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3 Easy Cocktails To Brighten Up Your Lockdown Weekends: Pankaj Balachandran

Avani Purohit
monkey jam sour cocktail by panjak balachandran featured in currentmood magazine

Missing cocktails? Pankaj Balachandran’s got you covered.

Don’t let the coronavirus lockdown dampen your weekend spirit. It’s Saturday night and time to a sip a cocktail while chatting with your besties on HouseParty! Pankaj Balachandran, the India Brand Ambassador of Monkey Shoulder and co-founder of Bar-Back-Collective shares 3 easy cocktail recipes that all of us can try at home, “These drinks are ideal for quarantine drinking: ingredients are available in everyone’s kitchen, it’s tasty and has a varied flavour profile.”

SPICED CORIANDER MARGARITA 

pankaj balachandaran cocktail recipie feature in currentmood magazine
Ingredients:
Tequila 60 ml
Lime juice 20 ml
Honey/sugar syrup/Agave Nectar 15 ml
Jalapeno 1 slice
Coriander leaves 8 no
Soda water (optional)
Method:
In a cocktail shaker/jam jar or any container with a twist cap, add all the ingredients. Add ice into the container. Shake vigorously for 10 sec -(exclude soda).Strain the contents using a fine strainer into a glass filled with ice. Top up with a splash of soda if necessary. Garnish with some coriander.

MONKEY JAM SOUR 

monkey jam sour cocktail by panjak balachandran featured in currentmood magazine
Ingredients:
Monkey Shoulder whisky 60 ml
Lime juice 20 ml
Sugar syrup (1part sugar to 1 part of water) 10 ml
Jam/orange marmalade 2 tea spoon
Method:
In a cocktail shaker/jam jar or any container with a twist cap, add all the ingredients. Add ice into the container. Shake vigorously for 10 seconds and strain the contents using a fine strainer into a glass filled with ice. Garnish with a slice of orange.

CONTAIN ME

mint and cucumber cocktail by Pankaj balachandran featured in currentmood magazine
Ingredients: 
Gin 50 ml
Lime juice 20 ml
Mint leaves 8
Cucumber 2 slice
Elderflower syrup/sugar syrup 15 ml
Method:
In a cocktail shaker/jam jar or any container with a twist cap , add mint and cucumber and muddle it in the container.  Add the remaining ingredients and ice into the container. Shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Strain the contents using a fine strainer into a glass filled with ice. Garnish with a fresh bunch of mint leaves.

Recipe and image courtesy: Pankaj Balachandran – @isaynegroni

Complied by: Avani Purohit – @avanipurohit

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