Cold Spiced Buttermilk Drink with Cucumber

Spiced, salted buttermilk drink, also called mor, sambaram, majjige or chaas, is a popular thirst quencher in India. At its humblest form, this drink can simply be buttermilk served with a pinch of salt. I’ve added a little twist by using some refreshing, crunchy bits of cucumber in this recipe. With all the ginger, cumin and asafoetida in this drink, its also a great digestive.

If you dont have buttermilk, you could use 1 part yogurt and 1 part water. Or just thin out yogurt to your liking.

Similar spiced buttermilk recipes:

Sambharam, majjige or mor recipe on Edible Garden
Spiced buttermilk recipe on Vegetable Platter
Majjiga or salted yogurt drink recipe on Sailu’s Kitchen
Spicy buttermilk on Aayis Recipes

Spiced Buttermilk Drink with Cucumber (chaas, mor, moru, majjige, sambaram) Recipe

serves about 2

2 cups buttermilk (or 1 cup yogurt diluted with 1 cup water)
1/8th teaspoon cumin  seeds
4-6 curry leaves
1 teaspoon sized knob of ginger, peeled
1 small green chilli or according to taste, optional
2 sprigs of cilantro
a pinch of asafoetida
salt

2 tablespoons finely chopped cucumber

Pour the buttermilk into a bowl and set aside. In a mortar and pestle, roughly pound the cumin seeds, curry leaf, ginger, chilli, cilantro and asafoetida. Add the pounded spices to the buttermilk and add salt. Stir well. Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour so the flavors marry. Strain before serving and garnish with chopped cucumbers.

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31 thoughts on “Cold Spiced Buttermilk Drink with Cucumber

  1. Wow! love that wooden board in th etop picture. I’ve been searching trash cans and disposable areas for such a board :-( Where did you get that from?

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    Sala @ Veggie Belly Reply:

    trust me, i do a lot of trash digging for props too!! you can get these wooden crates in all the stores. This one is from my local arts & crafts store (Michaels). If you go to the back or loading area of most stores they will have them. Ask the store manager if they throw the crates away; if they do, they will be more than happy to let you take a few.

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  2. Ah! I love morum vellam :) That’s how we call it at home .

    Beautiful beautiful pictures, Sala! Loved those jars and basket! I have a similar one, but it’s plain brown in colour.

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  3. I too add chopped cucumbers and raw mango for the spiced buttermilk.. Spiced buttermilk is the best thirst quencher forever. Seeing the pictures makes me thirsty now and wish I can have the jar by myside.

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  4. How good is tat….I prefer tis nytime to aerated drinks.
    Sala ur pics as usual r soo beautiful…love ur perceptions, u make de simplest things amazing….No doubt u r my photography queen……

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  5. It’s very good taste, this recipe is belonging to Turkish Food. We made with yogurt. It’s orginal name is “cacik”.

    Loves from Istanbul/Turkey
    Hulya

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    Sala @ Veggie Belly Reply:

    When we visited, I saw huge vats of frothy cacik buttermilk being sold all over Turkey :)

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    Hulya Reply:

    Its name “ayran”, like buttermilk ;)
    (yogurt+water mixed=ayran” )

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