BEVERAGES

Sweet and Salty Yogurt Matha- Summer Recipes

Pushpita's Chakhum

Matha or Ghol

With Spring bidding adieu quickly this year the rising heat is getting unbearable, here’s a quick and cool yogurt drink from my home state of Tripura, Sweet and Salty Matha to help you stay hydrated.

Let me say that there are regional variations of this yogurt based drink in the Eastern, Western, Northern and even Southern belt it’s spiced buttermilk, more accurate the Mattha or chaas which is a savoury and spice infused drink or plain salted.

Tripura as I have mentioned several times is a bordering state of Bangladesh or East Bengal, hence the local Bengali cuisine in the state is influenced majorly by Bangal or East Bengal cuisine. This chilled matha can be sweet or salty or a combination of both with a squeeze of lime(optional). Recipe shared by one of my Bangal friends from my home state.

Matha or Ghol

Sweet and Salty Matha

Servings 4

Ingredients

250ml (1 cup) Sour Yogurt or Curd(I have used fresh homemade sour yogurt)

750ml (3 cups) Cold Water

4-5 Ice cubes

4 Tbsp White Sugar

1 small Lemon, halved

1/2 tsp Salt

Method

1.In a large mixing bowl or glass jar add the yogurt, sugar, and salt and beat well with a spoon until the sugar dissolves.

2.Pour in the water, squeeze in the lime, and add the ice cubes, stir in properly until frothy.

3.Put few lime wedges in tall mocktail glasses and pour in the prepared drink. Serve and enjoy.

4.If you wish to enjoy it later, then refrigerate in a jar, add the lime juice just before serving.

Note:Adjust the sugar and salt as per your taste. You can even substitute plain white sugar with rock sugar.

Prepare and enjoy this tasty and refreshing Sweet and Salty Matha  with your loved ones. Kids will surely ask for more as my 10 year old Man did.

Published by Pushpita's Chakhum

Hello There! Thanks for stopping by my blog! This is Pushpita Aheibam, a freelance feature writer by profession, food writer and blogger by passion, a wife, homemaker, a mother to an adorable boy and last but not the least a food enthusiast. To me "Food is about the palate, satiating the taste buds and the tummy, wonderful eating experiences and sweet memories." This blog is my personal attempt to retain, cook, and share traditional indigenous delicacies of my home state Tripura, as well as inherited Meitei (Manipuri) delicacies, with available local ingredients. When it comes to cooking and eating, I love to look beyond Manipuri cuisines and cooking too. After all, food knows no boundaries. Hence do find different regional recipes too which are cooked in, and served from my Contemporary Manipuri Chakhum (Kitchen) from time to time. My Ima (Mother), a loving wife, mother of two grown-ups, a homemaker, a Meitei Cuisine expert, a food connoisseur has been the major source of inspiration. Equally inspired by my Ene (Paternal Aunt), Abok Apabi (a Paternal Grandmother of mine), 2 other experts in traditional Meitei Cuisines, several food connoisseurs who I have been following right as a teen. My foodie son and hubby have been motivating me to extend my culinary journey beyond the regular cooking. So the recipes I am sharing are tried, tested in my kitchen and tasted in my home. Enjoy the food journey here in my Chakhum and do try them out in your's. Home cooked love served fresh from my kitchen. Until then happy reading and happy cooking! ~ Pushpita Aheibam

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