Lassi or how to cool off in the tropical heat
Here are a few words about the traditional South Asian drink lassi. It is a yoghurt diluted with water / milk and seasoned with either salt and cumin or mixed fruit and sugar. Sweet lassi reportedly helps with insomnia, while salty lassi is drunk for digestion after a hearty meal or as an aid during tropical heat.
Preparation steps
- Basic recipe for lassi: mix all ingredients and mix in a blender.
- Along with an excellent recipe for banana lassi, mango lassi can be prepared in a similar way. In a blender, mix all the ingredients and mix for 2-3 minutes. Lassi can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours.
- A favorite version in northern India and Pakistan is plain lassi, spiced with a crumb of cardamom and sweetened with rose water and honey.
- In Ayurveda, lassi is known as an excellent drink against toxic toxins in the body in its salty version.
Serving
You can often find recipes for strawberry lassi on the net, but these are mostly modernized versions since strawberries are by no means a South Asian fruit. It is also very interesting and lassi with saffron (versions are different, with sugar, salt, nutmeg, etc.). There are also versions of lassi (called "chaas"). Sweet chaas differs from lassi in that it is somewhat rarer, ie it contains more water than yogurt, while salty chaas with salt and cumin contain chopped ginger, fresh chilli, sometimes curry leaves, fresh coriander, mint, etc. . bhang lassi, a yogurt mixed with a liquid derived from cannabis, with the same properties and symptoms caused by all the edible parts of marijuana. In most Indian states, bhang lassi is legalized and is most commonly sold for the holiday of colors, Holi, along with breaded marijuana.
