The merciless Hyderabad summer has started and temperatures can sore to upto 38 degrees centrigrade. There is no escaping it and weekends are even more horrid cuz you just don’t feel like stepping out of the house. Moreover, it differs from the Kerala summers to which I am used to. In Hyderabad, its hot, but not humid. The sun will scorch your skin and leave you completely dehydrated.
Buttermilk is known for its hydrating and refreshing properties. In Kerala, traditional Nair families used to give mildly spiced buttermilk or Sambharam to their guests. Even Christian families are known to have pacha moru (spiced salted buttermilk) or kachiya moru (buttermilk tempered with chillies and curry leaves) with their lunch. Buttermilk is known as Majjige in Telugu, Majjige Huli in Kannada, simply Mor in Tamil and Sambharam in Malayalam.
I enjoyed this refreshing drink on a hot summer afternoon, around 2pm in the afternoon. It was so refreshing that I felt like just relaxing and taking a nap after it.
How to Make Sambaram or Kerala-Style Spiced Buttermilk
2 glasses of buttermilk (made from 4 parts water and 1 part curds)
1 green chilli finely chopped
½” ginger piece grated
few curry leaves
salt to taste
Mix all the above ingredients and chill. Serve cold.
Try some Sambaram this summer and keep yourself hydrated and refreshed.
Love buttermilk in all its forms so I am definitely going to make this in huge quantities and keep to stave of my first Delhi summer! Thanks!
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Wow I love sambaram.. too bad winter's setting in now.
Great to meet you and read your cooking here, this is one of my great intrests too
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Perfect entry for the cocoktail girl..Absolutely refreshing and wonderful shots!!…feeling wrrd for not contributing to the event sob sob…I had been thinking of posting sambharam for quite a long time…anyway I missed the deadline..sob again :(..
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Love buttermilk in all its forms so I am definitely going to make this in huge quantities and keep to stave of my first Delhi summer! Thanks!
Summer has begun with a vengeance here and I’ll keep bottles of this ready to keep me cool!!
This is my favorite drink. Perfect for the summer.
Ahhh, absolutely refreshing indeed, perfect for the weather Nags,its getting warmer here too…today it was HOTTTT…phew.
How absolutely refreshing is this Nags. Would love to make it…right up my street. I love savoury flavours! YUM!!
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Simple and refreshing
very refreshing on a hot summer day!
Nice choice, Nags. It’s been so long since I had this!
Awesome photo. Can’t wait until the weather gets warmer to have this! 🙂
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so refreshing drink. good one.
oh I love sambaram… This will do wonders against the summer heat! The pioture looks great! Thanks for the entry N, I really appreciate it.. 🙂
Simple yet ultimate refreshing drink Nags.. the pics look amazing!!
Siri
I feel cool just seeing your post. My grandmother would flavour buttermilk with dried ginger, salt and a couple of lime leaves just dropped into it for some lovely flavour. Thanks for the memory, Nags, I might just make it one of these days!
Nice pictures Nags and an excellent choice for MBP – looks so refreshing.
Your gorgeous pictures are so relaxing to my eyes 🙂 Wonderful choice of beverage, Nags.
Nice entry Nags……I always have a pitcher of sambaram in the fridge for us and for any unexpected guests who drop in.
Now I taste the chilli with moru , hm drooling.. 🙂
pictures looks so cool and great. a pinch of asafoetida powder can also be added..it will enhance the taste.
Delicious drink, remember drinking them in summer holidays in India.
Lokking to the pictures i can taste the aftermath of the chillie.
Yumm
thank you so much sailaja 🙂 at home, we store in earthen pot but i dont have it here in hyd 🙂
Can you imagine the flavor of majjiga stored in an earthen pot? Irresistable! My most favorite summer drink:). The second image is awesome, Nags.