Never store Rooh Afza syrup bottles in the refrigerator or freezer.
How To Use
Many people are curious to know Rooh Afza drink recipes in the same way you can use it in a variety of ways to make several desserts, add as a topping, and as a milkshake. By using this syrup, you can make
- Falooda,
- doodh ka sharbat,
- Roohafza lassi,
- mojito,
- slush,
- lemonade,
- ice cream,
- rooh afza yogurt,
- ice lollies,
- cookies and cake.
Faq's
It’s been prepared with fruits and rose syrup but contains high amount of sugar due to that it needs to use in moderation. If you are feeling low, it will instantly boost up energy level.
'Rooh Afza' is prepared with the extraction of several fruits including aqua rose while the rose syrup is made with sugar, rose petals, and water.
Both are different, but look same. Taste and viscosity are also different.
Yes, 100% vegan as nothing is derived from animal ingredients. Also, gluten-free as everything is herbal and plant-based. Many people are confused because of sugar. I’d like to add raw or unrefined sugar (white sugar) is safe and considered as vegan while processed sugar like brown sugar is not vegan.
100 ml of rooh afza syrup contains 308 calories.
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Materials
- ⅓ cup Rooh Afza
- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Basil Seeds
- ½ liter Chilled Water
- 1 pinch Dry Mint
- Ice Cubes
Instructions
- In a jug, add chillied water, rooh afza syrup, lemon juice, soaked basil seeds and ice cubes.
- Mix well!
- Sprinkle dry mint at the top. If you don't have dry mint then add fresh mint or skip!!
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Notes
- Don’t add sugar as rooh afza itself is extremely sweet in taste.
- If you are making citric flavor then add fresh lemon. Don’t add bottle lemon juice.
- Colorless carbonated drink can be use on a place of water if you like soda flavor. Avoid carbonation if you are making for Ramadan iftar.
- Rooh afza is already flavored with rose so don’t add any other flavoring agent like rosewater, kewra or other flavoring essence.
- Always use soaked basil seeds (tukum e Balanga) in your drink.
- Chia seeds can also be used.
- Rooh afza drink can be stored in refrigerator.
- Never store Rooh Afza syrup bottle in refrigerator or freezer.
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Refresh your summer with a chilled glass of Rooh afza drink. Prepare in 2 minutes.