Jeera Soda Recipe

By Neha Mathur

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Updated: May 01, 2025
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Jeera Soda is a refreshing Indian summer drink made using cumin seeds as its star ingredient. Prepare the concentrate and use it for up upto a month to make this beverage.

Here are some more summer drink recipes: Kulukki, Watermelon Mint Mojito, and Mohabbat ka Sharbat.

A glass of brown, fizzy Jeera Soda garnished with mint leaves sits on a woven mat, with fresh mint and lime slices scattered nearby and a blue cloth in the background.

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Sharbats and squashes are a tradition in India. My mother used to make various varieties and store them for a full year. Kesar Chandan Sharbat, Kokum Juice Concentrate, and Jeera Soda Concentrate were the most popular.

During the summer, when keeping oneself hydrated was essential, a few teaspoons of one of these concentrates were mixed with water or chilled club soda to make instant, refreshing beverages.

In this post, I am sharing the Jeera Soda recipe, a specialty of my mom’s. Try it, and let me know how you liked it in the comments.

You can make the jeera concentrate and refrigerate it for up to a month. Whenever you feel like sipping something refreshing, simply mix the concentrate with chilled club soda, and your drink will be ready.

Ingredients

  • Cumin Seeds make the base of this drink.
  • Chilled club soda is used to top the drink.
  • Others – You will also need black peppercorns, granulated white sugar, black salt, chaat masala powder, water, and lime juice.

For a twist, you can replace soda with Pepsi, Mirinda, or other similar beverages.

How To Make Zeera Soda

Step 1: Dry-roast ½ cup cumin seeds and 1 tablespoon black peppercorns until slightly browned, stirring frequently over medium heat.

Roasted cumin seeds and black peppercorns in a pan.

Step 2: Remove the pan from the heat and let the spices cool down for 5 minutes.

Step 3: Add the roasted spices to a grinder and grind to make a fine powder.

Roasted ingredients added to grinder.
Fine powder made.

Step 4: Transfer this powder to a nonstick pan with 1 cup of granulated sugar, 4 teaspoons of black salt, 4 teaspoons of chaat masala powder, and 1 cup of water. Mix well.

Cumin powder, sugar, black salt, chaat masala and water added to a pan.
Mixed well.

Step 5: Cook over medium heat for 10-12 minutes, stirring frequently, until a thick syrup forms.

Cooked until syrupy.

Step 6: Remove the pan from the heat.

Step 7: Pass the syrup through a fine-mesh strainer.

You can now store this syrup in a glass bottle for up to a month.

Passing the mixture through a mesh strainer.
Ready syrup.

Step 8: To make jeera soda, add 3-4 ice cubes to a glass.

Step 9: Add 1 tablespoon of lime juice and 2 tablespoons of jeera syrup to the glass.

Note: Stir the syrup before use.

Ice cubes, lime juice and cumin syrup added to a glass.

Step 10: Top the glass with chilled soda and stir to combine. Serve immediately.

Ready jeera soda.

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A glass of brown, fizzy Jeera Soda garnished with mint leaves sits on a woven mat, with fresh mint and lime slices scattered nearby and a blue cloth in the background.
4.92 from 12 votes

Jeera Soda Recipe

By: Neha Mathur
Masala Jeera Soda is a refreshing Indian summer drink made using cumin seeds. Here is how to make it.
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 15 minutes
Total: 20 minutes
Servings: 10 people
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Ingredients 

  • ½ cup cumin seeds
  • 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 4 teaspoons black salt
  • 4 teaspoons chaat masala powder
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • chilled club soda (as required)
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Instructions 

  • Dry roast cumin seeds and black peppercorns until slightly browned over medium heat, stirring frequently.
  • Remove the pan from the heat and let the spices cool down for 5 minutes.
  • Add the roasted spices to a grinder and grind to make a fine powder.
  • Transfer this powder to a nonstick pan with sugar, black salt, chaat masala powder, and water. Mix well.
  • Cook over medium heat for 10-12 minutes to make a thick syrup, stirring frequently.
  • Remove the pan from the heat.
  • Pass the syrup through a fine-mesh strainer.
  • You can now store this syrup in a glass bottle for up to a month.
  • To make jeera soda, add 3-4 ice cubes to a glass.
  • Add lime juice and 2 tablespoon of jeera syrup to the glass.
  • Note – Stir the syrup before using.
  • Top the glass with soda and stir to combine. Serve immediately.

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Notes

You can substitute plain water for soda in this drink.

Nutrition

Calories: 99kcal, Carbohydrates: 23g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 1g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 940mg, Potassium: 103mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 20g, Vitamin A: 69IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 51mg, Iron: 3mg
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  1. 5 stars
    It felt great to get a recipe for one of my most beloved drinks from India. Is it possible though to use lemon sparkling water in place of club soda + lime juice?

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