Lassi

Oh my God  Lassi!!!!!!   Yummy lassi!!!!!   I can’t get enough of lassi like I can’t get enough of fish.   However there is no way anyone can eat fish after they drank some lassi and vice versa because  it causes  disruptions  with  your stomach. That combo does not go well together at all all.  I learned this from my mother in law and since she  was an old lady that I took this very seriously.  It is not something to be questioned.

Lassi is a very refreshing drink that is widely drunk in the Indian sub continant,  meaning India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.   Lassi is an Urdu word  for a yogurt drink.  It is also drunk in  Turkey  and The Arabic speaking  countries too.  The turkish call it ayran and the Arabs calls it laban.  It is also drunk in Afganistan too  and they call it by a Farsi name called dogh.  So this post is about lassi and its variants  today.

I added 1/2  cup of yogurt  to my  container that came with my immersion blender and added 1 cup of cold water. I blended it till  it was smooth.  From here I gave it to Mr Riaz. It is very similar on how to make a smoothie almost.

If you want it salty then add 1 pinch of pink salt  or if you want it sweet add 1 tsp of either or turbinado sugar, honey, or agave nectar.   There is the aam ki (mango) lassi variant.

For  aam (mango)  ki lassi take 1 fresh ripe  mango and cut all of the pulp from the seeds and the skin of the fruit. I put this in the container that came with my immersion blender.  Add 1/2 cup of plain yogurt and 1 cup of water.  Do not addd sugar or any sweetener because this is already sweet   and blend until smooth.

The Turkish and Arabs  also add just salt  and blend and they put in a glass full of ice. Just like Indians and Pakistanis.

The dogh from Afghanistan is very minty because it has mint in it.  It is  1/2 cup of yogurt  added to the  blender followed by 1 cup of water, 1 small cucumber chopped and 1 pinch of mint and blend.

Now  you are ready to enjoy  this and it is so yummy and hard to put down.