Lovely Thandi Lassi

I am an almost-everyday Lassi drinker for large part of the year except the cold winters. Lassi is heavenly and divine in any form... always quenching the thirst !!!!!

Lassi is actually yogurt/Dai based mixed with water and served cold at households in the Indian Sub continent. There are many variations of the traditional lassi- like salt, sweet, mixed, water like, thick with cream etc. this is more dependent on the time of the year and the location. You can add ice as per you need/coolness .

Lassi is once said to be a special lunch drink for the Maharajas, it is said to keep the body cool, helps is digestion and balances most of the doshas ( Vata, Pitta, Kapha). It is said to rehydrate and refresh the body instantly.

How to make traditional Lassi -

• For Normal Lassi  Take part of Curd/Dahi, if you have set normal yogurt take some part of it whisk it add about 3/4 water and either use the traditional mixer, or modern day mixer container and mix it well, Add Sugar or salt or rose, cardamom etc as per your taste or need

• Thick Sweet lassi is usually made with yogurt/dahi mixed with ample amount of sugar with milk( some part water) majorly and flavoured rose/mango essence with cardomoms, grated badams, pieced cashews are added and blended with a blender or a mixer. when served it will have a froth on top and one can add kishmish/grated badam or cashews or best lump of fresh cream on top ... YUM YUM . Sweet Lassi was used during ancient hindu rituals, or early aryans.

Traditionally Lassi is served in tall Steel Glasses :)

Types of Lassi-

• Salt lassi- taken in very hot weather in afternoon
• Sweet Lassi- variant of above lassi but with sugar
• Thick Sweet Lassi
• Mango lassi-  Milk and mango with sugar
• Mint lassi usually chaas-  Salt lassi with mint/pudina excellent for digestion, add cummin/jeera and try and remove the fat from the yogurt
• Makhan Lassi- Variant of Sweet Lassi but with loads of fresh makhan or white cream and thoroughly mixed.
• Bhang/Cannabis Lassi- 
• Rose/Almond/Coconut/Pineapple/Strawberry lassi- Mainly sweet lassi with more milkor part milk and part water

Recommendations -

• Traditional Punjabi Lassi- Made in any Punjabi/Sikh Household- You can go to their place for lunch esp choley bhatoore or rajma chawal with lassi
• Any Place in Punjab, India or Pakistan ... every village, every town will be offering this drink in summer season
• Places around Golden temple, Amritsar, Punjab have excellent Thick sweet lassi apart from other variants of Lassi
• Commercial street, in Bangalore serves thick creamy sweet lassi with fresh cream
• Karol Bagh, Chandini Chowk, West delhi all have excellent yummy cheap lassis
• Ghats of Ganga in Rishikesh, Haridwar
• Some local places in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu served as Mambazham Lassi or Aam Lassi mainly 
• Ghats of Varanasi, Benaras, Allahabad in Uttar pradesh, India ( sweet thick lassi)
• Lebur Lassi which Bengali Tradition- east part of India.
• Chaaz in Bihar or any bihari family will serve you one.
• Lassi in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Pushkar, Udaipur is cool esp with the local food which is served .
• Agra, near taj Mahal--dont miss the KULAD Lassi  :)

BURPPP......LOVELY THANDI LASSI