Thread: RoohAfza over Pepsi/Coke

It just because of an educated and aware youth that almost everyone of us know how harmful are soft-drinks are for our body. But still we are so much used to it, that we hardly skips them for even for a week.

Softdrinks are very harmful for your body so for your teeth. So the question is what could be a proper healthier and tastier replacement of these harmful drinks..the answer is ROOHAFZA.

Its the most popular drink and non harmful drink used in India. I am a big fan of RZ (roohafza) and its probably the best drink mix available in india. The best part is you can use it over most of eatable thing and almost anything drinkable (dont dare to mix it with your Rum/beer) be it water, milk, faluda icecream etc

ROOHAFZA actually comprises of two words ROOH + AFZA. Rooh means SOUL in urdu and Afza means that which nourises. So this syrup actually means that which nourises the soul.

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Roohafza was invented by Hakeem Ustad Hasan in around 1907. I can bet most of you are not aware about the ingredients they used while preparing this syrup. Here comes the list: (from wikipedia)

Herbs: Kurfa Seeds, Kasni, Munaqqa, Nilofar, Gaozaban, hara dhania.

Fruits: Orange, Pineapple, Carrot, Watermelon.

Vegetables: Spinach, mint and hara ghia

Flowers : Rose and Keora, lemon and orange

Roots : Khas

Roohafza is said to be a great alternative for Choclate milk.

So how many of you are saying good bye to Softdrink and starting drinking something healthier.

P.S: Hamdard officials please PM me for my bank details

I never liked Soft-Drinks.. Not because they are not good for health but i really don't like it... Infact i use Soda in liquor ... Rooh-Afza was my favourite, And there's one more sharbat called Khas Ka Sharbat..Really like that one also... Amazing

I also don't like soft-drinks much. I have hated Colas from my childhood, and had always preferred Lime juice, or some other fruit juice.

Wah... Manish bhai ... Muh mein paani aa gaya ...

I also like Roohafza and Rasna a lot ... Rep+

I too like RZ. But this one is my favorite:

I still prefer Hamdard ka Rooh Afzaa, apart from this i got few more sharbat's at home
Khass Sharbat
Badam Sharbat
Kesar Sharbat
Lechee Sharbat
Rose Sharbat (one i bought from Amritsar)

apart from all these sweet things got one pack of jal-jeera, which is really very tangy and smoothing drink

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I also like Tang pretty much.

I like roohafza too but not that much generally only in water, but I prefer rose syrup over this, which is similar but just has a rose taste!
And yes it is very refreshing indeed, it really quenches the thirst!

Good post Manish!

Tang is nice for afternoon time but i can not have it in morning.
Do you know Rasnaa is back in market, the same taste in new pack

Originally Posted by smoothvibes

Do you know Rasnaa is back in market,

I dont think Rasna was ever absent from the market.!!

Originally Posted by saurav_k

Wah... Manish bhai ... Muh mein paani aa gaya ...

I also like Roohafza and Rasna a lot ... Rep+

Originally Posted by Preeti_20

Good post Manish!

thanks guys

Originally Posted by saurav_k

I dont think Rasna was ever absent from the market.!!

it was not there, i am not sure about your city.

Originally Posted by smoothvibes

it was not there, i am not sure about your city.

i niether like rooh afza nor pepsi

i liked limca and buransh a juice

if you sometimes come to visit my Uttarakhand , and in sept-march you will get this juice

refrshing and also good for health...Indians dont get it cause, its good for both asthma and cancer, so goes to foreign..and moreover its produced in smally quantity...


it is made from the PANKHURIES of a dark red flower called Buransh which is found only in traces in moutains of Himalayas in Uttarakhand..

I've stopped having cold drinks for almost 5 years. Whenever I feel like having a cold drink, I generally go for Cold cocoa, cold coffee, Butter milk or lassi.

at work: for winters i prefer hot coffee and during summers i go for cold coffee

carbonated drinks like Pepsi/Limca and especially sprite and Mountain Dew (which is heavily carbonated [basically soda]) is excellent for Acidity/Stomach Upset (Experience ) ..... If you r a meal skipper its def a must have , when u dont feel ok

nice thread Manish ... rep++

i like rooh afza in milk only

Originally Posted by smoothvibes

I still prefer Hamdard ka Rooh Afzaa, apart from this i got few more sharbat's at home
Khass Sharbat
Badam Sharbat
Kesar Sharbat
Lechee Sharbat
Rose Sharbat (one i bought from Amritsar)

apart from all these sweet things got one pack of jal-jeera, which is really very tangy and smoothing drink

wow ... i m going to try all these drinks tomorrow ...

Originally Posted by smoothvibes

it was not there, i am not sure about your city.

Its always been in Delhi Smoothy!

anyone else got any good recipes with roohafza?

I tried Rooh Afza but did not like the taste.
I love Badam Kheer, so I got Haldirams Badam syrup,
mixed in milk and I am hooked. It has a lot of sugar though ;-)

Sweet and creamy concentrate of almond and saffron


I also love rose milk. Lakshmi brand rose syrup + cold milk > any other drink



-F

Well i ve never liked Roohafza....the taste or the smell.....its got this strong rose ka smell which i jus cannot bear....!

i would yes prefer tang or Lemonade....anytime.....

Aerated Drinks - Soft Drinks....i wan neva much of a fan but yes i do at times drink thums up....!

I love fresh fruit juices as per the seasons n also in India - since we got a nice range of fruit juices by REAL & TROPICANA.

When in UK i used to love the MARS choc milk, Nesquick - chocolate or strawberry, dont mind hersheys choc milk as well!!!!! COLD Coffee again is a fav anytime in the year.

Originally Posted by smoothvibes

I still prefer Hamdard ka Rooh Afzaa, apart from this i got few more sharbat's at home
Khass Sharbat
Badam Sharbat
Kesar Sharbat
Lechee Sharbat
Rose Sharbat (one i bought from Amritsar)

apart from all these sweet things got one pack of jal-jeera, which is really very tangy and smoothing drink

Jal jeera i ve loved.....

not sure about the rest never had it....

it seems thandai's are also nice.....i somehow dont enjoy it but lot of us do....

Originally Posted by smoothvibes

it was not there, i am not sure about your city.

Rasna was always there......
love the orange one....

Originally Posted by 18lama

I've stopped having cold drinks for almost 5 years. Whenever I feel like having a cold drink, I generally go for Cold cocoa, cold coffee, Butter milk or lassi.

Cold cocoa???? whr do u get tht???? i ve tried it once n it was eyuckkkk

I dont like the perfumed taste of Rooh Afzaa. Sprite / Seven Up if a soft drink unavoidable.

Originally Posted by farce

i also love rose milk. Lakshmi brand rose syrup + cold milk > any other drink

-f

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Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

Cold cocoa???? whr do u get tht???? i ve tried it once n it was eyuckkkk

Cold cocoa available at various places:
1) Janta's GF at Silcon valley Shivranjani Char rasta
2) Janta's GF at Goyal Plaza, University road near Panjarapol
3) Also available outside HL commerce and LD arts college Navrangpura...I like'em all.