Barley buttermilk, a refreshing and cooling summer drink, made with barley, buttermilk and jazzed up with simple spices.
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About Recipe
Barley porridge, most women would have tasted this during pregnancy. Barley is a natural diuretic. When there is water retention and swelling of feet, first thing in the morning would be this porridge, it used to taste very bland and oh my and mom used to push it down my throat.
The same porridge I make now for myself, a bit different with spices and it tastes yum. This recipe is inspired from Sangeeta’s Health food desi videshi blog. Whenever I need a light meal, I go for this porridge. I make about 3 or 4 glasses of this and keep having it till midmorning. Only inconvenience is going to the loo often, but very effective.
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The Ingredients
- Pearl barley or barley powder. I have used pearl barley and made a coarse powder of it in the mixer.
- Water & Buttermilk, to thin down the cooked slurry of barley.
- Spices, I have used chilies, mint, ginger and coriander leaves along with salt.
- Check Sangeeta’s post to make this conjee more interesting.
Step by Step Instructions to make Barley Buttermilk
Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions
- If you dont have barley powder, then take 1/4 cup of pearl barley in a mixer/spice grinder and make a powder. You won’t get a fine powder but minimally coarse powder that doesn’t feel coarse when felt in your hands.
- Mix necessary amount of barley powder with water and cook this mixture to a slurry. Keep the flame to medium and keep stirring to avoid lumps.
- Once the mixture is cooked, take it off heat, add the spices, keep it covered and let it cool completely.
- After it cools down, blend it with remaining water and buttermilk and serve.
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Recipe
Barley Buttermilk | Summer Drink | Barley Porridge | Barley Conjee
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups water
- 1 tbsp barley powder
- 1 cup buttermilk
- Handful of mint leaves
- ½ a green chili
- handful of coriander leaves
- 1/2 tsp shredded ginger
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- To make barley powder, take 1/2 cup of pearl barley in a mixer and grind it to powder. You won't get a fine powder but minimally coarse powder that doesn't feel coarse when felt n your hands. I have this powder in a Ziploc pouch in my freezer.
- Take 1 cup water and mix 1 tbsp of barley powder to it. Mix well without any lumps, take it to the stove and cook in a medium flame with constant stirring to form a slurry.
- The mixture turn cloudy and the minute coarse particles of barley will seen cooked. It will take about 5-10 minutes for this. Remember the mixture will look precipitated/cloudy but not thick gooey mass.
- Take it off the flame. Add mint leaves and green chili. Keep it covered and let it cool down.
- After it cools down, add remaining 1.5 cups of water and buttermilk to it along with salt, coriander leaves, ginger and blend well.
- Serve immediately or keep it on the counter and Sip it often till mid-morning
Enjoy this refreshing thin porridge of barley or barley buttermilk. An apt drink for the hot summer. It doubles up as a light meal and also hydrates your system well.
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This poridge is a healthy way to start a day.
Such a healthy barley porridge. Lovely clicks.
Super healthy
very very healthy porridge 🙂 very nice recipe and awesome clicks dear !!
simple and elegant one!! very well presented!!
this sounds like a good way to start the day…
Sounds very healthy ! Wonderful porridge to have in breakfast …..
very healthy porridge…
Nice and healthy porridge….
Healthy breakfast and well presented…
Beautiful pictures Priya..and not to mention the healthy factor!..will be checking out once again to get it all absorbed..:)
Super delicious
That's an interesting drink, Priya.
Glad that you are feeling a change which is noticeable .losing weight is not easy, but seems you have got the right person to guide you…this recipe is simple yet healthy and interesting.do keep passing such facts and recipes..surely they will be a big help to most of us.
very interesting porridge
Very interesting detox drink..
Sounds interesting and doable. I am bookmarking this recipe 🙂
Sounds delicious. Must try it out.