Sunday, August 15, 2010

Mango Lassi ~ Mango Yogurt Smoothie

Lassi is the term used for a yogurt based drink originating from North Indian cuisine. It is made in both sweet and salty versions. Most Indian restaurants in India and in other countries usually offer at least some types of lassi in their menu and a lot of the ones here offer mango lassi in their menu.  Initially I resisted the idea of trying mango lassi simply because I used to love the plain sweet version and did not want anything.........not even one of  my favorite fruits mixed into it.

But despite my resistance to it, once I tried mango lassi, I really got hooked on to it. Of course like so many other dishes, I always find the restaurant version a little too sweet and sugary for my taste and prefer to make it at home myself. And instead of using canned pulp which I find too sweet as well, I usually try it with fresh fruit, the lassi tastes much more fresher and better this way. Since mango season is underway right now, I was not able to resist using these golden beauties for a quick and delicious weekend treat :-)

  Mango Lassi ~ Mango Yogurt Smoothie

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Ingredients and Method to make Mango Lassi
2 cups mango pieces ( I used Kent mangoes and used approximately 1 1/2 mangoes)
1/2 cup milk (doodh/ paal)
1 cup plain yogurt (curds/ dahi/ yogurt)
6 tsp sugar (shakkar/ sakkarai) (or to taste)
pinch of cardamom powder (elaichi/ elakkai) (optional )
pinch of saffron (kesar) (optional)

Blend together mango, yogurt and milk. Add sugar,  cardamom powder if using, saffron if using and blend a few more seconds.If you feel the lassi is very thick you can add a little bit of drinking/ filtered water to achieve required consistency
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Chill and serve cold.
Serves approximately 2 to 3

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Have been wanting to try this from the day mango season started.....looks super yum
That is thirst quenching lassi..love the gorgeous color n clicks!!
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hi usha,
mango lassi is favorite too..as u said sometimes it too sweet in restaurants...but ur recipe looks perfect and the lassi looks yummy...nice click too

Satya
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That is thirst quenching lassi..love the gorgeous color n clicks!!
Yummy...no other word to describe this
Lassi looks nice..nothing beats mango lassi
yummy..love this too..though have had this only in restaurants..but would really love to try this sometime..
Wow.... Slurp..... luks so good but mango season is over here ;(
Delicious smoothie and so special too.
Wishing you a great week โ™ฅ
drooling overr that luscious lassi
Lassi looks perfect and nice click Usha.
I too always prefer fresh mangoes when I make mango lassi....Very nice click.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
Wow... I just luv this.........
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megha rehani ยท 760 weeks ago

so refreshing n fresh.i like it .do visit n comment on my food blog too.my blog is meghasyummyfooddelight.blogspot.com
Mango lassi looks perfect Usha. I love them always.
love the way you made these lassis. very refreshing and filling for summer.
I have to make this before the mangoes disappear from the market.
Refreshing drink for hot summer months....
Feel like grabbing that glass..
Try this with raw mango, all you need to do is peel the mango and cut into small pieces and boil this until the pieces are nice and soft, now blend this in the blender mixing all the above ingredients (Milk, Curd, Sugar and Cardamon) with ice cubes, blend it well and pour this in the glass and serve.
This looks delicious thanks for sharing!

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