Buttermilk is a very wholesome and refreshing natural drink. It goes through a series of processes to taste delicious. You can drink a glass of buttermilk everyday to keep your body guarded against dehydration. After a long day of hard work, have a glass of chilled buttermilk to refresh your senses and take care of your tired nerves. It is known to be good for your stomach and helps improve digestion. The key to making good buttermilk is using a good quality full cream milk. So, why not try making it at your home. Here are the instructions to be followed while preparing buttermilk. Read on.
Complexity Level: Basic
Time Required: 10 minutes
Resources Required:
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Milk Cream
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Cold water
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Blender
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Salt
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Cumin powder/ Dried mango powder
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Coriander leaves/ Mint leaves
Instructions:
1. Separate cream from milk
Firstly, separate cream from milk and store it in a clean vessel. Do this for about 2 days until you have a good amount of milk cream collected. Some people like to collect cream from milk for a week and then make butter milk on the 6th or 7th day. This makes a good quantity of buttermilk.
2. Curdle the cream
Take a spoon full of curd and mix it well with the milk cream on the first collection itself. Keep this outside the refrigerator overnight and place it in the refrigerator in the next morning. Keep collecting milk cream everyday in this same vessel and mix well every time. This ensures the curdling happens evenly.
3. Blend the curdled cream
The day you want to make buttermilk, remove the curdled cream from the fridge and keep it outside so it comes to room temperature. Then, using a blender, blend the entire cream. After 2-3 minutes of blending, add cold water to this. Again blend for a minute until you see the butter surfacing.
4. Separate the butter from the liquid
Now, remove the mixture in a vessel and the butter will start to surface from the liquid below. Remove it in another vessel as it can be used later for cooking or eating with bread. The liquid remaining below is buttermilk.
5. Add garnishes
Add some salt, dried mango powder or cumin powder to the buttermilk. Mix well and pour in a glass. Garnish with coriander leaves and mint leaves if you have any and serve chilled.
Frequently Asked Questions:
1. Can buttermilk be stored without a refrigerator?
No. Buttermilk should be stored only in a fridge as it tends to become bitter and sour if kept at room temperature.
2. Can buttermilk be made instantly?
Yes, you can blend some curd in a blender, add some cold water to it and garnish with coriander. Your instant buttermilk is ready.
3. Can buttermilk be consumed when dieting?
When on a diet and you are wanting to loose weight, drink a glass of freshly made buttermilk everyday. It will reduce the burning sensations in your stomach and provide you with correct nutrients. This way, it will help you reduce the fat content in your body.
Quick Tips:
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Use buttermilk spice mix easily available in many grocery shops to enhance the taste of buttermilk.
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Use full cream milk for extracting cream from the milk.
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Buttermilk tastes good without any garnishments at all also.
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You can use low fat cream to make the buttermilk even healthier.
Things To Watch Out For:
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Do not leave buttermilk out of the fridge for a long time as it causes it to taste sour.
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Make sure you do not add too many garnishments which will spoil the taste of buttermilk.
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Too many days old curdled cream can make the buttermilk bitter. Hence, use cream of maximum five days old.
