Ayurvedic Buttermilk/ Takra Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup organic whole milk fresh yogurt
3 cups filtered water
¼ tsp. roasted cumin powder
½ tsp. chopped coriander leaf
1 pinch of rock salt (sea salt is an acceptable substitute)
¼ tsp mustard seeds
4-5 curry leaves
Cultured ghee to season
Instructions:
Place the freshly-made yogurt in the blender and blend for three-five minutes. Add the filtered drinking water, and blend again on low for two-three minutes.
Collect and discard the fatty foam on top. Repeat blending and remove further fatty foam if yogurt still seems thick or solid white. The consistency will become watery and light.
Heat the ghee and add mustard seeds and curry leaves and add into the buttermilk.
Now, add the spices and stir by hand briefly
Garnish with the coriander leaves and serve
Benefits:
Sopharsograhanidosamutragrahodararcau
Snehavyapadi pandutve takram dadyadgaresu - Ch Sa Su (Ch- 27, Sh- 229)
Oedema
Haemorrhoids
Malabsorption
IBS
Urine retention
Ascites
Anorexia, Ghee & Fat indigestion
Gara type of poison
Anaemia, initial stage of liver disorders
Detoxify the body and cleans the intestines
Relieves Constipation
Improves bacterial gut flora
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