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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.

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Beverages

A Shikanjvi (Nimbu pani) seller, outside Red Fort, Delhi
Sugarcane juice

Milk-based beverages

Lassi is a popular, traditional, yogurt-based drink from India.
  • 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.
  • Lassi - a popular, traditional, yogurt-based drink from India. Lassi is a blend of yogurt, water, spices and sometimes, fruit. Traditional lassi (a.k.a., "salted lassi", or simply, "lassi") is a savoury drink, sometimes flavoured with ground and roasted cumin. Sweet lassi, however, contains sugar or fruits, instead of spices. Salted mint lassi is highly favoured in Bangladesh.

Flavoured milk

Tea and coffee

Coffee

Tea

Further information: Indian tea culture
A cup of Darjeeling tea

Flavoured tea

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.
Desi daru is India's one of cheapest factory made alcoholic beverage

Non-traditional

See also

References

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  2. ^ "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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