"In Hindi, the word junglee means 'from the wild,'" says Ashwin Vilkhu, whose family owns the beloved New Orleans restaurant Saffron. "My mother would call me junglee as a kid because I was a bit of a handful. I wanted to riff on one of my favorite tiki cocktails, the classic Jungle Bird, as it's got a touch of bitterness with ripe pineapple flavors." Vilkhu's Jungle Bird variation contrasts elements of the traditional rum-based recipe with a Punjabi-inspired mango syrup and a touch of kosher salt solution.
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