Cold Cucumber Soup

Spicy cucumber soup...

Ingredients (serves 4)

2 cucumbers peeled & chopped

1/2 inch piece ginger chopped

1-2 green chilies chopped

3 cups buttermilk

1/2 tsp white pepper powder

Salt to taste

2 tsp lemon juice

6-8 mint leaves

Few mint leaves to garnish

Method

Take chopped cucumber in a blender. Add ginger, green chilli, salt, white pepper powder and mint leaves and blend till smooth. Add buttermilk, lemon juice and blend again. Transfer into a serving bowl and chill. Garnish with mint leaves and serve.

Tips

Buttermilk should be lump free. If you do not have buttermilk, you can mix equal quantities of curd and water and whisk till smooth.

You can use Black pepper powder if you are out of white pepper powder.