Shiva's drink. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] He sells only one kind of sherbet, but on the other hand it’s said to be Lord Shiva’s favourite. Bel or wood apple sherbet, dispensed at Nafees Khan’s stall, is also considered in Ayurveda to remedy all manner of heat-triggered ailments. “And it has a flowery fragrance,” reveals Mr Khan. His drink does have a thick consistency so different from other juices. The sherbet is kept cold with huge slabs of ice that slowly melt into the mixture from evening to late night; his establishment is open daily from 8pm to midnight on congested Galli Suiwallan Street in Old Delhi. This stall is so very, very basic—just a table with a large pan filled with sherbet—that