HIT A PURPLE PATCH?
Gather your folks around and raise a toast to your success! The colour purple symbolises power, drive, independence and magic. Hmm... all the things we want to drink to!

PURPLE COW 
Glass: Pilsner

Ingredients
♦ White rum 15ml
♦ Vodka 15ml
♦ Tequila 15ml
♦ Gin 15ml
♦ Cointreau/ Triple sec 15ml
♦ Grenadine 10ml
♦ Blue curacao 10ml
♦ Lime juice 20ml
♦ Limca 60ml
 

Method
Shake all the ingredients together with eight cubes of ice for 10-12 seconds. Strain and transfer the drink into a pre-chilled pilsner or fancy glass over crushed ice. Garnish with flowers of your choice.

GIMME RED
That’s when you want to escape from your gang and be alone with your significant other. And you have naughty on your mind!

LAL GULAAL
Glass: Large wine goblet/pouch

Ingredients
♦ Premium vodka 40ml
♦ Watermelon liqueur or syrup 20ml
♦ Fresh cucumber juice 60ml (finely strained)
♦ Fresh watermelon juice 120ml
♦ Rose water 10ml
♦ Fresh lime juice 15ml
♦ Cardamom seeds half a teaspoon
♦ Rose petals 6

Method
Shake the ingredients with eight cubes of ice. Garnish with watermelon slices, cucumber slices and rose petals.

AAJ BLUE HAI PAANI PAANI...
If that song makes you feel chillax, this drink will do so too. The gin and triple sec pack a punch, and you’ll love the colourful ice gola that you can dip, sip and slurp!

NEEL PARI
Glass: Wine goblet

Ingredients
♦ Gin 30ml
♦ Cointreau/ Triple sec 15ml
♦ White wine 120ml
♦ Blue curacao 10ml
♦ Lime juice 10ml
♦ Apple juice 60ml
♦ Ginger ale 60ml
♦ Chopped seasonal fruits

Method
Stir the ingredients together with six cubes of ice for 10-12 seconds. Strain and transfer the drink into a pre-chilled wine goblet or fancy glass over crushed ice. Garnish with fruit wedges.

SUNSHINE YELLOW 
It spells warmth — like a bear hug, a pleasant surprise, a bagful of goodies... Sip on the rum-based drink when you want to be happy high.

BASANTI
Glass: Pilsner

Ingredients
♦ White rum 30ml
♦ Golden rum 30ml
♦ One stick of kesar pista kulfi
♦ Mango juice 120ml
♦ Caramel syrup 15ml
♦ Yogurt 100g
♦ Lime juice 5ml
♦ Fennel powder half a teaspoon

Method
Blend the ingredients together with half a teacup of cracked ice for 10-12 seconds. 
Strain and transfer the drink into a pre-chilled fancy glass over crushed ice.
Garnish with falooda in an ice shell. 

GREEN SIGNAL
If you are looking for freshness and renewal, green is your go-to colour. And on a hot summer day, there’s nothing like a sip of a cool green drink like Aam Panna. 
Here’s a twist!

AAM PANNA MARGARITA 
Glass: Margarita glass rimmed with salt

Ingredients
♦ Premium tequila 40ml
♦ Cointreau 20ml
♦ Aam Panna syrup 30ml (finely strained)
♦ Fresh gondhoraj lime juice 20ml
♦ Sugar syrup 10ml
♦ Chaat masala and salt half: a teaspoon each
♦ Ice cubes

Method
In a cocktail shaker, over 8-10 cubes of large-sized perfect ice, add the above ingredients and shake vigorously for 15 seconds. Transfer the drink to a pre-rimmed margarita glass with salt and chaat masala, half filled with crushed ice. 
Garnish with gondhoraj lime wedges.

Pictures: B. Halder