Butter Milk

Butter Milk / Masala Chaach/ Mattha

Ingredients

• 400 grams Curd
• Cumin
• Black Pepper
• Black Salt
• Salt
• Sugar
• Green Coriander
• Green Chilli
• Ginger

Procedure

• Just take some Black Pepper, Jeera, Kadhi Patta, Dhania Patta green chili and a ginger piece and grind roughly in a mortar and pestle. 
• Now whisk curd to make a thick paste, add water and mix well. 
• Finally add normal salt and black salt, sugar.
• Add the above spices mix to the solution. 
• Stir chill and sip.
• Finely chopped coriander
• Finely grated ginger
• Mint 

Tip

• Chill and sip.

Cool Summer Drink

Introduction

Buttermilk, or chaach,/ Mattha  

Add cilantro, mint, ginger, green chili, yogurt, salt, sugar, and water to a blender and blend for a minute. Serve with Masale Bhath. It is a  savoury variety of the more popular lassi. Cooling drink made from curd and spices like Jeera, Kadi Patta (curry leaves), ginger and salt, and second for something so delicious it sure packs in numerous health benefits besides the necessary protein it delivers.If you are worried about scoring enough calcium (needed for strong bones), chaach can come to rescue. Made from curd, chaach is a great way of sneaking extra calcium, even for those who are lactose intolerant as most lactose intolerant people are able to tolerate chaach (and I say this from experience). Two glasses a day (1 cup curd) can deliver calcium that counts. So if you’re lactose intolerant, drinking Chaach is one way to make sure you get your calcium.

Get Innovative

Get inventive, try beetroot chaach. Puree 1 boiled beetroot in a mixer. Whisk 1/2 cup curd and 2 cups water to make chaach. Add beetroot puree. Mix. Then heat 1/2 tsp oil, add  a few mustard seeds and curry leaves, a bit of ginger, 1 chopped green chili, and add to beetroot chaach. Chill and have.

BENEFITS

It hydrates

Why butter milk is best  to fight dehydration ? As it is packed with electrolytes (particularly potassium), and water 

Vitamins

Chaach also delivers multiple vitamins - B complex, A and E. It also delivers Vitamin B 12, which most vegetarians tend to be deficient in.

Digestive aid

It’s the best thing you can do for your stomach. It is light on stomach and extremely good for the digestive process. Also, ginger, pepper and Jeera in it, all make excellent digestive agents.  Buttermilk has more lactic acid than skim milk.

Antacid

Plus it helps cut acidity, as it cools the stomach and reduces the irritation in the stomach lining that happens due to acid reflux. It also helps douse the fire in the stomach that wrong eating and eating spicy food may cause. Chaach also cools the stomach and reduces the irritation in the stomach lining that happens due to acid

Probiotic

Buttermilk is a probiotic.

Note : Buttermilk that has been pasteurized will have killed the bacteria and cultures after it produced the tangy acid.

Detox Your Body
It’s also a perfect cleanser, as it effectively washes down the fat or oil or ghee or butter (from our food) that normally coats the inner walls of our food pipe and stomach and irritates the gut. Buttermilk delivers riboflavin that helps your liver to function properly and detoxify the body. 

If you add buttermilk to your diet, then you increase your riboflavin, or vitamin B-2 consumption. Riboflavin activates enzymes in your cells, which helps drive energy production. Riboflavin also supports liver function, a key process for detoxifying your body of toxins. Riboflavin helps your body make uric acid, a strong antioxidant. One cup of buttermilk has 377 micro grams of riboflavin, which is nearly one-third of your body's daily requirement. 

Bone Growth and Osteoporosis

One of buttermilk's greatest benefits is its calcium content. You need 1,000 milligrams of calcium daily, and each cup of low-fat buttermilk gives you 284 milligrams, just over a quarter of your goal. Getting ample calcium in your diet may help slow bone loss as you age, may help support new bone growth, and may stave off osteoporosis. Calcium is also known to support cell communication and muscle contraction.

Protein-Packed

Protein is especially important for strong bones, muscles, and skin health. One cup of buttermilk has 8.1 grams of protein, which is about the same as one cup of low-fat milk.

Calorie Counting

For those watching their caloric or fat intake, you can try putting a couple of tablespoons of buttermilk on your baked potato or in mashed potatoes as a substitutions for sour cream or butter. You will get both the buttery flavor and the slight tang of sour cream with a fraction of the calories. You can also make a sour cream substitute  using buttermilk powder.

Nutritional Facts

One cup of buttermilk has 99 calories and 2.2 grams of fat. Buttermilk is high in potassium, vitamin B12, calcium, and riboflavin as well as a good source of phosphorus. Buttermilk can be fresh, frozen, and sold in powdered form.

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