A great summer cooler and its healthy with the addition of beetroot.Beetroot chaas is also called as chukandar chaas.Beetroot chaas is just a blend of yogurt with beets and spices
Beetroot chaas is a refreshing,healthy and tasty drink for summer.Chukandar in hindi means ‘beets‘ and chaas is a yogurt based drink or to make it simple its buttermilk.The drink has a very mild sweetness which comes naturally from beets which I loved the most.
Ingredients1 cup thick chilled curd
1/4th of a small beetroot (1/4 cup roughly chopped)
5 nos mint leaves
a tiny piece of ginger
1/2 tsp jeera
a pinch of roasted jeera powder
a tiny pinch of black salt
1/2 cup water
Method* Peel the skin from beets, chop it roughly.Take it in a sauce pan and add water.
* Cook until beets turn soft, no need to become mushy.
* If you prick with knife it should easily run inside.Set aside and cool down completely.
* Take it in a blender along with the cooked water, add mint leaves,ginger and jeera.
* Blend it well until its semi smooth.
* Take curd in a mixing bowl.Strain beets puree, press it well with a spoon so that the juice is extracted well.
* Mix it with a spoon.Add black salt.Use a blender to blend once.
* Pour in serving glass and serve with a sprinkle of jeera powder.