Gond Katira Sherbet actually acts as a cooling agent and prevents heat stroke. I did suffer from heat stroke once and I took to drinking this religiously in the summer. The English name of Gond Katira is Tragacanth gum and is also known as Dragon gum. My childhood was happy and fun, summers more so when we played all day with our cousins. Those days, we lived in extreme heat conditions. We did not have the comfort of coolers or air conditioners to keep us cool. One had to find natural ways to beat the heat. We used to eat far too many mangoes and our skin used to break out into huge heat bumps. My mom used to be at her wit’s end and would come out with her own homemade concoctions to help us overcome the heat-related problems. After breakfast, we were given this Gond Katira Sherbet, which is a natural coolant. Gond Katira is a crystalline herb which is easily found in most Indian kitchens until a few decades ago. The present generation has never heard the name and would not really know much about it. But I wish they make lifestyle changes, eat and drink healthy like this sherbet. The Gond Katira or gum comes from a thorny shrub. The gum oozes naturally from the roots of the plant and from slits made on the stem. This is collected and when dried it forms crystals that look like precious stones. On soaking in water, it changes its appearance from being crystalline to becoming gooey like white jelly. It is tasteless and odourless and has a cooling effect.
Gond katira can be blended with lemonades, juices, and milkshakes or used as a topping on ice-creams and kulfi.
Awesome drink from your favorite Rose Syrup.
Adarsha M
June 12, 2019 at 3:29 am
Nice ?
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