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.
Miri
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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Jennifer
Wow I love sambaram.. too bad winter's setting in now.
Sapna Anu B.George
Great to meet you and read your cooking here, this is one of my great intrests too
Nags
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Bharathy
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 :(..
Cooking
It is a splendid site.
Please link by all means with my site.
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Because I show various recipes, please visit the all of you.
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Miri
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!
Raaga
Summer has begun with a vengeance here and I'll keep bottles of this ready to keep me cool!!
Madhumita
This is my favorite drink. Perfect for the summer.