List of Indian beverages
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Indian beverages form an integral part of Indian cuisine. With a climate as varied and extreme as India, the people require myriad options to keep their thirst appropriately quenched according to the weather conditions, varying from a steaming hot beverage during winters to a frosty cold drink in summers. Different regions in the country serve different drinks made with an eclectic assortment of ingredients including local spices, flavors and herbs. Available on the streets, as well as on the menus of posh hotels, these drinks add to the flavorful cuisine of India.
Indian beverages
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Non-alcoholic
Variants of Tea/Coffee
- Coffee
- Indian filter coffee – a sweet milky coffee made from dark roasted coffee beans (70–80%) and chicory (20–30%), especially popular in the southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
- Instant coffee
- Tea
- Masala chai – flavoured tea beverage made by brewing black tea with milk and a mixture of aromatic Indian spices and herbs
- Green tea
- Balma green tea
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Indian filter coffee served hot and frothy in a traditional tumbler and dabara
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Masala chai served with tea biscuits
Milk-based
- Badam milk – almond-flavoured milk
- Bhang Lassi – an intoxicating beverage prepared from the leaves and flowers (buds) of the female cannabis plant, consumed as a beverage in the Indian subcontinent
- Buttermilk – Chhachh in North India, Mor in Tamil, Majjiga in Telugu, and Taak in Marathi
- Falooda – a cold and sweet beverage containing many ingredients, such as rose syrup, vermicelli, basil seeds, tapioca pearls, and pieces of gelatin mixed with kulfi, milk or water.
- Kesar milk – saffron-flavoured milk
- Lassi – a popular, traditional, yogurt-based drink from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
- Sattu – a foodstuff from South Asia consisting of a mixture of ground pulses and cereals
Others
- Aam panna – made from mango
- Apong
- Coconut water
- Fruit jump
- Gajjar ka doodh
- Jal jeera
- Jigarthanda, Madurai
- Kala Khatta
- Kanji
- Kesar kasturi
- Kokam sarbat
- Kokum sarbat
- Kulukki sarbath
- Laopani
- Lassi
- Mastaani, Pune
- Nannaari (Sarsaparilla) Sarbat – lemon-based drink, Tamil Nadu
- Nimbu pani (lemonade)
- Ookali – hot drink made by boiling coriander seeds, Western India
- Sambharam
- Saunf, Gujarat
- Sharbat – drink that has many variants
- Solkadhi
- Sugarcane juice
- Thandaai
- Ambil or Ambli - prepared by using Ragi flour and buttermilk, Maharashtra and Karnataka
- Neera
Alcoholic beverages
Traditional
Cashew apples being squashed in Chorao, Goa, to be used in the preparation of feni
Handia is a rice beer commonly made by the indigenous people in Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.[1]
- Bangla – An alcoholic beverage made from starch and sold in West Bengal. There are government licensed counters to sell this beverage. This is a distilled country liquor.
- Chhaang – brewed from barley, millet (finger millet) or rice grains
- Cholai – It is an unrefined alcoholic beverage available in West Bengal.
- Chuak
- Fenny – brewed from coconuts or cashew apples, Goa
- Gudamaba – it is a traditional drink from Hyderabad brewed from sugar cane. It used to be produced from methane and other chemicals but the government banned it.
- Hadia – rice liquor, Central India
- Handia (হাঁড়িয়া) – Made from rice. Sold in rural West Bengal and neighbouring states.
- Hariya
- Lugdi - Made from rice, Manali
- Mahua – Made from mahua flowers, Central India
- Manri – Made from fermented rice, Mithila
- Toddy or Arrack – also called Sarayi or Kallu, made from various kinds of palm saps, South India
- Sekmai – from the state of Manipur. Made from sticky rice.
- Sonti – Made from rice (unknown)
- Tadi (তাড়ি) or Palm wine – Mainly from East India. It is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm trees, such as the palmyra, date palms and coconut palms. Also called Toddy (in English).
- Sunda Kanji – Made from fermenting rice that is buried in earthen or mud pots covered with cloth, sold in Tamil Nadu
Non-traditional
- Brandy, such as Bejois brandy
- Indian beer
- Indian Made Foreign Liquor
- Indian wine
- Shito pito
- Tamsin
See also
References
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- ↑ "Some interesting indigenous beverages among the tribals of Central India" (PDF). Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 6 (1): 141–43. January 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
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