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Indian drink recipes

14 Indian drink recipes, in a suggested order.

These are the 14 Indian recipes filed under drinks: 14 of the 207 drinks on the site, and 14 of its 290 Indian recipes. Of these, 9 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Mango Lassi (5 min), Strawberry Lassi (5 min) and Salted Lassi (7 min). For 7, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. All of them are marked easy.

As written, 14 are vegetarian, 3 vegan, 14 gluten-free and 3 dairy-free.

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Indian drinks

Masala Chai
Indian
Prep
5m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Masala Chai

Black tea boiled with milk, sugar and whole spices until it is strong enough to stand up to all three. Not tea with…

15 min · Easy
Mango Lassi
Indian
Prep
5m
Cook
0m
Serves
2
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Mango Lassi

Ripe mango blended with thick yogurt, a little cardamom and just enough ice to chill without watering it down. Three…

5–35 min · Easy
Aam Panna
Indian
Prep
15m
Cook
20m
Serves
4
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Aam Panna

Green mangoes boiled, pulped and mixed with cumin, mint and black salt. Sour, savoury and the colour of a lawn.

95 min · Easy
Badam Milk
Indian
Prep
5m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Badam Milk

Warm milk simmered with ground almonds, sugar, cardamom and saffron, served hot in winter or chilled in summer.

15 min · Easy
Chaas
Indian
Prep
10m
Cook
0m
Serves
4
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Chaas

Yoghurt thinned with water and seasoned with cumin, ginger and curry leaf. Ten minutes, and it is what an Indian…

30 min · Easy
Masala Chai Latte
Indian
Prep
5m
Cook
12m
Serves
2
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Masala Chai Latte

Whole spices cracked and simmered in water first, then milk and tea added in stages. Nothing from a syrup bottle…

17 min · Easy
South Indian Filter Coffee
Indian
Prep
10m
Cook
10m
Serves
2
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South Indian Filter Coffee

Coffee dripped slowly through a two-part steel filter, mixed with hot milk and poured between two vessels until it…

35 min · Easy
Jaljeera
Indian
Prep
15m
Cook
2m
Serves
4
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Jaljeera

Cumin, mint, tamarind and black salt in cold water. Fifteen minutes, no cooking, and it tastes like nothing else.

47 min · Easy
Kashmiri Chai
Indian
Prep
5m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Kashmiri Chai

A pink, creamy Kashmiri tea made by boiling green tea leaves with bicarbonate of soda and cardamom, then adding milk.

20 min · Easy
Nimbu Pani
Indian
Prep
8m
Cook
2m
Serves
4
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Nimbu Pani

Indian lemonade, with black salt and roasted cumin alongside the sugar. Savoury, sour and far more refreshing in…

30 min · Easy
Salted Lassi
Indian
Prep
5m
Cook
2m
Serves
2
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Salted Lassi

A cold, savoury yoghurt drink with water, salt, roasted cumin and mint.

7 min · Easy
Sol Kadhi
Indian
Prep
10m
Cook
5m
Serves
4
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Sol Kadhi

A pink, cooling drink of coconut milk infused with dried kokum, garlic, green chilli and coriander, served chilled.

45 min · Easy
Strawberry Lassi
Indian
Prep
5m
Cook
0m
Serves
2
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Strawberry Lassi

A cold, sweet yoghurt drink blended with strawberries, milk, honey and a pinch of cardamom.

5 min · Easy
Thandai
Indian
Prep
20m
Cook
10m
Serves
4
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Thandai

Almonds, melon seeds, pepper and rose ground into cold milk. Holi's drink, and the best thing to hand someone in a…

6.5 hr · Easy