Beat the heat with Cold Cucumber soup ...

The summer heat coupled with all of us indulging on the lovely Alphonso mangoes, results in many of us having upset stomachs due to excessive body heat. An excellent thing to have in such situations is Cold Cucumber Soup.

Here's how you can make it in minutes.

                                                                   

Ingredients

4 cups buttermilk

1 medium sized cucumber

1/2 tsp  mustard seeds

1 tbsp oil

a few coriander leaves finely chopped

salt to taste

Put buttermilk in a pan. Peel the cucumber, slit into halves vertically and scoop out the seeds. Grate the cucumber shell on a grater and add to the buttermilk. Next add salt and mix well. In a small Tadka kadai heat oil. Put mustard seeds and allow them to crackle. Then pour the hot oil and mustard seeds on the buttermilk. Mix well and chill in the fridge for some time. Serve chilled garnished with coriander leaves. 

A very refreshing appetizer!