Kachi Lassi and Doodh Soda Recipe: Punjab’s Milk Coolers (Video)

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Did you know a simple cold-drink trick keeps doodh soda silky smooth?

Did you know a simple cold-drink trick keeps doodh soda silky smooth?

Kachi Lassi & Doodh Soda

Today we’ll show you how to make Punjab’s refreshing milk coolers and reveal the single trick that keeps doodh soda silky smooth.

Cold milk coolers

Kachi lassi is a thin, pale drink made by stretching boiled milk with cold water and ice, sometimes a pinch of salt or sugar. Its city cousin, doodh soda, layers the same milk with fizzy lemon-lime soda for a sweet-sour sparkle.

Kachi lassi recipe

Start with fully chilled boiled or pasteurised milk. Mix one part milk with about two parts cold water and a handful of ice. For a salty twist, a pinch of salt or kala namak works; for sweet, stir in a level teaspoon of sugar. Whisk vigorously with a wooden paddle or pour between two jugs several times until a frothy head forms.

Chill milk & soda

The key to a smooth drink is keeping everything ice-cold. Chill both the milk and the soda for at least two hours before you start mixing.

Doodh soda recipe

Take a tall glass and pour a cold quarter cup of milk. Slowly tilt the glass and let the lemon-lime soda glide down the side, avoiding a direct splash into the milk. Give it a gentle stir with a long spoon, just once or twice, and enjoy the fizzy, creamy blend.

Less-sweet doodh soda

If you prefer less sugar, use 150 milliliters of milk, 50 milliliters of lemon-lime soda and 50 milliliters of plain soda water. This keeps the fizz while cutting the added sugar by more than half.

Sugar in doodh soda

A typical glass of doodh soda contains about twenty grams of sugar, coming from both the milk’s natural lactose and the soft drink’s added sweetener.

The one trick: no curdling

The single most important tip is to keep everything ice-cold and pour the soda slowly down the side of the glass. This prevents the citric acid from clumping the milk proteins, so you get a smooth, creamy fizz every time.

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