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Cucumber Buttermilk / Vellari Neer More

Posted on May 15, 2013 · Last Updated on Mar 11, 2021 by Uma Ramanujam · 19 Comments

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Cucumber is the one which makes an entry to my home when summer comes. Slicing it into four and sprinkling salt, red chilli powder is my way of eating it. If it is too tender, I eat it as such.

I make cucumber buttermilk often at home during summer and I use only tender cucumbers. When a reader requested to post summer drinks, I prepared this buttermilk last week. But I didn’t have the tender cucumber by time of preparing it. So, I used the cucumber which were about to become fruit. There was no difference in taste, but additionally I ended up in filtering it out to remove seeds as it was not tender. I kept on hold to post this recipe, Since I was not satisfied with the pictures. Badly, I didn’t have any other recipes to post today and this cucumber buttermilk made an entry here.

Basic Information:

Preparation Time: <15 minutes

Cooking Time: Nil

Serves: 2-4 persons

Ingredients:

Cucumber – 1 cup, skin removed and sliced

Plain yogurt / Curd – 2 cups

Cold water – 2-3 cups

Ginger – 2 inch length piece, sliced

Curry leaves – 4 strings, roughly torn

Asafoetida – a big pinch

Salt – to taste

Method:

1) In a deep vessel, mix curd and water. Churn it using whisk / hand blender / Mathu. Keep it aside.

2) Take sliced cucumber and ginger in a mixer / food processor and make a smooth paste. Coarse paste is fine too if you are not able to blend it smooth.

3) Add this to the butter milk and mix well. If you find seeds, then filter it to discard seeds.

4) Add asafoetida, salt and curry leaves. Mix well again.

5) Pour in glasses and serve chill.

Notes:

1) Increase or decrease the water and salt quantity as per your preference.

2) You can also do seasoning for this buttermilk. Since I prepare it often, I skip the seasoning to avoid oil to the healthy drink.

3) If you use tender cucumber(Baby Cucumber), grind it without removing skin and directly mix it with buttermilk and consume. No need to filter it out unless you find seeds.

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Sangeetha M
Sangeetha M
12 years ago

wow..the drink name itself make me feel fresh 🙂 i too love this cucumber n buttermilk combo..need that glass rt now…healthy drink too!!

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Divya Shivaraman
Divya Shivaraman
12 years ago

i would say Double cooler – cucumber with curd…

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great-secret-of-life
great-secret-of-life
12 years ago

love this super cooler

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Torviewtoronto
Torviewtoronto
12 years ago

cooling drink looks wonderful

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Jeyashris Kitchen
Jeyashris Kitchen
12 years ago

Best summer coolent , love the addition of cucumber in mor

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AparnaRajeshkumar
AparnaRajeshkumar
12 years ago

good one 🙂 infact it makes ur body more cool 🙂 great capture !

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saraniskitchen
saraniskitchen
12 years ago

its really a double cooler dear…love to finish this whole glass…

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Kaveri Venkatesh
Kaveri Venkatesh
12 years ago

Never tried the combination of cucumber and buttermilk…sounds very refreshing

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Unknown
Unknown
12 years ago

cucumber will make it more cool 🙂

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Unknown
Unknown
12 years ago

Cool post,Yummy mor….carving for a glass now:)

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Unknown
Unknown
12 years ago

very cooling and real thirst quencher

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Unknown
Unknown
12 years ago

very different and delicious drink with all cooling goodness in it.. tempting me !! 🙂

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Vimitha Durai
Vimitha Durai
12 years ago

Very healthy and refreshing cooler dear

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Janani
Janani
12 years ago

yummy and refreshing drink uma. I love a little bit of jeera powder on top beautiful pic.

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divya
divya
12 years ago

very healthy n refreshing drink…

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Kitchenware Online
Kitchenware Online
12 years ago

Wonder full healthy natural drink for this summer beat..superb tips for thirsty summer 🙂

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Recipes.in
12 years ago

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Poonam Kurani
Poonam Kurani
11 years ago

What will be the effect of this drink…. If consumed At night on body systems? what kind of digestive imbalance it may create for old age? What will be the effect of this drink in monsoon season and winter season?…. Can u guide me with ur wisdom or to some site where I may find answers to these questions.

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Poonam Kurani
Poonam Kurani
11 years ago

What will be the effect of this drink…. If consumed At night on body systems? what kind of digestive imbalance it may create for old age? What will be the effect of this drink in monsoon season and winter season?…. Can u guide me with ur wisdom or to some site where I may find answers to these questions.

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