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Paan Shots

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Here’s a fun treat to serve at your next party: Paan Shots! With the distinctive taste of peppermint, gulkand, and paan paired with vanilla ice cream, they make for a delightful after-dinner digestif. These paan shots are non-alcoholic and will be enjoyed by kids and adults alike.

Ingredients in paan shots: vanilla ice cream, betel leaves (paan), dried coconut, gulkan (rose jelly), green food coloring (optional), peppermint extract, cardamom powder, rose water, fennel seeds, fennel candy
Ingredients in paan shots: vanilla ice cream, betel leaves (paan), dried coconut, gulkand (rose jelly), green food coloring (optional), peppermint extract, cardamom powder, rose water, fennel seeds, fennel candy

Paan, or betel leaf, is eaten all across India. Betel leaf is used as an after-dinner mouth freshener. It is also used by people who like to consume tobacco. It is a flavorful packet of chew. People put a bunch of tobacco in their paan, and let it hang out in their lip.

Paan Shots

My grandma used to make me a kid-friendly version of paan to chew when she was preparing her own. For that reason, I always think of paan as a childhood sweet. I realy enjoy these paan shots for that sense of nostalgia, and childhood playfulness than any adult would relate to.

Adding fennel candy to paan shots

Paan Shots With Alcohol

These paan shots can easily be made alcoholic by adding a shot of bourbon (2 oz) to the mixture. That would make it a type of Indian ice cream shot with alcohol. If you are really adventurous, you could also add some paan cordial.

Paan Shots

Paan Shots

Puja
With the distinctive taste of peppermint, gulkand, and paan paired with vanilla ice cream, they make for a delightful after-dinner digestif. These paan shots are non-alcoholic and will be enjoyed by kids and adults alike.
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Dessert, Drinks
Cuisine Indian
Servings 6
Calories 130 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 paan leaves
  • 1 Tbsp fennel
  • 3 Tbsp dried coconut
  • ½ tsp cardamom
  • 2 Tbsp gulkand
  • 1 tsp rose water
  • 1 tsp peppermint extract
  • ½ cup water
  • 2 cups vanilla ice cream

Instructions
 

  • Roughly tear up or chop paan leaves and add to a blender.
  • Add remaining ingredients to blender.
  • Blend until smooth.
  • Pour the mixture through a meshed strainer for a nice, smooth texture. Pour into shot glasses and serve.

Video

Notes

To make these alcoholic paan shots, add 2 oz of bourbon to the blender before blending.

Nutrition

Calories: 130kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 2gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 41mgPotassium: 119mgFiber: 1gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 189IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 62mgIron: 0.3mg
Keyword alcoholic drinks, milkshake, paan shots
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