Replace Your Soft Drinks With These Natural Beverages 

By Jasmine Kaur

While a Coca Cola or Sprite might make you feel relieved in an instant, it is all temporary. Substitute these aerated drinks with natural beverages. 

Buttermilk 

Also known as chhass, this curd-based drink is a light and refreshing mix to keep you hydrated during long hours at work. Moreover, it is filling too. 

Jal Jeera 

This sweet and tangy beverage is made by mixing cumin powder, lemon extract and spices in water. The flavoured water is often added to pani puri too and is good for digestion.

Lemon Sharbat 

Also known as nimbu paani aka lemonade, the citrus extract is added to water and mixed with salt and sugar. It is a great source of Vitamin C. 

Kesar Kasturi 

This beverage is made with a local Indian liquor brewed in the state of Rajasthan and combined with spices, herbs, roots and kesar aka saffron for the tantalizing aroma. 

Jigarthanda 

A specialty of the South, Jigarthanda is a milky concoction, flavoured with almond gum, ice cream and sugar. This exotic milkshake from Madurai is a real thirst quencher.