a young friend from udaipur ,rajasthan,who is visiting chandigarh as part of his swaraj journey,volunteered to teach me how to make hibiscus sherbet,only there weren't any hibiscus around to make any sherbet of. so a community participation plan was hatched, which i feel is an extension of activism and real life politics. so, out came a green bag from his pocket with the earnest words,we'ill simply circle the neighbourhood and any plants we see with flowers on,we can talk to the owners,this way even their curiosity would be aroused and we will have more of a community participation,albeit arbitrarily.so off we went merrily along the path on an evening walk,and wow,the houses we discovered,quaint single storied,ground floor houses,with beautiful,unkempt gardens.some grape vines here,some fairy fences and yellow gates and coloured stone walls there..wow it was such an enchanting neighbourhood,i hardly knew.in the end,we had more than 70 flowers in the green bag and then it was down to some lemon juice (1 kg) and the flower petals(remove the green and inner bits) are soaked overnight.In the morning we juiced out the petals through a muslin cloth and mixed 1/2 kg powdered sugar,and the hibiscus sherbet concentrate is ready.
it tastes lemony and very summery!
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