Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, buttermilk recipe | spiced buttermilk recipe | chaas masala recipe is a vegetarian Indian beverages made with mint leaves / pudina, green chilli, and few coriander leaves in about 10 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 5 minutes
- Total time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 2 Servings
- Category: beverages
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 10 mint leaves / pudina
- 1 green chilli
- few coriander leaves
- 1 inch ginger / adrak
- 1 cup yogurt / curd (thick)
- generous pinch asafoetida / hing
- salt to taste
- ¼ tsp cumin powder / jeera powder (roasted)
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 cup water
- 10 ice cubes
for tempering:
- 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- ½ tsp jeera / cumin
- few curry leaves / kadi patta
Method
- firstly, in a blender take mint leaves, coriander leaves, green chilli and ginger.
- also add 1 cup thick curd.
- additionally add generous pinch of hing, cumin powder and salt.
- also add lemon juice.
- furthermore, add 1 cup of water.
- and blend frothy.
- transfer the buttermilk to the large jug.
- add in ice cubes.
- meanwhile, prepare the tempering by heating up ghee.
- further add jeera and curry leaves.
- allow it to splutter and pour over chaas.
- mix well with a large spoon.
- finally, pour masala chaas or spiced buttermilk into glass or matka and serve chilled.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
