Lassi | Lassi Recipe | Indian Lassi | Homemade Lassie (Elaichi & Almond)

Ready in 5 minutes

Serves 1 person

Ingredients:

1. 4 tbsp - Dahi/Yogurt
2. 1/2 cup - Milk
3. 1-2 - Almonds (freshly grated for garnishing)
4. 1 tbsp - Sugar (Optional)
5. 1/8 tsp - cardamom/Elaichi powder (Optional)
6. 3-4 - Ice-cubes (Optional)

Preparation:

1. In a blender, add yogurt, Milk, Sugar, and ice-cubes - blend everything well for around 2 mins.
2. Take out lassi into a nice clean tall glass/stainless steel cup.
3. Add Elaichi and mix well.
4. Finally, add shaved Almonds for garnishing and serve fresh & chilled.

Tips:

• If you are making this for more than one person then just double the quantity of all ingredients.
• You can totally avoid sugar if you wish.
• Feel free to use any kind of yogurt i.e. flavored, Greek, plain, kefir, etc.
• Cardamom & Almond is optional but when added gives a refreshing taste.
• To give a twist to your lassi, add any local & seasonal fresh fruit and blend everything together and voila, delicious fruity lassi is ready. My personal favorite is Mango lassi during summer.
• If you prefer, you can also add cinnamon powder to it.

Quick health gyaan:

1. Feeling bloated? Drink a glass of lassi with just a pinch of salt and jeera/cumin (powder or seeds are fine too).

2. Get your daily intake of fermented food, it could be as simple as yogurt and if you don’t like yogurt then make this delicious lassi (you are welcome 😊).

3. Lassi is a yummy mid-meal snack and it has a good amount of probiotic enzymes which helps improve metabolism and reduce cholesterol, proteins, carbs, Vitamin A, B.