“summer”

Punjab Beverage

Punjabi Lassi Churned Yogurt Drink

Thick whole yogurt churned to a smooth creamy drink, sweetened with sugar, flavoured...

⏱ 10 min prep

Easy

Assam Lunch

Assam Lemon Rice

Rice tossed with lemon, mustard and curry leaves — Assam's refreshing summer rice

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Bihar Beverage

Sattu Sharbat

Roasted chickpea flour drink with lemon and black salt — the ultimate Bihari summer...

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 5 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Beverage

Pori Vilangai Sherbet

Wood apple (bael fruit) sherbet — cooling, digestive and deeply aromatic.

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 5 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Beverage

Kambu Mor Koozh

Pearl millet porridge thinned with buttermilk — the Tamil Nadu farm worker's summer coolant.

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Bihar Beverage

Aam Panna Bihar

Roasted raw mango drink with cumin and black salt — the summer cooler of Bihar

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Arisi Vadam

Sun-dried rice crackers — made in summer and fried all year round as a crispy side dish.

⏱ 30 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Hard

Bihar Beverage

Bihari Lassi

Thick churned yogurt drink with cardamom and saffron — the cooling summer drink of Bihar

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 5 min cook

Easy

Bihar Beverage

Sattu Nimbu Paani

Sattu with lemon, ginger and black salt — the second great Bihari summer drink

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 5 min cook

Easy

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Lemon Rice

Rice tossed with lemon and panch phoron — the refreshing summer rice of Bihar

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Bihar Snack

Bihari Mango Pickle

Raw mango pickled in mustard oil with fenugreek — the essential Bihari summer preserve

⏱ 20 min prep

Hard

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Elumichai Kuzhambu

Traditional Tamil Nadu village recipe — Lemon kuzhambu — the summer alternative to...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 35 min cook

Medium