Black grape granita

The lovely deep purple colour is enough to entice one and all to go for it. Delicately flavoured with roasted cumin powder and black salt this sorbet is sure to perk you up on a hot summer afternoon.

Ingredients

* 1 cup black grapes
* 1 banana, finely chopped
* 2 tbsp powdered sugar
* ¼ tsp lemon juice
* 1 tsp roasted cumin seed (jeera) powder
* ¼ tsp black salt (sanchal)

Method

1.Blend the black grapes and bananas to a fine purée in a food processor.

2.Add the sugar, lemon juice, cumin seed powder, black salt and ¼ cup of water and mix well.

3.Freeze in a shallow container till set (approximately 4 to 6 hours).

4.Transfer to a blender and liquidise till it is slushy.

5.Serve scoops of the mixture in 4 individual bowls or long stemmed glasses. Serve immediately.