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Sambharam
Sambharam
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Sambharam

Spiced buttermilk with ginger, chilli and crushed curry leaves. Kerala's answer to a hot afternoon.

10 minTime
2 gProtein each
mildSpice
Kerala's spiced buttermilk3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original
44kcal
2 gprotein
0 gfibre
10minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

4 servings
Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)1¼ cups thick curd
Water3 cups, cold
Ginger2.5 cm piece
Green chilli1 or 2
Shallots2
Curry leaves1 sprig
Salt1 tsp

Method

3 steps
  1. 1Whisk the curd with the cold water until completely smooth and thin.
  2. 2Crush the ginger, chilli, shallots and curry leaves together in a mortar and add them with the salt.
  3. 3Chill for 15 minutes, strain if you like and serve cold.
Serve it like this

Pour into tall steel tumblers or glasses with a few bits of curry leaf floating on top.

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