Description
A homemade tulsi basil syrup is mixed with sparkling water for a refreshing and summery soda. You can use this vegan and gluten free syrup to sweeten teas and pancakes or to make other mocktails and cocktails!
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups filtered water
- 1/2 cup dried tulsi basil leaves
- 3/4 cup raw sugar
- sparkling water for serving
Instructions
Bring the water to a boil in a small pot. Once it comes to a boil, remove the pot from the heat, stir in the tulsi, then cover the pot and allow the tulsi to steep for 20-30 minutes. Strain the tulsi out then add the infusion back to the pot along with the sugar. Heat the pot over medium heat. Simmer the syrup until it thickens and reduces by about a third. You want to have about 1 cup total of syrup. Store the syrup in an airtight jar. It will keep for a couple of weeks at room temperature though you can keep it in the fridge if you like.
To make tulsi soda: simply add however much syrup you like to sparkling water. For the glass in the photos I used about 1 1/2 to 2 tsp syrup.
Notes
- You can use the syrup to sweeten tea, or anything else that you can think of (overnight oats, pancakes, etc.). You can also easily make this into a cocktail by adding a spirit like gin or vodka and topping it off with a slice of citrus.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: drink