Barley Buttermilk | Summer Drink | Barley Porridge | Barley Conjee

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

Cook Time 10

Cooling time 15

Total Time 30

Servings people

Calories 42kcal

Ingredients

2.5 cups water
1 tablespoon barley powder
1 cup buttermilk or ½ cup yogurt and ½ cup whisked smooth
½ a green chili
½ teaspoon shredded 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

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