Here’s a simple DIY recipe of a Date Tamarind Cooler that you can sip on this summer. It’s cooling, tangy as well as sweet and will leave you craving for more.

INGREDIENTS 

Fresh seedless dates- 10 pcs

Fresh tamarind- 150 gms

Fennel seeds- 10 gms

Water- 3 glasses

Rock salt- a pinch

Ice cubes- as per your requirement

DIRECTIONS  

Take a deep pan & pour in water.

Bring the water to boil & add in dates, tamarind.

Let the mixture simmer for 20 minutes & add fennel at the end.

Turn off the flame.

Let it cool and strain in through a bar strainer.

Add a pinch of rock salt and ice cubes.

Serve it iced cold in a long glass.

• By Chef Karann Talwar, Kitchen Kraft Luxury Catering, New Delhi. Countless have attempted to fuse the traditional with the gourmet but only a finite few come to the occasion. One such gastronome is India’s youngest food curator and owner of Kitchen Kraft Luxury Catering, Karann Talwar. Having collaborated with leading hotel chains like ITC Maurya, Taj, Oberoi, Hyatt, Carnival Cruise (USA), Seabourn Luxury (USA) Karann’s expertise in food curation is flamboyant and his work ethic, impeccable. Karann’s precocious vision has been implanted across the globe from London to the Bahamas, including Mexico, Singapore, Malaysia, and the USA.