PURE VEG COCKTAILS

Mixologists are using everything from broccoli and avocado to capsicum and kale to create new alcohol-laced libations

Golden Beetroot Cocktail

Intensely savoury, the cocktail is made with cold-pressed beetroot juice that’s infused with vanilla and mixed with carrot juice, lemon juice, vodka. Available at the Bodega Cantina-YBar, Kolkata

Smoked Aspacado Cocktail

This has smoked avocado cubes and asparagus muddled together with simple syrup, lime juice and gin and garnished with a blanched asparagus spear. Order at the Estella, Mumbai

Capsico Brezza Cocktail

A lightly spiced melange of pureed capsicum, orange juice and chilli with a splash of Ciroc vodka, poured over crushed ice. Sip on one at Asilo, St Regis, Mumbai

Kale and Gin Coupe

Made with gin, kale juice, elderflower cordial, fresh lime juice, and sparkling wine, it is sent off with a jauntily balanced kale chip as garnish. Order at the Woodside Inn, Colaba, Mumbai

Green Maozi Cocktail

The broccoli lends a clean, vegetal note when paired with citrus-flavoured vodka, orange and lime juice and white chocolate shavings! Order at the Koko, Mumbai

Kale and Hearty

A combination of muddled kale, spinach, cucumber, vodka and homemade ginger syrup, with a hint of limen-lemon sours. The fried kale chip is complimentary. At the Swey, Mumbai