Summer Recipe- Refreshing Blueberry Ginger Cooler

Refreshing Blueberry Ginger Cooler to beat the heat! Blueberry ginger syrup with lemon lime soda is just the perfect drink for hot days!Are you feeling the heat? Well maybe not here in US, but back in India, temperatures are already 100 F degrees + and trust me it’s just the beginning. Everyone has started going crazy with the heat and the sad thing is that it only get worse.

When I was in school, there were no air conditioners and all and we used to go to school and sit in that heat everyday. Sometimes we won’t even have the fan but we didn’t really care. If you tell me now to sit through 115 F weather without a fan, I would probably go crazy but back then it didn’t matter. We were so used to the heat in Delhi plus as a child your focus is always on talking to friends and playing around, who really cares about hot it is.

Ingredients

1 liter water
1.25 cups fresh blueberries
1 heaping tablespoon grated ginger
4-5 tablespoons sugar or adjust to taste
2-3 cans of lemon lime sparkling water unsweetened
ice cubes
mint leaves

Method

* To a pan on medium-high heat add water, blueberries and grated ginger. Let it all come to a boil.

* Once the mixture starts boiling, add sugar and mix till it dissolves.

* Now lower the heat and using the back of your spatula, mash the blueberries. Mash all of it and let the mixture simmer for another 10-15 minutes.

* Remove from heat and once the syrup has cooled down, cover it with a cling sheet and let it sit at room temperature for 2-3 hours. This is important so that the flavors mix-in well.

* After 2-3 hours, strain the syrup into a clear bowl. At this point you can cover and keep it refrigerate until ready to use.

* To serve the blueberry ginger cooler, fill 2/3 of the glass with the syrup, add ice cubes.

* And then add lemon-lime sparkling water on top and stir so that the soda and syrup combine well.

* Garnish with some fresh blueberries and mint leaves and enjoy.