Rooh afza lemonade

Rooh afza lemonade
  • Gluten-free
  • Low protein
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Special occasion
  • South Asian
  • 15 minutes or less

For a special occasion, this Rooh Afza lemonade will contribute to your fluid allowance but will be lower in potassium and phosphate than a milk-based alternative.

Chef

Sumaya Masood and Nasaar Jabbar
Sumaya Masood and Nasaar Jabbar

Known as the ‘Ramadan drink’, rooh afza is essentially a rose syrup and often used in desserts and drinks. It is cooling to drink and ideal to enjoy after a long day.

Ingredients

500ml water, chilled

2 tablespoons rooh afza syrup

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 tablespoon sugar

Handful of mint leaves

Ice cubes

Method

  1. Step 1

    Add the water, rooh afza syrup, lemon juice, sugar, mint leaves and ice cubes to a jug and mix well.

Food facts

The rooh afza and sugar are the main source of carbohydrate in this dish and the values have been provided for those who have trained in insulin adjustment.

Rooh afza is a source of potassium and should be limited to special occasions. Making a lemonade version is a lower potassium and phosphate alternative to a milk-based version. Those on a low potassium and low phosphate diet will need to consider how much rooh afza they drink in the context of whatever else they are eating that day.

There is very little protein in this drink.

This drink is high in readily-absorbed sugar and therefore should be limited to special occasions.