Sharbat (drink)

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Sharbat (Persian: شربت, pronounced [ʃæɾˈbæt]; Turkish şerbet, Arabic شَرْبَة sharbah, a drink, from "shariba" to drink. This word can be written as shorbot, šerbet, şerbet or sherbet) is a drink prepared from fruit or flower petals. It is a sweet cordial, and usually served chilled. It can be served in concentrated form and eaten with a spoon or diluted with water to create the drink. Popular sharbats are made of one or more of the following: basil seeds, golāb (rose water), fresh rose petals, sandalwood, bael, hibiscus, lemon, orange, mango, pineapple, grape, falsa (Grewia asiatica) and chia seeds. Sharbat is common in the homes of Iran, Armenia, Turkey, Bosnia, the Arab world, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. It is also popular with Muslims when breaking their daily fasts during the month of Ramadan.

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