When you order a standard kulukki sarbath at one of the road-side juice shops in Kerala, you step back and watch the spectacle unfold. Sparkling water, at times milk, is flung into tall glasses and shaken with a cocktail shaker, thrown into the air a couple of times and deftly caught before adding a scoop of crushed ice and spritzed with syrup. If this kulukki can’t shake you, probably few drinks can.
Kulukki in Malayalam means shaken and this fizzy drink, which gets its name from the way it is made, is still one of the most popular in the State.
