Indian cow milk is tasty, healthy, and the best source of numerous vitamins and minerals, this is something that we all know and agree to. But did you know that several other milk products too have the same goodness of milk, with a few added advantages? For instance, organic buttermilk has numerous healing properties too and is highly placed in Ayurveda.
Natural butter milk is easy to digest. It has a sour taste and astringent properties in it which is hot in nature, which fosters digestion. According to a few ancient texts, buttermilk mitigates Kapha and Vata. There are many mentions of the benefits of organic buttermilk even in Ayurveda, where it has been used in treatment of inflammation, spleen disorders gastro intestinal disorders, digestive disorders, lack of appetite, and anaemia.
Called as Takra in Sanskrit, it is often referred to as the Ambrosia for human beings. And can be used across various seasons by people of all age groups, as its goodness is immense. This is the reason why our ancestors preferred to welcome guests with a glass of buttermilk rather than coffee or tea like we do now. In many cultures greeting guests with a glass of Chaas or buttermilk is still prevalent.
Buttermilk is a great source of nutrition. For instance it is rich in calcium and riboflavin, and also an excellent source of potassium and vitamin B12. Any diet which includes naturally fermented foods like buttermilk, sourdough breads, yogurt, and pickles provide all the enzymes needed in the digestive tract for enhancing digestion and to assimilate all the nutrients from food.
This low-fat dairy product is available in various forms and are divided based on level of cream it contains. However, most buttermilk available in the market today are those that are made using the milk of hybrid cows, which lack sufficient nutrients and cream, as the cream is removed to make other milk treats.
While most would argue that preparing buttermilk at home is an easy way to get healthy buttermilk, what you should probably think through is the fact that you're probably being delivered A1 grade milk, which lacks nutrients and was skimmed and processed using several chemicals to make it seem thick even without all the cream.
The solution to this is getting your hands on A2 milk, which is healthier than A1 milk and preparing buttermilk using this. Else you could purchase a subscription of farm fresh organic butter milk from Klimom, which gives you a bottle of goodness delivered at your doorstep. Prepared from the milk of the pure breed Indian Gir cow, the organic buttermilk is rich with nutrients and has absolutely no antibiotics, toxic pesticides, synthetic hormones, or GMO added to it. Gir Cow's milk have a naturally sweet taste to it, which gets transferred even to the buttermilk, that gives you a delicious treat every time you take a sip.
The buttermilk is prepared in the traditional, old-fashioned, artisanal way, which gives you the goodness of buttermilk that's straight off the farm. Each glass is loaded with liberal doses of calcium, riboflavin, potassium, and Vitamin B12 that your body needs every day. It is probably this goodness that buttermilk offers to the body, that made grandparents love it.