Monday, March 7, 2011

LASSI / CHAAS / BUTTERMILK


A perfect cooler in summer. This flavourful lassi is also good for digestion.
Ingredients:
Curd .............. 1 cup
Water ............ 5-6 cups
Cumin seeds ... 1/4 tsp. ( roasted and crushed)
Black pepper powder .. 1/8 tsp.
Asafoetida ................. a pinch
Ginger juice ........... 1 tbsp. ( grate the ginger and squeeze out the juice)
Coriander leaves ... 1 tbsp. ( crushed)
Mint leaves ........... 4-5 ( crushed)
Salt ................... to taste
Method:
Blend/churn the lassi with water and add all the ingredients mentioned above.
Refrigerate and serve chilled.

10 comments:

aipi said...

Very refreshing n my fav anytime..loved all the flavors n ingredients going in there!


US Masala

Harika's Kitchen said...

Hmmmmm my fav. It gives really cooling effect to our body in summer. your version sounds good.

Kalpana Sareesh said...

My fav one.. for this hot summer!!

Meena said...

just ideal for the summers... my mom had a very interesting variation - we had a lime plant (naranga in malayalam)in our garden. She would put a couple of tender lime leaves into the mixer with the chaaj and it used to taste amazing!

Premalatha Aravindhan said...

Love this always,yummy...

savitha ramesh said...

refeshin drinkanytime.

Soumya Vineeth said...

Any time preferred refreshing drink!

divya said...

Slurp, thats an inviting and tempting buttermilk...

Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal said...

My kind of chaas :)

Now Serving said...

Aaha! cannot wait for summer so that I can have this everyday...LOVELY YUMMY Post dear :)