Mango Lassi

Background information

Lassi is a refreshment drink originating in India and Pakistan. There are multiple variations of lassi, ranging basically from salty to sweet. It always involves mixing yogurt with milk or water and spices or fruits.

Lassi is usually enjoyed as refreshment, especially during lunch. As it’s main ingredient is yogurt, you can probably think of all the benefits it brings: proteins, calcium and vitamins, B2 (riboflavin – you know you heard about it, just imagine it’s very important), B6 (involved in several metabolic processes) and B12 (good for the brain and the nervous system, also for the formation of blood). It almost makes me feel sorry for the lactose intolerant…

First time we tried it, we didn’t have mangos… One can imagine mango is imported in the Czech Republic. So we tried it first with pears! Needless to say it was great. Second time we tried it, we used, you might have guessed, apples! Pears were better for being more flavoured. Well, we’re Europeans so we don’t really have that many choices for indigenous fruits. Ana might contradict me here…

But then we had mango!!

Ingredients:

1 mango (peeled, without stone, and chopped)

1 cup of milk

2 cups of yogurt

2- 3 tablespoons of sugar

How to:

Put everything in a blender and let Edison do the work. Alternately, use a hand blender. It doesn’t matter how you get there, it’s the trip that counts. Blend everything like there is no tomorrow (forget about “Tomorrow never dies“; speaking of this, there can be only one and the one is definitely Sir Sean Connery – at least for me).

So, after blending/ mixing everything, pour into glasses/ cups/ mugs and have a blast with it. I know we did:

The second picture is obviously ironical. Ana was asking why didn’t we use a proper glass, I was asking why didn’t we have the proper beverage.

Notes:

1. Err… use at discretion.

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