Neer mor (Recipe for spiced buttermilk)

       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.

   

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

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Water* - 4 cups

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Green chilli - 2

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Chopped ginger - 1 tblsp

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Chopped coriander - 1 tblsp

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Chopped curry leaves - 1 sprig

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Salt - As needed

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Asafoetida - 1 pinch

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Lemon(optional) - 1/2

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

To temper

Oil - 1 tsp

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Mustard - 1 tsp

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Asafoetida - 1 pinch

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Curry leaves - 1 sprig

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Method

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

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

3. 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!

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