Masala Watermelon Mojito
This masala watermelon mojito takes watermelon, mint leaves, limes, and chaat masala and turns it into a refreshing summer drink. You can make it alcoholic or not–either option will taste satisfying!
Ingredients
- ½ a medium watermelon, refrigerated *see note for amount
- 15-20 mint leaves
- juice from 1 medium lime
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 1 tbsp chaat masala
- 12 oz. (¼ cup) white rum, coconut water, or club soda **optional
Instructions
- Cut the watermelon into cubes and add to a large blender. You may need to blend some watermelon before adding more if your blender isn't very big.
- Blend the watermelon alone to a juice consistency before adding mint leaves, lime juice, sea salt, and chaat masala. Blend again. Taste and adjust to make sure you like it! Strain into a large bowl, discard the pulp, and refrigerate the juice until you're ready to use it.
- Make the rim for each glass (optional, but fun). Prepare a plate with a small mound of sea salt. Slide a wedge of lime on the rim of the glass. Turn the glass upside down and onto the plate with sea salt. Add a piece of watermelon and mint to the rim.
- For each drink, add a few ice cubes to a glass. Add about 4 oz. (½ cup) watermelon juice, followed by slightly less than 2 oz. (I found that 1.5 oz. tasted best) of white rum, if using. Add another 2 oz. watermelon juice to fill the glass.
Notes
*I ended up using slightly less than half of a large watermelon. It was somewhere around 3-4 cups cubed, but I didn't measure.
**Instead of rum, you could also use tequila or vodka.