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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Lemon-based drink in the Indian subcontinent}}<br />
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| place_of_origin = [[Indian subcontinent]]<br />
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| course = Beverage<br />
| served = Chilled<br />
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'''Shikanji''' (alternative names include '''shikanjvi''', '''shikanjbi''' and '''shikanjbeen''') is a [[List of lemon dishes and drinks|lemon drink]] which is similar to a [[lemonade]] or [[limeade]] but is distinct from these as it often contains other ingredients such as [[salt]], [[saffron]] and [[cumin]].<ref name="ref50fiyuq">{{Citation |author=Jiggs Kalra, Pushpesh Pant |title=Classic cooking of Punjab |date=16 September 2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HHrUDlo0DfEC |publisher=Allied Publishers, 2004 |isbn=978-81-7764-566-8}}</ref><ref name="ref94dumez2">{{Citation |author=Julie Sahni |title=Indian regional classics: fast, fresh, and healthy home cooking |year=2001 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nmYgmJGR2vUC |publisher=Ten Speed Press, 2001 |isbn=9781580083454 |quote=''... Ginger Limeade (Shikanji) ...''}}</ref> It is popular as a summer drink in the [[Indian subcontinent]].<br />
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It is named after [[sekanjabin]] or [[oxymel]] a traditional sweet-and-sour syrup from the [[Middle Eastern cuisine|Middle East]]. In the 10th century, Persian physician [[Avicenna|Ibn Sina]] wrote about its health benefits in a manuscript "Benefits of the drink called Sekanjabin" <ref>{{cite book |last1=Sina |first1=Ibn |title=Benefits of the drink called Sekanjabin |url=https://ketabpedia.com/%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84/%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%9B}}</ref><br />
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A lemonade seller, outside Red Fort, Delhi.jpg|A ''Shikanji'' lemonade seller, outside [[Red Fort]], Delhi, India.<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{portal|Drink}}<br />
* [[List of Indian drinks]]<br />
* [[List of lemonade topics]]<br />
* [[List of lemon dishes and beverages]]<br />
* [[Lemonade]]<br />
* [[Limeade]]<br />
* [[Banta]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Non-alcoholic drinks]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drinks]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani drinks]]<br />
[[Category:Lemonade]]<br />
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