Gujarat

Masala chaas

Name: Masala chaas
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Gujarati
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt); 3 cups chilled water; 1/2 inch ginger; 1 green chilli; a handful coriander leaves (cilantro); a few leaves mint leaves; 1 tsp roasted and crushed cumin seeds; 1/2 tsp black salt; 1/2 tsp salt

Curd, thinned out and spiced up. Lunch's favourite closing act.

10 minTime

3 gProtein each

mildSpice

After the churning3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

51kcalsame

3 gproteinsame

0 gfibresame

10minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)1¼ cups

Water3 cups, chilled

Ginger1.5 cm

Green chilli1

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful

Mint leavesa few leaves

Cumin seeds1 tsp, roasted and crushed

Black salt½ tsp

Salt½ tsp

Method

4 steps

1Dry roast the cumin seeds for a minute and crush them.
2Blend the ginger, green chilli, coriander and mint with a splash of water to a paste.
3Add the curd, cold water, both salts and most of the cumin. Blend for 30 seconds or churn with a wooden mathani.
4Pour into glasses and finish with a pinch of roasted cumin.

Serve it like this

Pour into glasses just before serving, nicely chilled or piping hot, whichever it's meant to be.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Gujarat

Masala chaas

Curd, thinned out and spiced up. Lunch's favourite closing act.

10 minTime

3 gProtein each

mildSpice

After the churning3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

51kcalsame

3 gproteinsame

0 gfibresame

10minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)1¼ cups

Water3 cups, chilled

Ginger1.5 cm

Green chilli1

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful

Mint leavesa few leaves

Cumin seeds1 tsp, roasted and crushed

Black salt½ tsp

Salt½ tsp

Method

4 steps

1Dry roast the cumin seeds for a minute and crush them.
2Blend the ginger, green chilli, coriander and mint with a splash of water to a paste.
3Add the curd, cold water, both salts and most of the cumin. Blend for 30 seconds or churn with a wooden mathani.
4Pour into glasses and finish with a pinch of roasted cumin.

Serve it like this

Pour into glasses just before serving, nicely chilled or piping hot, whichever it's meant to be.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Masala chaas

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Masala chaas

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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