Healthy and Delicious Mango Lassi

Mango Lassi

This is one of the Indian secret weapons. . . .yogurt at every meal to help with digestion.  There is mango lassi which blends two of the mainstays of Indian cuisine.  Yogurt helps with the digestion of the spicy curries for which   India is famous.  And it is wonderfully sweet and refreshing.  Gujurat where we were headquartered is known for their sweet teeth  and you might remember when eating the traditional Gujurati thali , the sweets are eaten all through the mean with the more traditional savory dishes.  Enjoy this healthy drink!

Here is a recipe remembering that mango season in India is in the spring, April and May. There is mango juice available for substitution  of the fruit. 

Home Recipes & How-Tos Mango Lassi  from Food Network
Mango Lassi

Recipe courtesy of Ellie Krieger
Mango Lassi
Total Time:
10 min
Prep:
10 min
Yield:4 servings (about 1 cup each)
Level:Easy
NUTRITION INFO
Ingredients
2 ripe, sweet mangos
1 1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt
2 tablespoons honey
2 cups ice (1 tray of ice)

Directions
Peel and dice the mango and puree in the blender. Add the rest of the ingredients and puree until the ice is crushed and the drink is frothy. Serve in tall glasses with additional ice, if desired.

Now you know an easy traditional Indian drink to make with those mysterious mangoes in the market!   

Have you had mango lassi ?   Below are my posts on mangos and Gujurati Thali. 

https://talesalongtheway.com/?s=King+of+Fruits

https://talesalongtheway.com/2013/06/26/gujarati-thali-at-agashiye-the-house-of-mg/

 

 

About annetbell

I am a retired elementary teacher, well seasoned world traveler,new blogger, grandmother, and a new enthusiastic discoverer of the wonderfully complex country of India. Anne
This entry was posted in Amdavad, Travel, Uncategorized and tagged , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

2 Responses to Healthy and Delicious Mango Lassi

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.