Nimbu Pani Sorbet

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    1½ quarts

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Malai: Frozen Desserts Inspired by South Asian Flavors

By Pooja Bavishi

Published 2025

  • About

Nimbu pani, exactly translating to “lemon water,” is the Indian version of lemonade. It is a mixture of lemon juice, lime juice, water, sugar, salt, and spices—usually something umami like black salt or chaat masala. More than anything, it’s wildly thirst quenching and refreshing. Our family would often travel to India in the summer, and during those hot, humid days when we would go from house to house to visit various members of our extended family, we would always be presented with a cold