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Piyush Drink | Piyush Recipe
Piyush recipe is a thick, creamy sweet beverage made with shrikhand, yogurt and milk. Summer cooling drink.
Prep Time
5
minutes
mins
Total Time
5
minutes
mins
Course:
Beverages, Desserts
Cuisine:
Gujarati, Maharashtrian
Diet:
Gluten Free, Vegetarian
Difficulty Level:
Easy
Servings:
2
Author:
Dassana Amit
Ingredients
200
grams
Shrikhand
- about 1 cup, (cardamom, saffron or cardamom-saffron flavored shrikhand)
1.5
cups
Curd
(yogurt) - fresh and cold or at room temperature
¾ to 1
cup
milk
- cold or at room temperature
2 to 3
tablespoons
sugar
or as required
2 to 3
green cardamoms
powdered in a mortar-pestle to a fine powder
¼
teaspoon
grated nutmeg
or ground nutmeg powder
6 to 7
pistachios
(unsalted) - sliced
1 to 2
pinches
saffron strands
US Customary
-
Metric
Instructions
First take the shrikhand, yogurt, milk, sugar, cardamom powder, nutmeg powder in a mixing bowl.
With a hand held blender or a wired whisk or a madani (traditional hand held indian churner), just blend everything well till smooth and creamy.
You can also blend in a jar in an electric blender. Keep the piyush in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours for it to get chilled.
If you have made the drink with cold shrikhand, curd and milk, then after blending, you can serve it straightaway.
A suggestion is to add 2 tbsp sugar first. If the sweetness is less, then you can add 1 tbsp sugar later.
Pour the chilled piyush in glasses, and top with pistachio or almond slices and saffron.
Serve immediately. You can also keep the piyush for a day in the refrigerator.
Notes
Ensure to make the piyush drink with fresh curd that is not sour or too tangy.
Add nuts and dry fruits of your choice.
The recipe can be scaled to make for larger servings.