Barley buttermilk, a refreshing and cooling summer drink, made with barley, buttermilk and jazzed up with simple spices.
Course Beverages
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Barley buttermilk porridge, Barley porridge, Barley soup recipe, barley water, cold soup, Conjee, Homemade porridge mix, how to make barley water, Simple cold soup, Summer coolant, Thin porridge with barley
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Cooling time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 3people
Calories 42kcal
Ingredients
2.5cupswater
1tablespoonbarley powder
1cupbuttermilk or ½ cup yogurt and ½ cup whisked smooth
½a green chili
½teaspoonshredded ginger
Handful of mint leaves
handful of coriander leaves
Salt to taste
Instructions
To make barley powder, take ½ 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 tablespoon 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