We have all read about the benefits of curd, milk and other healthy food items, but over the time, we haven’t discussed much about one of the most healthy drinks, Buttermilk aka Chaas! Whether it is acidity, sunstroke, vitamin deficiency or calcium deficiency, 1 glass of Chaas can help you neutralize almost every single of these health problems.

Made with some of the most magical herbs and spices, such as Kadi patta (curry leaves), pudina (mint), Dhaniya (coriander leaves), black pepper, jeera, ginger, salt and curd, drinking one glass of this healthy drink can help you in several ways. Packed with high nutrition value, drinking a glass of Chaas can help you enhance your vitamin B levels, calcium levels, minerals and also reducing your body fat. Drink 1 glass a day after a heavy meal and it will surprisingly ease down the turmoil in your stomach.

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How To Make?

Ingredients

1. Fresh Curd – 1/2 glass
2. Cold Water – 1 glass
3. Curry Leaves – 2 or 3 leaves
4. Coriander leaves – Small bunch of leaves
5. Mint leaves – Small bunch of leaves (fewer than coriander)
6. Green Chilli – 1 chopped finely
7. Ginger – 1 piece (1 inch)
8. Black pepper – 2 pods
9. Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp
10. Salt – To taste

Method

In a blender, add the black pepper, cumin seeds, ginger, green chilli, mint leaves, coriander leaves, curry leaves and salt. Blend it into a fine paste. Take a bowl and add the curd into it. Add water and then this green paste. Stir well to make a homogenous consistency.

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Health benefits

1. Cools your stomach after a spicy meal

Indian food is known for its rich use of spices. Drinking a glass of buttermilk helps wash away the spices, calming your stomach and relieving the irritation which is usually caused after you had a really spicy meal.

2. Removes Fat

Oily food! If you feel a little too heavy after a meal, drinking a glass of chaas can actually help your body get rid from the oil, ghee or fat that coats the outer lining of your stomach.

3. Helps in digestion

Made out of jeera, ginger and pepper, drinking a glass of buttermilk helps enhance your digestion preventing bloating and other indigestion problems.

4. Fights Dehydration

During the summer or when you are out shopping and fail to drink water, you instantly feel a little dehydrated. Drinking buttermilk made out of salt, water, curd and all these spices, helps in beating the heat and bringing the needed relief to your body.

5. Rich in Calcium

An additional amount of calcium is always good for our health, especially women. Whether you drink a glass of milk or buttermilk, you get the same amount of calcium from both. Also, if you are lactose intolerant, buttermilk is the ideal replacement for your glass of milk.

6. Rich in Vitamins

Enriched with Vitamin B complex, potassium and proteins, buttermilk helps balance the vitamin or mineral deficiency in your body.

7. Keeps Blood pressure in check

Are you suffering from high blood pressure? Well, based on a study, buttermilk contains Milk Fat Globule Membrane, a bioactive protein which helps in lowering your cholesterol and thus blood pressure. It is also effective as an anti-cancer, anti-viral, anti-bacterial.

8. Keeps Cholesterol in check

According to the Ayurvedic practitioners, drinking a glass of this chaas helps in controlling the cholesterol in your body.

9. Fights acidity

Acidity is a common health concern for all. After a spicy meal, almost a huge majority of people suffer from acidity. Drinking a glass of Buttermilk cools the acid reflux, giving you instant comfort.

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