Sambaram Recipe-Kerala Style Spiced Buttermilk-Moru Vellam-Pacha Moru

Sambaram is Kerala style spiced butter milk. It is flavored with ginger, green chillies, shallots and curry leaves. I love all types of spiced buttermilk whether it is neer mor or masala chaas or sambaram. It is refreshing and very delicious. As Onam is just a few days away, I wanted to share this moru vellam recipe. Today we will learn how to make Kerala style Butter milk/Pacha moru following this easy recipe.(Buttermilk is known as “mor” in Tamil, “majjige”  in Telugu).

Sambaram-Moru Vellam-Pacha Moru


 Prep Time : 5 mins

Serves: 2
Recipe Category: Beverage
Recipe Cuisine: Kerala
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   Ingredients needed

   Curd (Thayir) – 1 cup
   Water (vellam) – 1 1/2 cup
   Salt (uppu) – as needed
   Green chillies (pachamulagu) – 1
   Shallot (Kunjulli) -2-3
   Ginger (inji) -1/2 inch piece
   Curry Leaves (kariveppila) – 5-6 leaves

Method

Finely chop green chilli, ginger (peel the skin and chop) and shallots. You can also crush ginger and green chillies.

Blend 1 cup of curd with 1 1/2 cup of water. You can also use the traditional wooden churner called “mattu”. Add salt to taste.

Then add shallots, curry leaves, crushed ginger and green chillies. Mix well and leave it for 5 minutes for the flavors to get infused. Sambaram is ready to be served.

Check out my another version of Spiced Buttermilk and also Kerala’s popular Moru Curry.

Note –  You can skip shallots, if you do not prefer, but it tastes so good and it is good for the health.

Check out more Kerala Recipes.

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  • Your sambharam recipe is yummy!!
    I add tender lemon leaves which gives it another twist.
    Thank you.