Making a Traditional Salted Lassi
Place all the ingredients in a bowl or blender. Add the yogurt, water, and salt to a bowl or blender. If you want to use ice for a colder, frothier drink be sure to use a blender.
Mix the ingredients. Use a whisk to combine the ingredients in your bowl. Or use the blender to blitz the ingredients and ice till they're combined.
Pour the lassi into glasses. Divide the lassi among glasses and serve them immediately. The lassi should be served cold, so mix it up right before you're ready to serve it.
Making a Traditional Sweet Lassi
Mix the yogurt and sugar. Place the yogurt and sugar in a blender and blitz for a minute until it gets foamy. Or you can whisk the yogurt and sugar in a bowl.
Add the milk, cardamom powder, and ice. Add the milk, cardamom powder, and ice to the blender and blitz until it's smooth. If using a bowl, whisk the milk and cardamom powder until they're smooth. Leave out the ice cubes.
Pour into glasses. Divide the lassi into glasses and serve immediately. If you mixed the lassi by hand and didn't include ice cubes, you can place ice cubes in the glasses and pour the lassi over them.
Making a Mango Lassi
Prepare the mangoes. Peel the mango and the flesh of the mangoes away from the center pits. Set the mango flesh in a blender.
Add the yogurt, sugar, milk, and ice to the blender. Once all the ingredients are in the blender, cover and blitz the mixture until it's smooth and frothy. If the mangoes are very sweet, you may not need as much sugar. You can always cut back on the sugar once you've prepared the mangoes.
Pour into glasses. Divide the lassi into glasses and serve immediately. Consider garnishing each glass with little slivers of mango.
Mixing It Up: Trying a Variation
Add a spice. For a savory flavor, mix in 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin, ground turmeric, or masala powder. This works best when added to the traditional salty lassi. For a flavorful addition to the traditional sweet lassi, add 1/2 teaspoon of ground cardamom powder or ginger, for some kick.
Blend in a fruit. Start with a traditional sweet lassi and blend in some of your favorite fruits. Consider mixing in strawberries, papaya, bananas, or coconut. Try chopping and freezing the fruit before blending it into the lassi. This will make your drink colder and frothier.
Flavor with a syrup or milk. While most lassi drinks are yogurt based, you can swap out the yogurt and water or milk for coconut milk. This will give a slightly tropical flavor to the drink. Or you could flavor the lassi with rose water syrup, vanilla extract, or honey. Don't choose too many flavors or they could make the drink too sweet. If you stick to one or two flavors, they'll be more pronounced.
Garnish. Top your lassi with any of the following for extra flavor and a more polished look: chopped pistachios sprigs of mint sprinkle of turmeric or cumin chopped almonds fruit sliver
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