As soon as the summer season arrives, we often resort to various types of cold sherbets or drinks to keep the body cool and refreshed from within. But if you are bored of drinking the same mango panna, lemonade or sweet sherbet every day, then try something new and trendy this time. Today we are going to tell you the very easy recipe of everyone’s favorite Chilled Virgin Mojito, available in big restaurants and cafes.
After drinking this drink, not only your family members will feel refreshed, but the guests coming to your house will also not get tired of praising you. The most interesting thing is that you do not need any expensive items to make it, but just 2 to 3 things kept in the kitchen of your house. Sprite worth Rs 20 It is ready within minutes with cold drink. A mocktail specialist of the restaurant has shared this secret and simple recipe of Virgin Mojito, which is available in any good cafe for Rs 300 to 500.
Ingredients required to make Virgin Mojito
To make restaurant style non-alcoholic mocktails at home, you will need the following simple ingredients:
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Lemon: 1 to 2 (cut into small pieces and slices)
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Peppermint: 10 to 12 fresh leaves (per glass)
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Sprite or Soda Water: Chilled
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Brown sugar: 1 teaspoon (or powdered sugar as per taste)
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crushed ice: lots of ice cubes
Step-by-step recipe for making virgin mojito drink
Non-alcoholic mojito drink is called ‘virgin mojito’. The correct and easy way to make it is given below:
Step 1: Prepare the Glass
Take as many glass serving glasses as you want to serve this drink to. Now add one spoon of brown sugar (for sweetener) in each glass.
Step 2: Add lemon and mint
Now put at least 3 to 4 small pieces of chopped lemon in each glass. Along with this, also add 10 to 12 fresh mint leaves in the glass.
Step 3: Muddle (crush) gently
Now with the help of a wooden muddler or rolling pin/stick, crush the contents kept inside the glass by pressing gently.
Important note: Keep in mind that while crushing, there should not be too much pressure on the bottom of the glass, otherwise the glass may break. By pressing it well, mint extract and fresh lemon juice will come out and mix with sugar.
Step 4: Fill Halfway with Ice
After this, break the ice into small pieces (Crushed Ice) and pour enough of it into the glass to fill it more than half.
Step 5: Mix well
With the help of a long spoon (Stirrer), mix the lemon, mint and brown sugar juices sitting at the bottom of the glass with the ice on top by stirring them well.
Step 6: Add Sprite or Soda
Now pour very cold sprite cold drink or soda drink on top of the glass. If you want, you can skip the soda completely and use only Sprite, this makes the mojito taste better.
Step 7: Garnish and serve
Stick a round lemon slice, cut from the middle, on the edge of the glass and decorate by placing a fresh mint leaf on top.
Yours fabulous, refreshing and chilled Virgin Mojito Completely ready. Serve it chilled immediately with a straw and say bye-bye to the scorching heat within minutes!
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