Traditional mint lassi.
From New Year's, to Mardi Gras, to St. Patrick's Day, the celebrations are seemingly unending until they freeze to a halt in April.
That's probably why the
versatile,
ingenious American partyer transformed the entire season of summer into a celebration b!tches!*&!@
Not that any of us needs advice on that, but we could have a brush-up on what we should do when the
alcohol metabolizes overnight, causing us to wake up way early the next day.
*Imagine* The sun's shining, the heat is calling out to you and overpowering you at the same time, it's early-hours before happy hour, even hours before noon-and you've got an insatiable summer thirst.
How do you take it down a notch?
With some lassi, of course!
Lassi (pronounce LUH-see) is the South Asian (trust, we know about keeping cool in sweltering heat) yogurt-based drink which is a known remedy for both overwhelming hot-feelings and tummy aches (two serious contributions to summertime blues).
Middle Eastern yogurt soda, also known as doogh.
Just-plain Lassi is liquified yogurt, slightly salted and sometimes with mint. Since the concept of a salted beverage is sort of icky in America, there also exists the option of mango (or any-other-"fruited") lassi; though this option is often utilized as more of a dessert, sometimes even being blended with ice cream.
I've had some Middle Eastern friends sing the praises of yogurt soda (yogurt liquified by being beaten down and diluted with water, then cut with salt/pepper/mint) though in its non-fresh bottled form (as it's available in America)
it's not quite as adored.
For those of us too weathered by the economy to afford an air conditioner and too weathered by the actual summer weather to go buy some ice, or an ice tray, here's a can't-go-wrong recipe for delicious, refreshing lassi:
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- 1 1/4 cups cold water
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds (not *required*)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp finely crumbled mint (not *required*)
Blend in a blender for 3 seconds. Serve cold.
Regular lassi, mango lassi.Have you ever/would you ever try a yogurt-based drink?
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Comments (10)
I've drunk yogurt smoothies. I don't know if I would want something with salt in it, though.
@chocolatescifi@xanga - There are sweet lassis as well, and I'm pretty sure that they omit salt.
I absolutely love this stuff. There is this whole street of Indian restaurants and clothing stores about half an hour away from where I live and they sell all sorts of lassis. I'm not a big fan of the salty kind but sweet lassi is fantastic.
i went to an indian restaurant with my boyfriend once, and the mango lassi was the only thing i liked.
Mango lassi is the bomb. My bf lived in india for awhile but he didn't like reg. lassi... I'm slowly baiting him to try a fruit-based one soon. I hear in India some of the swanky places have passionfruit lassi... I'm in for that ;)
I love drinking yoghurt, it's sooo healthy. I have it to be my breakfast everyday!:)
MANGO LASSIS FTW!
What kind is that first kind though? It looks like "raita."
Haha I almost forgot how good they are :3
Excellent blog, I think this form of lassi is more common in the villages of kamagra gel town, they are so nice and always they are drunk, everything is with alcohol. Anyway, it is prepared by blending yogurt with water and adding salt and other spices to taste. The resulting beverage is known as salted lassi. 23jj
I'm gonna try tio prepare this recipe. U see, I'm rying to lose weight cuz I'm a quite fatty, maybe because I use so much generic viagra... The fact is I need, and I want to be healthy and I guess this recipe could help me to reach my aim.
Nice drink! I've heard that it can help to reduce weight but I'm not sure. It would be perfect if I can prepare this a home tonight.