pudina chaas | cooling mint buttermilk drink

Pudina chaas recipe – it is a regular drink made during summers. Most of the times I either make salty Chaas or this Pudina/mint chaas. apart from this drink, I also make Lassi, Nimbu pani and Mango lassi, sometimes.

Both buttermilk and mint (pudina) are body coolants and so their combination would double the cooling properties in this traditional drink. Mint has many health benefits and is also good for detoxification. So you can use mint in a variety of drinks like Mint juice or Mint tea.

Not only salty chaas is had during summers but also as a part of meals and sometimes before or after meals. There are again many ways of making it. The north indians have their own method and the south indians their own.

It is also street food and in many indian cities you will find vendors selling this spiced buttermilk, especially in the hot summers.

The buttermilk is made by churning yogurt and water with some spices or herbs. The butter sometimes comes on the surface while churning. You can remove it aside and just serve the buttermilk. If you prefer you can also serve the butter with the chaas. you can either blend or churn the mixture with the traditional indian churner.

In this recipe I have spiced the pudina chaas with some roasted cumin powder and black salt….a cooling and refreshing drink to have during summers. Vegans can make it with cashew yogurt.

If you are looking for more Beverages then do check:

• Cold coffee
• Kokum juice
• Jal jeera
• Aam panna
• Falooda recipe

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pudina chaas

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Mint chaas is a cooling drink made during summers using yogurt and mint leaves.

Author:Dassana Amit

Prep Time:5 mins

Total Time:5 mins

Course:beverages & drinks

Cuisine:indian

Servings (change the number to scale):2

(1 CUP = 250 ML)

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup Curd (yogurt or dahi)
• 7 to 8 Fresh mint leaves (pudina patta) or 1 teaspoon dry mint leaves
• 1.5 cups Water
• 1 teaspoon Roasted cumin powder (bhuna jeera powder)
• Rock salt Or black salt as required

INSTRUCTIONS

• Chop the pudina (mint) leaves.
• In a blender add all the ingredients including the pudina leaves and blend till smooth.
• Serve pudina chaas in glasses with some ice cubes.
• You can also chill and then serve later.

NOTES

1. The recipe can be easily doubled or tripled.
2. You can also add dry mint leaves instead of fresh mint leaves.
3. If making it for religious fasting like navratri or ekadashi, then add rock salt or sendha namak.

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