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Sherbet (Turkish: Şerbet; Arabic: Sharbat:شربات; Persian/Urdu: شربت Sharbat) is a traditional cold drink prepared with rose hips, cornelian cherries, rose or licorice and a variety of spices. In the gardens of Ottoman Palace, spices and fruits to be used in sherbet were grown under the control of pharmacists and doctors of the Palace. Sherbet is a popular drink in the Middle East and Indian subcontinent.
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The word "sherbet" is from Turkish "şerbet", which is from Persian "شربت", which in turn comes from "sharbat", Arabic "sharba" a drink, from "shariba" to drink. Also called "sorbet", which comes from French "sorbet", from Italian "sorbetto" and in turn from Turkish "şerbet". The word is cognate to syrup. (British and American English) historically was a cool effervescent or iced fruit soft drink. The meaning, spelling and pronunciation have fractured between different countries. It is usually spelled "sherbet", but a common corruption changes this to "sherbert".
Daab sherbet
This is a popular variety sold in Calcutta's oldest existing sherbet shop The Paramount, near College Square. Established in 1918 by the late Nihar Ranjan Mazumdar, Paramount originally was the meeting point for those involved in the Swadeshi Movement.Unlike other establishments it has survived the ravages of time and carbonated soft drinks .[1]
Daab Sherbet is prepared as per suggestion given by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy, the great Bengali academician, distinguished chemist and entrepreneur, who had asked Nihar Ranjan Mazumdar to prepare a drink that would not only quench the students’ thirst but would also be a mouthful. So Dab Sherbet, which is iced coconut water with scoops of the kernel, came into being.
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