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Lassi with Cucumber and Mint
April 11, 2007 | 19 Comments
A refreshing way to drink your veggies.
Other candidates: carrots, zucchini, ash gourd, bottlegourd.
If using low fat yogurt, do not use ice. It will make a watery lassi. Chill the drink for a bit in the refrigerator, instead.
Lassi (pronounced luh-see)
(Serves 2)
2 cups plain yogurt
2 cups chopped cucumber
2 green chillies
a small piece of ginger
3-4 ice cubes
4 mint leaves
salt
1/2 tsp roasted and powdered cumin
1/4 tsp cayenne (chilli) powder
mint leaves to garnish
Puree cucumber, ginger, chillies and mint in a blender. Add ice and blend until it is crushed. Add yoghurt and salt and blend until it gets foamy. Pour into two glasses, sprinkle the cumin and cayenne powders and garnish with mint.
Our entry for Nupur’s A-Z tof Indian Vegetables at One Hot Stove for ‘L’.
Filed Under: Cucumber, Dairy/Cheese, lassi, Mint, vegetarian recipes, yogurt
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19 Comments
The luh-see sounds good for sure!!!!! The glass is even better
That “luhsie” looks and sounds luscious. I love lassies in the summer time and Soeren and I often mix up the coolest concoctions. This one is a keeper Bee!
Yummy! That looks so refreshing, I don’t like lassies in the Indian restaurants around here, I don’t know what they put in it, may be it is the sugar that turns me off. Your version sounds amazing!
i just had big galss of chocolate milk. so u can’t tempt me for the time being
chocolate milk???? yawn……that’s all i can say, sia.
shake it up with some chilli powder. chocolate and chilli are fab together.
btw, your khajura payasam (was that yours or someone else’s?) would make an amazing lassi. – b
kharjura payasa n lassi? i am not that innovative;) but “choco+chilli”milk is what i had:) i was kind of partial to chocolates after i finished my summer internship @chocolate factory. my office was in test lab and they literally used to stuff my tummy and bag with chocolates… i was literally in tears for 2 months all this torture. it took me more than a year to recover and taking revenge now by mixing chocolate with almost every spice i can get hold of;)
if anyone asks me what heaven looks like, i’d say ‘thorntons’. whenever i pass through london, thornton is one of my first stops. and whittard for the tea. – b.
Thats cool and refreshing
Spiced up lassi is the only way i can have it.
Chocolate and chilli: hmm,now thats an “exotic” combo
Masaledhar lassi looks thirst quenching… We call it masala maggige. Loveeeee it and can have it even in cold winter.
slurp…ur pic makes me crave food that i dont normally like..was never a fan of lassi ( yes, i’m unique)..
i see that u have a matching mat with every utensil u have..
no mats. we use paper or fabric or the tabletop. – b
Wow!!!! your pictures look so amazing jai and bee and the lassi looks sexy!!
will send u thorntons to ur door step then;)
Thats an awesome picture Bee. I make lassi very often but never used cucumber in it. Thats a great idea. I would love such a drink in a hot summer day.
Ok..that anonymous comment was from me…I donno why it is posted as anon
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That mug is beautiful…Lassi looks lovely, addition of Cucumber is new to me, is it your creation?
I do love the flavor of roasted cumin, I often eat plain yogurt mixed with some of that roasted cumin powder and a pinch of salt…goes really well with Theplas.
cucumber was j’s idea. – bee
The lassi looks sexy in that cup. Cucumber is nice idea. Definitely thirst quenching. Will try it once this rain stops. The rains are irritating me these days:(.
I love the way you have spiked your lassi with cucumber! Do you find that bits of cucumber as you drink the lassi, or does it get pretty smooth and splurp-able? Thanks for a lovely entry, as usual
smooth, ‘cos it pureed fine. – bee
Wow… finally got a way to finish up left over pieces fresh cucumbers and bottlegourds !
Thank you JB !
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