Salted Mint Lassi (Salted Yogurt Drink)
Lassi is a healthful yogurt-based drink, popular throughout India. Mint and ginger give it a tangy and refreshing taste. Mint Lassi is a great compliment to any meal, especially during summer.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of yogurt (dahi, curd)
- ¼ cup mint leaves (podina)
- 1 teaspoon ginger juice*
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black salt (optional)
- 1/8 teaspoon roasted cumin seed powder* (bhuna jeera)
- Few mint leaves for garnishing
- ½ cup of ice cubes
Method
Blend mint leaves with two tablespoons of yogurt to make a paste. Add yogurt, ginger juice, salt, black salt, and one cup of water. Blend just enough to make the drink smooth; don’t over-blend as it will froth.
Pour it over ice cubes and garnish with roasted cumin seed powder and mint leave.
Lassi can be made one day in advance and refrigerated.
*Note:
- Making Ginger juice: shred the ginger using a fine grater or zester and squeeze the pulp using fingers.
- Roasting Cumin seeds: Toast cumin in a heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring frequently, until aromatic and brown in color. You can make a small jar of this in advance and keep it for couple of months. This is used in many recipes.
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August 5, 2015 at 10:30 amThank you, Aunty Manjula! I’ve been following your YouTube series for years and have learned so much about Indian cooking form you. I made your roasted cauliflower last Christmas and my family loved it! There was nothing left but my sister’s rice was still almost full 🙂 I’m going to make this tonight for myself. Yum!
Nancy bhardwaj
May 30, 2015 at 9:32 pmVery nice auty Ji…
shruti
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devi Patel
April 1, 2015 at 8:40 pmLovely
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ariha
July 13, 2012 at 11:09 pmHi Aunty.,
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Krish
July 2, 2012 at 12:48 amThis is a great drink to keep your body cool at the time of Summer. Another effective cooler is Badam ki Thandai. View the recipe @ Borosil And You
Shweta
June 26, 2012 at 2:58 pmhello aunty.. i have 1 request to u .. kaju kari is my fav dish .. and here in indian restaurant its not available .. can u please post kaju kari recipe …. pleaseeeee pleaseeee …
thank u
Krish
June 12, 2012 at 11:52 pmHere is another fresh drink to keep immune system strong in summer. Amla juice!
Grind fresh amlas and add appropriate salt, hing, chaat masala and black pepper powder to it to make your summer drink.
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latha
June 2, 2012 at 10:16 pmnamasthe aunty i am living in chennai India here the climate is very very hot . this receipe is very helpful to us thank u very much
Julia
May 29, 2012 at 11:34 pmVery tasty and refreshing. I made some slight adjustments to the recipe and added some crushed Tellycherrypepper as well as a few drops of lemon juice and some soda water to make the joghurt a bit thinner. However, a great sundowner.
Manidipa Bhaumik
May 29, 2012 at 6:39 pmA nice chill out drink, must for this hot season. Thanks.
I blog @ Manidipa’s Kitchen
Chris Brennan
May 29, 2012 at 4:08 pmGreat recipe – thank you, Manjula. I’d never extracted juice from ginger before, and I thought it would be a chore, but it was pretty easy. The drink is tasty and refreshing, especially on a hot day in Arizona.
Neela
May 29, 2012 at 2:20 pmHi Manjulaji
Please show Mushroom receipes soon.
Tiger Singh
May 29, 2012 at 1:43 amOh how wonderful. I’ve had a slightly different version of this drink before and it was wonderful. Although this is salty, I’ve had the sweet version and also kind of a “hot” version. Hot meaning in taste with green chillies finly chopped and with some celantro. I’ll try this one also. Thank you very much. I really enjoy your recepies and your presentations.