Hot Weather Yogurt Drink

Starting in April, Bombay gets hotter and more humid every day until, two months later, the monsoon clouds gather and finally drench and quench the parched city. It’s a time of low energy, flagging appetites, and the constant need for something cool and restoring. Chhas is considered a sovereign remedy for wilted bodies, especially in the middle of the day. Strictly speaking, chhas is the whey of churned butter—true buttermilk—though nowadays it refers to a mixture of yogurt a