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Mango Lassi

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
A cold drink from India made with pureed sweet ripe mangoes and yogurt, mango lassi gets its incomparable flavor from freshly ground cardamon.
How much honey you need to add depends on how sweet the mangoes are. If honey isn't your thing, plain white sugar is perfectly okay.
Perfect for hot summer days!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine South Asian
Servings 2 glasses
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Ingredients
  

  • ΒΌ teaspoon freshly ground cardamom
  • 3 ripe mangoes well chilled
  • 1 cup yogurt plain, unsweetened and well chilled
  • honey to taste

Instructions
 

  • If using whole cardamom pods, peel three to four pieces and pulverize with a mortar and pestle or a mini-processor.
    Left: ground cardamom. Right: mangoes in blender
  • Cut the mangoes, scoop out the flesh and dump into the blender.
  • Process the mangoes into a puree.
  • Pour the yogurt into the blender with the pureed mangoes and process until smooth.
    Pouring yogurt in blender with pureed mangoes
  • Add half of the ground cardamom.
  • Process everything together until the color of the mixture is homogenous. If it is too thick for you, add a few tablespoons of water and process until smooth.
  • Drizzle in one to two tablespoons of honey and pulse the blender a few times.
  • Pour the mango lassi into two glasses and sprinkle with the remaining cardamom before serving.

Notes

Adapted from a recipe from Cook with Manali.
Keyword Lassi