Neer mor Recipe for spiced buttermilk

April 18, 2013 by Raks Anand 23 Comments

Neer more – spiced buttermilk, south Indian style, perfect as summer drink to beat the heat and keep yourself hydrated in natural way!

Neer more/ neer mor (spiced buttermilk) is a perfect body cooling drink for summer. Neer mor and panagam both are offered on Tamizh new year and on Rama navami too. Since both the festivals falls over the summer month (Chithirai), we make this and offer to God and distribute to others too. No fancy items needed or no complicated too, still I am posting the recipe for buttermilk (spiced) because, tomorrow is Rama Navami. In MIL side, we dont celebrate Rama navami, but mom always does. So here is the way I do neer more (south Indian way of making spiced buttermilk). I am not sure if we temper it if we are offering to God, still I made this way. Below is the video:

Neer mor recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Drink
Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 2 mins | Serves: 4

Ingredients

Thick curd/ plain yogurt – 1 cup

Water* – 4 cups

Green chilli – 2

Chopped ginger – 1 tblsp

Chopped coriander – 1 tblsp

Chopped curry leaves – 1 sprig

Salt – As needed

Asafoetida – 1 pinch

Lemon(optional) – 1/2

**Adjust water quantity depending upon your curd’s thickness and sourness.*

To temper

Oil – 1 tsp

Mustard – 1 tsp

Asafoetida – 1 pinch

Curry leaves – 1 sprig

Method

Chop ginger, green chilly, coriander and curry leaves very finely. In a deep large bowl, place the thick curd.

Beat the curd smoothly and add all the other items including salt. Add water and mix well. If needed, squeeze in the lemon.

Temper the items given under ‘To temper’ table and mix it to the buttermilk. Keep refrigerated to have it chill, when ever needed.

Notes

If the buttermilk is not that sour and you need to make a lot, then you can squeeze lemon. Or even if you like the flavour, you can.
Add a pinch of asafoetida raw and rest while tempering, both together gives a great flavour.
Instead of chopping finely, you can also try grinding the chilly, ginger and few curry leaves to add it in the buttermilk.
At the time of serving, I strain and drink, still the flavour will be there.
You can use hand blender with whisk too.
Make sure you beat/ whisk the buttermilk well coz, the frothy top adds a lot of flavor 🙂

Serve chilled and keep yourself cool this summer by drinking lots of buttermilk. Spiced buttermilk! Check out the panakam recipe too!