Kashmira Jeera Soda Can 250 ML

Description

Jeera soda is one of the few genuinely savoury soft drinks anywhere, built on roasted cumin, black salt and a sour note, and it belongs to the same family of thinking as jal jeera and shikanji. The idea that a cold drink should taste of spice rather than of fruit is common across India and almost unheard of in Europe.

Serve it very cold. It is drunk after a heavy meal across much of north and west India, which is a matter of custom, and it is a genuinely good match for fried snacks because the black salt and the sourness cut oil. If you have never had a savoury soda before, expect something closer to a cold spiced water than to a lemonade.

Is it sweet at all? Barely. There is some sugar in it, but roasted cumin, black salt and the sour note dominate. It reads as savoury, not as a soft drink in the Western sense.

What food does it go with? Fried snacks, samosas, pakoras and chaat. The salt and acidity cut through oil in a way a sweet drink cannot.

Another sharp, salty option is the goli lime soda in the same size, and the rest of the soft drinks carries the sweeter bottles. Vegetarian. Keep it somewhere cool, chill it before serving, and finish an opened bottle the same day while the fizz holds. Order online at Panjab Supermarket for same-day delivery across Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Leidsche Rijn, Vleuten, Maarssen, Zeist, Bunnik, IJsselstein, Vianen, and Culemborg. Free delivery on orders over 49 euros.