Shoe Flower Tea (Chemparathi Tea)

Ingredients for Shoe Flower Tea (Chemparathi Tea):

1. Water – 4 cups
2. Sugar – 100 gm
   Cinnamon – ½ inch piece
   Ginger chopped – 2 slices
3. Hibiscus flowers dried – 1 cup
4. Lemon juice – 10 milli
5. Water – 4 cups
6. Watermelon flesh scooped into small balls – To decorate
   Salad cucumber slices – To decorate

How to prepare Shoe Flower Tea (Chemparathi Tea)?

1. Boil water in a saucepan and boil ingredients no: 2.
2. Keep stirring and boil till the sugar dissolves completely.
3. Turn off the flame and add hibiscus flowers.
4. Stir well and close the saucepan with a lid.
5. Allow it to rest for 20 minutes.
6. Strain it and keep this juice in the refrigerator.
7. For serving, mix it with 4 cups of water, lemon juice, and ice cubes.
8. Using a toothpick, fix the cucumber pieces and watermelon scoops in the serving glass.
9. Serve chilled.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, February 1-14, 2020