Authentic mango lassi recipe | Mango yogurt drink

Indian mango lassi is a drink which makes every summer awesome!

No matter where you go, this drink will be around whenever you see Indian cuisine served. Everyone is crazy about this Indian mango drink whether you stay in India or abroad. So, how do you make a good restaurant style mango lassi at home?

First of all you need sweet mangoes. Mangoes come in many varieties. Some are pulpy others tart. Which is your favorite variety? I have always loved eating mangoes because we had 5 huge trees at home. Whole summer in township, people would send loads of mangoes to each other.

Plucking mangoes from neighbor's garden at Bhopal was our favorite pastime. (Of course, we took permission first!). I am sure this plucking brings back memories to you readers too. North has its own favorites. Langra, chausa, dashehri,neelum, pairi and totapari. What is not to love!

Jump to:

• Indian railways and mango love
• Which mangoes to use for mango lassi
• Ingredients
• Instructions
• Substitutions
• Variations
• Equipment
• Related links
• Indian mango lassi recipe
• Storage
• FAQs

Indian railways and mango love

Some feel Alphonso are best. However, I fell in love with Gujarati kesar at Bhavnagar. My favorite memory of summer train travel also has mangoes in it. A vendor selling aam papad or mango papad would enter as soon as train entered Rajmundry.

Later, as the train entered Vijayawada, carts of mangoes would show up on the station. The sight would improve our mood instantly even after 6-8 hours of travel depending how late the train was. It still brings a smile to me 🙂

Initially, we missed mangoes when we moved to Australia. Now Kensington Pride steals my heart here in Melbourne. So here is a traditional mango lassi recipe, with a videsi mango pulp. While I use Calypso for my salsa, somedays when you are lucky you do get chausa in Queen Vic market for lassi. Grown in Queensland yet totally desi feeling!

Scroll below to see how we do it.

Which mangoes to use for mango lassi

Use the sweetest variety of mangoes. Here in Australia , we prefer using 'Kensington Pride' .You can always choose to frozen mangoes from the supermarket freezer or use tinned mangoes. Tinned mangoes are preserved in sugar syrup hence they came loaded with that extra sugar.

Ingredients

• Mango (frozen)
• Low fat yogurt
• Cardamom powder/sugar/ Chopped nuts/rose petals for garnish (optional)

I prefer just using mangoes with low fat yogurt, however there are multiple variations with the above listed ingredients.

See recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

Learn how to make a mango lassi which is smooth and silky in the below steps.

• Scoop the mango flesh from ripe and sweet mangoes.Freeze them for few hours.

• Add low fat yogurt into a blender

• Add the frozen mango pieces along with cardamom powder(optional).

• If your mango is not very sweet you may add extra sugar according to your taste.

• Blend until smooth.

• Pour it into glasses. Garnish with chopped nuts and rose petals optionally.

This recipe pairs well with a spicy jackfruit biryani and chana bhatura. You can always start your meal with a lassi and end with a mango kulfi or a kesar shrikhand if you love your mango recipes. If you are avoiding dairy, make this banana mango vegan smoothie with coconut water.It is just amazing! After all,Who didnt love their mango dolly growing up!

Trivia : Did you know lassi is made in washing machines in Punjab due to the demand. Cool isn't it? Don't use it for washing though! Keep it separate 🙂

Substitutions

If you do not have fresh mango available, use tinned mango pulp to make it. Adjust the yogurt added according to the sweetness of the pulp. If you are vegan, you can make mango smoothie with coconut water ,pulp and bananas or some coconut yogurt.

Variations

You can use yogurt to make various version of lassis. Be it elaichi lassi, kesar lassi, plain sweet lassi or salty lassi or rose lassi. You can also add some saffron to get a golden hue.

You can also add some rolled oats to this, just add little water as oats will make this drink more thick.

FAQs