Instructions

Step 1

Muddle lime juice, minced curry leaves, and ginger in a shaker. Add vodka, simple syrup, and ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled martini glass; garnish with whole curry leaf.

Drinks

Mumbatini

Name: Mumbatini
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 1 Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 ⁄ 2 oz. fresh lime juice; 5 fresh curry leaves (4 minced, 1 whole); 1 (1/2") piece ginger, peeled and thinly sliced; 2 oz. vodka; 1 ⁄ 4 oz. simple syrup

Serves
makes 1 Cocktail

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This bracing vodka drink gets its resinous, pungent aroma from a good dose of curry leaves, which are both muddled in the drink and floated on top as a garnish. The recipe comes from the upscale Indian fusion restaurant Varq, located inside the Taj Mahal New Delhi hotel; it first appeared as part of the digital edition of our August/September 2014 special India issue.

Ingredients

¹⁄₂ oz. fresh lime juice
5 fresh curry leaves (4 minced, 1 whole)
1 (1/2") piece ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
2 oz. vodka
¹⁄₄ oz. simple syrup

Instructions

Step 1

Muddle lime juice, minced curry leaves, and ginger in a shaker. Add vodka, simple syrup, and ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled martini glass; garnish with whole curry leaf.

Muddle lime juice, minced curry leaves, and ginger in a shaker. Add vodka, simple syrup, and ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled martini glass; garnish with whole curry leaf.