Lassi Recipe (3 Variations)
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- 04 May 2023
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Lassi is a cooling, refreshing, probiotic drink perfect for the warm summer months. Popular in Punjab and North India, there are many variations of a lassi recipe, including mango lassi, dry fruits lassi, and malai lassi. Here I share three easy, energizing and flavorful lassi recipe variations with you.
About Lassi
Lassi is a blended yogurt drink that is very popular in the Northern Parts of India. It is made with blending curd or yogurt with water or milk, salt or sugar and a few spices or herbs.
There are many variations of making this drink. Lassi is made both sweet and salty. Lassi is also a probiotic drink as obviously it is made from curd or yogurt which has gut friendly bacteria in it.
It is also made with a combination of fruits and yogurt. I have earlier shared these fruity variations of lassi – Mango Lassi and Strawberry Lassi.
Although the sweet version is a preferred choice of drink for many, some folks also like salted lassi. My personal favorite will always be Mango lassi.
Relished in hot summers because of its cooling properties, we often make lassi using a wooden churner and blender (called as madani, in Punjabi and Hindi language). You can choose to blend the lassi ingredients in a blender or with a wired whisk or immersion blender.
I do have a blender, but I prefer to make lassi this way with the wooden churner. Churning the fresh Homemade Curd with the traditional Indian hand blender has its own charm, and lassi made this way tastes different, too.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 0 mins
Total Time: 10 mins
Ingredients
For Sweet Lassi
▢2 cups Curd – cold and fresh (yogurt)
▢1 cup water or milk – cold or at room temperature
▢4 to 5 tablespoons sugar or add as per taste
▢1 teaspoon cardamom powder or 8 to 10 green cardamoms or 1 tablespoon rose water
▢10 to 12 saffron strands – optional
▢6 to 8 ice cubes – optional
▢1 to 2 tablespoons chopped nuts – cashews, almonds, pistachios, optional
For Salted Lassi
▢2.5 cups Curd – cold and fresh (yogurt)
▢1 cup water – cold or at room temperature
▢1 teaspoon black salt or regular salt or edible rock salt, as required
▢1.5 teaspoons roasted cumin powder
▢6 to 7 mint leaves
