Cooling Khus Vetiver Sharbat
A wholesome Indian recipe crafted for health-conscious eating: nutritious, delicious, and easy to make at home.
Vetiver (khus) roots steeped into fragrant green syrup — summer khus sharbat diluted with cold water.
Khus sharbat is the old Indian summer drink with a green, earthy fragrance that tastes unlike any other syrup. It is made by steeping khus roots or using essence, then diluting the syrup with cold water.
Ingredients
How to Make It
Steep khus; strain.
Make sugar syrup; combine.
Dilute cold to drink.
Nutrition per serving
* Approximate values per serving
Health Benefits
Cooling summer drink — dilute well; keep sugar moderate vs bottled syrups.
It is a flavoured sugar syrup in water, so it is a treat rather than a daily drink. A squeeze of lemon cuts the sweetness and keeps it refreshing.
Pro Tips
- →Clean roots.
- →Store syrup fridge.
- →Dilute 1:4+.
- →If using roots, wash them and steep overnight so the fragrance comes out.
- →Make the syrup at one thread consistency and cool it fully before mixing.
- →Start with one part syrup to four parts water and adjust.
A calorie note
Most of the calories in this dish come from a few ingredients. For reference, per 100 g: Sugar: about 387 kcal (about 20 kcal per teaspoon). Measure these with a spoon or scale, because small changes here move the total more than anything else. Values are rounded from USDA FoodData Central and the Indian Food Composition Tables (IFCT 2017), as of 13 Oct 2026, and vary by variety and by table. General information, not medical advice.
Variations
- 1Soda splash.
- 2Mint.
- 3Add a few mint leaves or a spoon of soaked sabja seeds for a cooler drink.
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