Buttermilk Cooler

Ingredients

• 2 cups ice cubes
• 5 to 7 tablespoons sugar
• Mint sprigs or thin lime slices
• 6 cups low-fat buttermilk
• Salt
• 4 cardamom pods, hulled
• 2 teaspoons rosewater (optional)

1. In a blender, combine 3 cups buttermilk, cardamom seed, rosewater, and ice. Whirl until ice is finely crushed; pour into a pitcher.2. Stir in remaining buttermilk, 1 1/3 cups water, and sugar and salt to taste.3. Pour into glasses and garnish with mint sprigs.

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