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Lassi is a popular and traditional South Asian drink originating from North India. It is made by blending yoghurt with water, salt, pepper, ice and spices until frothy. Traditional lassi is sometimes flavored with ground roasted cumin. Lassi is also available as sweet with sugar.
Yoghurt sweetened with honey is used in rituals.
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Lassi is a popular and traditional South Asian drink originating from North India. It is made by blending yoghurt with water, salt, pepper, ice and spices until frothy. Traditional lassi is sometimes flavored with ground roasted cumin. Lassi is also available as sweet with sugar.
Yoghurt sweetened with honey is used in rituals. Less common is lassi served with milk and is topped with a thin layer of Devonshire cream. Lassis are enjoyed chilled as a hot-weather refreshment, mostly taken with lunch. With a little turmeric powder mixed in, it is also used as a folk remedy for gastroenteritis .
Variations
Traditional mild salted lassi
This form of lassi is more common in villages of Punjab.It is prepared by blending curd with water and adding salt,pepper and other spices as per the requirements.The drink thus produced is known as Salted lassi.
Sweet lassi
Sweet lassi is a form of lassi flavored with sugar, rosewater and/or lemon, mango, strawberry or other fruit juices. Saffron lassis, which are particularly rich, are a specialty of Sindh in Pakistan and Jodhpur and Rajasthan in India. Makkhaniya lassi is simply lassi with lumps of butter in it (makkhan is the Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi and Gujarati word for butter). It is usually creamy like a milkshake.
Mango lassi
In various parts of India, mango lassi is a cold drink consisting of sweetened kesar mango pulp mixed with yoghurt, cream, or ice cream. It is served in a tall glass with a straw, often with ground pistachio nuts sprinkled on top.
Bhang lassi
Bhang lassi is a special lassi that contains bhang, a liquid derivative of cannabis, which has effects similar to other eaten forms of marijuana. It is legal in many parts of India and mainly used for religious purposes, particularly during Holi, when pakoras containing bhang are also sometimes eaten. Rajasthan is known to have licensed bhang shops, and in many places one can buy bhang products and drink bhang lassis.
On his No Reservations television program, celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain visited a "Govt Authorised" Bhang Shop in Jaisalmer Fort, Rajasthan. The proprieter offered him three varieties of the drink: "normally strong, super duper sexy strong, and full power 24 hour, no toilet, no shower."
- Its a salted drink like lassi.Salt and Jeera (cuminn seeds) are normally added for taste.
Ayran
A drink in Turkey is similar tasting to Lassi called Ayran. It is also made with yoghurt and water.
Cultural references
A 2008 print and television ad campaign for HSBC tells a tale of a Polish washing machine manufacturer's representative sent to India to discover why their sales are so high there. On arriving, the rep investigates to a Lassi parlour, where he is warmly welcomed, and finds several machines being used to mix Lassi. The owner tells him he is able to "make ten times as much Lassi as I used to!"
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