Paal Sarbath | Nannari Milk Sarbath

Nannari syrup infused milk for a soothing summer drink.

My husband and I, both grew up with a bottle of nannari syrup always in the fridge at our parents’ in the summer months. And this summer, we bought a bottle and have been enjoying a cooling nannari drink almost daily.

Paal sarbath is nothing but nannari sarbath with milk instead of the usual lemon and water or soda. Simple, delicious and I find it soothing to have in summer evenings in place of coffee/tea. Adding nannari syrup to milk is not that common in the northern parts of Tamil Nadu where I am from, but, the paal sarbath is famous in Ramnad district, where the gummy badam pisin (edible tree gum) is added to make the drink even more cooling. At home, I always have sabja seeds and I've added them instead.

Recipe

Yields	: 1 cup
Prep time	: 10 mins
Cook time	: -

Nannari syrup	: 3 tablespoons
Boiled and cooled milk	: ¾ cup
Sabja seeds	: ½ teaspoon
Water	: ¼ cup
Ice cubes	: as reqd

In a bowl add ½ teaspoon sabja seeds and ¼ cup water.  Set it aside to swell for 5-10 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a glass add 3 tbs nannari syrup and ¾ cup milk and stir well to dissolve completely.

Strain the swollen sabja seeds and add it to the nannari milk.

Top it off with ice cubes.