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Communal Living Recipes: Kamal Masi’s Shikanjvi and Lassi

The best part of communal living is sharing great food with your friends and neighbors, especially if you have a delicious recipe in your back pocket.

25 Aug 2022
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I love get-togethers, especially when the weather is beautiful and the getting-together happens outdoors! The best part of communal living is sharing great food with your friends and neighbors, especially if you have a delicious recipe in your back pocket.

Whether it's a picnic, barbeque, or pool party, refreshing beverages are a must-have! Instead of buying lemonade at the store, try your hand at our own Kamal Masi’s delicious shikanjvi (traditional Punjabi lemonade) or lassi (traditional Punjabi yogurt drink)!

If you make this, let us see! Tag your photo @priyaliving or use the hashtag #priyaliving on Instagram.

BEVERAGE

Kamal Masi's Shikanjvi

Ingredients

  • 2 lemons
  • 1 small chunk of ginger
  • 2 teaspoons of sugar
  • Several mint leaves or 1 teaspoon of rose water
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon of black salt (optional)
  • 1/2 teaspoon of cumin powder or jal-jeera powder (optional)
  • 1/2 teaspoon of pepper
  • Several ice cubes

Instructions

  • Squeeze the juice of two lemons and add to jug
  • Mix in the rest of the ingredients
  • Refrigerate for one hour
  • Add ice cubes and serve
  • Enjoy!

BEVERAGE

Kamal Masi's Lassi

Ingredients

  • 1 spatula full of plain yogurt
  • 6 glasses of water
  • 2 teaspoons of sugar
  • 2 teaspoons of salt (to taste)
  • 1 teaspoon of black salt (to taste/optional)
  • 1 teaspoon of pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon of cumin powder (to taste/optional)
  • Several ice cubes

Instructions

  • Mix all ingredients into a jug
  • Refrigerate for one hour
  • Add ice cubes and serve
  • Enjoy!

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