Cucumber Yoghurt Cooler Mocktail Recipe
Salted yoghurt with cucumber and cumin — savoury, cold, and the standard answer to a hot afternoon.
- Category: Mocktail
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 0%
- Difficulty: Easy
- Prep time: ~4 min
- Alcohol-free: ✓
Ingredients
- Yoghurt150 ml (5.1 oz)
- Cucumber4 piece
- Cold water80 ml (2.7 oz)
- Salt1 pinch
- Fresh mint leaves6 piece
How to Make It
- Blend the yoghurt, cucumber, water, salt and mint until smooth.
- Pour into a tall glass over ice.
- Stir once.
- Garnish with mint and a cucumber slice.
Garnish
Mint and cucumber
What it tastes like
The texture is creamy and it drinks cool and easy.
The technique
Blended. Everything goes into the blender with crushed ice. Cubes strain the motor and leave shards behind; crushed or pellet ice gives a smoother drink. Rule of thumb: about a cup of crushed ice per serving. More ice than that and you are drinking a slush with no flavour left.
Glass and ice
A tall, narrow highball. The narrowness does real work — less surface area means the carbonation lasts longer and the ice melts more slowly.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Cucumber
- The skin can be bitter, so thin slices work best; dropping slices into the shaker gives a cleaner flavour than muddling them.
- Cold water
- Seeing it in a recipe is not a mistake: in spirit-forward drinks, measuring the dilution instead of leaving it to the ice is what makes the result repeatable.
- Salt
- A pinch of salt lifts the sweetness and pulls the bitterness back — most of all in grapefruit and tomato drinks. Coarse salt for the rim; dissolved brine when it goes into the drink.
- Fresh mint leaves
- The stem is bitter, so use the leaves. One clap between your palms before it goes in releases the oils and gives you the aroma without bruising it.
The Story
Salted lassi predates the sweet kind and is still what most of northern India drinks; the sweet mango version is the export.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Cucumber Yoghurt Cooler mixed?
- It is blended and served in a highball glass.
- Does a Cucumber Yoghurt Cooler contain alcohol?
- No. It is safe to serve to children, to anyone pregnant, and to whoever is driving.
- Is a Cucumber Yoghurt Cooler hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
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