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Buttermilk is a fermented dairy drink . Traditionally, it was the liquid left behind after churning butter out of cultured cream . As most modern butter in Western countries is not made with cultured cream but uncultured sweet cream, most modern buttermilk in Western countries is cultured separately. It is common in warm climates where unrefrigerated milk sours quickly.

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10-455: Thambuli is a type of buttermilk eaten in the Indian state of Karnataka . Thambuli, being a curd based cuisine, is consumed with rice. Tambuli is derived from Kannada word thampu . (ತಂಪು+ಹುಳಿ ---->ತಂಬುಳಿ). Thampu meaning cool/cold. So thambuli is a cooling food. It is made mostly from many greens and carrot, beetroot like vegetables as their main ingredients. It is prepared by grinding

20-492: Is a common drink in many Indian and Nepalese homes, and often served with roasted maize . In Arab culture, buttermilk is commonly sold ice cold with other dairy products. It is popular during Ramadan , when it is consumed during iftar and suhur . Commercially available cultured buttermilk is milk that has been pasteurized and homogenized , and then inoculated with a culture of Lactococcus lactis or Lactobacillus bulgaricus plus Leuconostoc citrovorum to simulate

30-404: Is also used in marination , especially of chicken and pork . Originally, buttermilk referred to the thin liquid left over from churning butter from cultured or fermented cream . Traditionally, before the advent of homogenization , the milk was left to sit for a period of time to allow the cream and milk to separate. During this time, naturally occurring lactic acid -producing bacteria in

40-408: Is another authentic Karnataka recipe. This Indian cuisine –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Buttermilk Buttermilk can be drunk straight, and it can also be used in cooking. In making soda bread , the acid in buttermilk reacts with the raising agent, sodium bicarbonate , to produce carbon dioxide which acts as the leavening agent . Buttermilk

50-545: Is thinner than cultured buttermilk. Cultured buttermilk was first commercially introduced in the United States in the 1920s. It was initially popular among immigrants, and was viewed as a food that could slow aging. It reached peak annual sales of 517,000,000 kg (1.14 billion lbs.) in 1960. Buttermilk's popularity has declined since then, and annual sales in 2012 reached less than half that number. However, condensed buttermilk and dried buttermilk remain important in

60-600: The food industry . Liquid buttermilk is used primarily in the commercial preparation of baked goods and cheese . Buttermilk solids are used in ice cream manufacturing, as well as being added to pancake mixes to make buttermilk pancakes . Acidified buttermilk is a substitute made by adding a food-grade acid, such as white vinegar or lemon juice, to milk. It can be produced by mixing 1 tablespoon (0.5 US fluid ounces, 15 ml) of acid with 1 cup (8 US fluid ounces, 240 ml) of milk and letting it sit until it curdles after about 10 minutes. Any level of fat content for

70-488: The milk fermented it. This facilitates the butter churning process, since fat from cream with a lower pH coalesces more readily than that of fresh cream. The acidic environment also helps prevent potentially harmful microorganisms from growing, increasing shelf life. Traditional buttermilk is still common in many Arab , Indian , Nepalese , Pakistani , Finnish , Polish , Dutch , German , Danish , and Austrian households, but rarely found in other Western countries. It

80-541: The naturally occurring bacteria in the old-fashioned product. The tartness of cultured buttermilk is primarily due to lactic acid produced by lactic acid bacteria while fermenting lactose , the primary sugar in milk. As the bacteria produce lactic acid, the pH of the milk decreases and casein , the primary milk protein, precipitates , causing the curdling or clabbering of milk, making cultured buttermilk thicker than plain milk. While both traditional and cultured buttermilk contain lactic acid, traditional buttermilk

90-450: The preparation of thambulis, such as doddapatre leaves (ajwain leaves/karibevu leaves), coriander leaves, poppy seeds, curry leaves and so on. Various recipes for the same exist, with slight variations in the ingredients. Thambuli/Tambli is generally prepared mild and not spicy. Fundamentally, thambuli/tambli has a few simple whole spices, roasted and ground with seasonal vegetables or herbs (some with coconut) added to buttermilk/curds. Tambuli

100-554: The vegetable with the spices and then mixing it with yogurt. All ingredients are used raw, (as they are) without any cooking. Thambuli/Tambli/Tambuli is a form of raita . There are many varieties of Thumbuli: Menthe Thumbuli, shunti (ginger) thaumbuli, and various other herbal thambulis. The herbal thambuli is prepared with leaves like Basale soppu, kaki kudi soppu, doddapatre soppu (all of them grown in all over Karnataka). Many different seasonal vegetables/herbs can be used in

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