List of Indian drinks

Drinks

• Aam panna – made from raw mango
• Aamras
• Bael sharbat
• Buransh – made from rhododendron flowers with jelly like consistency, Uttarakhand
• Fruit juice
• Gaajar ka doodh-made from grated carrot and sweetened milk
• Ganne ka ras or sugarcane juice
• Gud-nimbu sharbat – made of lemon and jaggery
• Jal-jeera
• Jigarthanda, Madurai
• Kahwah is common drink in cold regions of Jammu and Kashmir
• Kala Khatta
• Kanji
• Kesar kasturi
• Khus sharbat-made from Vetiver syrup
• Kokum sharbat
• Kulukki sharbat-Shakken Lemonade
• Liyo
• Nannaari sarbat – lemon-based drink, Tamil Nadu
• Nariyel Pani
• Neera
• Nimbu pani
• Ookali – hot drink made by boiling coriander seeds, Western India
• Panakam
• Phalsa sharbat – made from Grewia asiatica
• Pudina sharbat – made from mint
• Ramula – a drink made from sweet potato
• Rasna
• Rooh Afza
• Sakar-loung Pani – made from rock sugar and clove; famous in Gujarat, Rajasthan
• Sattu Pani – famous in North India
• Saunf paani, Gujarat
• Sharbat – drink that has many variants
• Shikanjvi
• Solkadhi
• Sugandha water
• Tnkaw Toraaṇi - a rice based drink from Odisha

  Milk-based drinks

• Ambil or Ambli – prepared by using ragi flour and buttermilk, Maharashtra and Karnataka
• Buttermilk – "lassi" in punjab, chhachh in North India, mor in Tamil, majjiga in Telugu, majjige in Kannada, and taak in Marathi
• Chai with cream – prepared using dry or fresh variants of tea, often has hints of cardamom, cinnamon or a mixture of spices, which constitute the special masala chai, taken especially during the cold to keep the winter-related problems at bay
• Haldi doodh or hot turmeric milk
• Lassi – a popular, traditional, yogurt-based drink from Punjab. It is a blend of yogurt, water, spices and sometimes fruit.
• *Traditional lassi is a savoury drink, sometimes flavoured with ground and roasted cumin.
• *Sweet lassi, however, contains sugar or fruits, instead of spices.
• Mastaani, Pune
• Sharjah Shake – A sweet, cold beverage made from Milk, Horlicks/other malt powders and njalipoovan.Sometimes, ice cream, cocoa powder or nuts may be added.
• Sambaram – Salted buttermilk made from Cow's Milk spiced with Shallot, Green Chili pepper, Ginger and Curry leaves from Kerala
• Thandai

  Flavoured milk

• Badam milk – almond-flavoured milk
• Kesar milk – saffron-flavoured milk
• Rose milk
• Sugandha milk

  Tea and coffee

Coffee

• Indian filter coffee – a sweet milky coffee made from dark roasted coffee beans and chicory
• Instant coffee

  Tea

• Assam tea
• Temi tea
• Darjeeling tea
• Balma green tea
• Berinag tea
• Black tea
• Green tea
• seven colour tea
• Irani chai
• Kangra tea
• Masala chai
• Noon chai
• Nilgiri tea
• Milk tea

  Flavoured tea

• Butter tea
• Elaichi tea or cardamom tea
• Ginger tea
• Lemon tea

  Alcoholic drinks

Traditional

• Apo – traditional drink from Arunachal Pradesh made from fermented rice
• Arrack-distilled from a wash of palm Jagger, herbs etc from Kerala
• Bangla – an alcoholic drink made from starch and sold in West Bengal. There are government licensed counters to sell this drink. This is a distilled country liquor.
• Bhang lassi – an intoxicating drink prepared from the leaves and flowers of the female cannabis plant, consumed as a drink in the Indian subcontinent.
• Bitchi – a drink consumed mostly by Garo tribals
• Bhang thandai
• Chhaang or Tongba – drink from Sikkim made from grain millet
• Cholai
• Chuak – a drink from Tripura made from rice, jackfruit and pineapple
• Desi daru
• Feni – popular in Goa
• Gudamaba – a traditional drink from Hyderabad brewed from sugar cane. It used to be produced from methane and other chemicals until the government banned it.
• Handia
• Hariya
• Kaid Um – drink in Meghalaya, consumed mostly by Khasi and Jaintia tribes
• Kallu – coconut palm sap from Kerala
• Akani- Palm sap from Tamil Nadu.
• Kodo ko jaanr – also known as chyang, prepared from finger millet
• Laopani – made from fermented rice; popular in Assam. Concentrated of the same is called Rohi, which is usually offered to the ancestors, priests or elders on special occasions.
• Lugdi – made from rice, Manali
• Mahua – made from mahua flowers, Central India
• Mandia pej – made from ragi powder and stale water from boiled rice, popular in Odissa
• Manri – made from fermented rice, popular in Mithila
• Pendhā
• Sekmai – from the state of Manipur; made from sticky rice.
• Sonti
• Sulai
• Sunda Kanji – made from fermenting rice that is buried in earthen or mud pots covered with cloth, sold in Tamil Nadu, India.
• Sura
• Thaati Kallu
• Tharra
• Toddy/Tadi/Kallu
• Zawlaidi – popular in Mizoram prepared from rice, millet and maize.
• Zutho – from Nagaland

  Non-Traditional

• Indian beer
• Indian brandy
• Indian-made foreign liquor
• Indian rum
• Indian vodka
• Indian whisky
• Indian wine