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Neer Mor/ Refreshing Spiced Buttermilk with cucumber

Published: Mar 24, 2018 Modified: Apr 7, 2020 By Sujata Shukla This blog generates income via ads. This post may contain affiliate links. PepperOnPizza may earn a commission for purchases made after clicking these links. View our disclosure policy for details

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2 tall steel tumblers of white frothy Neer Mor a spiced, herbed buttermilk summer cooler served chilled with cucumber garnish, tempering of mustard seeds, curry leaves on a brown background with curry leaves scattered around. https://www.pepperonpizza.com

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A few days ago I had re-posted my recipe for Panakam (the delicious jaggery and dry ginger drink for hot humid days) on my social media pages. Among the many 'likes' and responses to the recipe for this cooling drink, I was surprised to see how many of my readers asked about the recipe for Neer Mor. Surprised, because Neer Mor is so easy to make that it doesn't really need a recipe. I then realised that just because something is simple doesn't mean one automatically knows what goes into it and in what proportions. Hence this easy recipe for a mildly spiced buttermilk summer cooler. With a special secret ingredient too!

Neer Mor for a refreshing summers drink. Just buttermilk mildly spiced and herbed and with cucumber

What is Neer Mor?

Neer Mor or as it is variously spelt - Neer More/ Neer Moru is the South Indian buttermilk, mildly spiced and with herbs. It is quite similar to chaas. As is usual in Indian cuisines, each region has its own version - some with cumin (jeera powder) added to the buttermilk, some with hing (asafoetida), some without.

The recipe below is for the version of Neer Mor that my mother is used to prepare for the festival of Sri Rama Navami, ie the Tamilian version for preparation of the drink. I have added one more dimension to the drink - my sambandhi Ms Uma Maheshwari, whom I am visiting at Chennai this week, suggested that I add grated / thinly minced cucumber to the buttermilk, and this caught my imagination. It is so hot nowadays and we have a whole summer to cope with: the combination of buttermilk and cucumber sounds heavenly.

Sri Rama Navami this year is tomorrow, the 25th March 2018, and Neer Mor, Panakam and a simple salad called Vada paruppu are standard preparations in most South Indian households, as part of the feast and the neivedyam offered to the deity, on that day, ie on the birth day of Sri Rama, the 7th avatar of the God Vishnu, as per Hindu Mythology.

All these items are cooling and refreshing and suit the sunny days of end March or early to mid April when the festival usually occurs. Many of us however, prepare Neer Mor and Panakam throughout summer - they are easy, simple, delicious and just hit the spot when you are thirsty.

The preparation will take you only a few minutes, its just a matter of churning the curd with water to make buttermilk and adding all the ingredients, finely chopped/ minced and finishing off with a tempering of mustard seeds. Try making this today, you will love this Summer Cooler!

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Neer Mor a mildly spiced and herbed buttermilk summer cooler in a brass tumbler garnished with curry leaves. Resting on a pink silk fabric. Served in a tall glass with cucumber garnish and tempered with mustard seeds and curry leaves

Neer Mor -Refreshing Spiced Buttermilk

Course: beverage
Cuisine: Indian
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 2 servings
Author: Sujata Shukla
Neer Mor -Refreshing summer cooler of Buttermilk made from yogurt and water, spiced with green chilli and flavoured with herbs, ginger and cucumber and tempered with mustard seeds and curry leaves. Chill and serve on a hot summers day.
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Ingredients

For Making The Neer Mor

  • 1 cup chilled curd - (plain yogurt)
  • 2.5-3 cups chilled water
  • 1 small green chilli
  • ¼ inch Ginger piece
  • a few curry leaves - (some are needed for the tempering too)
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt - or a large pinch or to taste
  • a pinch asafoetida hing - (Optional) to taste
  • 1 tablespoon coriander leaves - a sprig
  • ¼ cup cucumber - (Optional)

For Tempering the Neer Mor

  • 1 teaspoon sunflower oil - or other mild flavoured vegetable oil
  • ⅛ teaspoon Mustard seeds - or a large pinch
  • a few curry leaves

Instructions

To make the Neer Mor

  • i. Slice the green chilies into small rounds. ii. Mince the ginger into tiny pieces or crush the ginger and then slice. iii. Tear the curry leaves into shreds, slice the coriander leaves into small bits. Reserver a little of the curry leaves for tempering. I always shred the curry leaves as otherwise the nutritious benefits are lost as we tend to pick them out and discard them. iv. Peel and grate or mince the cucumber into very small pieces (if using). Grating is best.
    Green chilli, grated cucumber, coriander and curry leaves and ginger along with churned yogurt to make neer mor
  • Churn the curd and water to a thin watery buttermilk, with the 'math' or wooden churner, or in a mixie. As liquid tends to slosh and spill out of the mixie, first add ½ cup of water to the curd, churn in the mixie, remove to a bowl and then add the rest of the water. You may add upto 3 cups of water for 1 cup of curd - I wanted a thin but not watery consistency so I added 2.5 cups to 1 cup of thick curd. Add salt to taste, stir till the salt dissolves and then add all the ingredients listed above under 'To make the Neer Mor' except for the cucumber.
  • Pour the tempering (see instructions below) onto the neer mor, and garnish with the cucumber. Serve chilled.

To Temper the Neer Mor

  • Heat the oil. Use a mildly flavoured oil such as sunflower oil and not strong oils such as sesame oil/ gingelly oil or coconut oil which may overpower the taste of the buttermilk and the other ingredients. Add the mustard seeds, and once they sputter, add the shredded curry leaves. Pour the tempering onto the prepared butter milk. Olive oil may not suit as it would give a flavour one does not expect from this butter milk drink, and may also again overpower the taste.

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  1. Batter Up With Sujata says

    March 24, 2018 at 2:38 pm

    Can feel the taste. Perfect drink for this hot weather. Thanks for sharing.

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    • Sujata Shukla says

      March 24, 2018 at 3:03 pm

      Thank you!

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