Shikanji

Spiced lemon drink — fresh lemon juice mixed with cold water, black salt, roasted cumin, white sugar, and sometimes ginger juice and a pinch of kala namak, stirred until the sugar dissolves. Sharper, more saline, and more complex than plain lemonade. The summer street drink of Delhi — served in tall glasses at every sabzi mandi, bus stop, and market. The black salt adds a distinctive sulphurous note that plain nimbu pani doesn't have.