🍃 Ammi Jaan

Curry reduction, fresh lime, guava purée & sparkling water — GupShup NYC

20 min
Savoury & Tropical
Short glass over ice
GupShup
0% ABV
Ingredients
  • For the curry reduction (makes 6–8 drinks): 200ml water + 15 fresh curry leaves + 1 tsp black mustard seeds + ½ tsp ground turmeric + 1 tsp sugar. Simmer 10 min, strain.
  • 30ml curry reduction (cooled)
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 60ml fresh guava purée (blend and strain ripe guava)
  • Pinch of chaat masala
  • 90ml cold sparkling water
  • Ice
  • Fresh curry leaf & lime wheel to garnish
Method
  1. 1
    Make reductionCombine water, curry leaves, mustard seeds, turmeric, and sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer and cook 10 minutes. Strain through a fine sieve. Cool completely. The reduction should be golden-yellow and intensely fragrant.
  2. 2
    BuildAdd lime juice, guava purée, curry reduction, and chaat masala to a glass. Stir well.
  3. 3
    IceAdd ice.
  4. 4
    TopPour sparkling water over the back of a spoon to preserve fizz.
  5. 5
    GarnishAdd a fresh curry leaf floating on top. Add a lime wheel to the rim.

About This Drink

GupShup's non-alcoholic programme is built around the idea that Indian cooking's most complex flavours — tamarind reductions, curry leaf infusions, jaggery syrups — are naturally suited to cocktail making. Ammi Jaan (meaning 'dear mother' in Urdu — an expression of warmth and home) uses a curry leaf and spice reduction that takes 20 minutes to make but transforms the drink into something unlike any other mocktail you have ever tasted.

Bartender Tips

The curry reduction can be made in advance and keeps refrigerated for up to a week. Fresh curry leaves (available at Indian grocery stores) are non-negotiable — dried curry leaves have almost no flavour. Guava purée from a can (or blended fresh guava) both work. The drink should taste savoury-first, tropical-second — if it tastes only of guava, increase the curry reduction.

Origin
Restaurant
GupShup, New York City
Origin
India — GupShup original, 2022
Flavour
Savoury & Tropical · Medium
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Where to drink this
Restaurant
GupShup
Address
409 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10016
Style
Modern Indian cocktail bar & restaurant
Accolades
One of NYC's top Indian cocktail destinations

GupShup (meaning 'gossip' or 'chatter' in Hindi and Urdu) is a celebration of Indian social culture through food and drink. The cocktail menu draws from the full breadth of the subcontinent — paan-inspired drinks, lassi riffs, spiced old fashioneds — with an energy that matches the name. One of the most vibrant Indian drinking experiences in New York City.

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