{"id":920,"date":"2018-11-20T13:49:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T19:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolalt.com\/?p=920"},"modified":"2022-01-06T11:12:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T17:12:50","slug":"lassis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolalt.com\/lassis\/","title":{"rendered":"Lassis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lassi is a yogurt drink found on the menu of every Indian restaurant. I make my “live” version with kefir, which gives it a tangy edge and a hefty dose of friendly probiotic cultures.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mango is the most popular lassi flavor. I’ve also included recipes for an exotic rosewater lassi and a traditional, refreshing salt lassi (yes, salt can actually be refreshing – a billion Indians can attest to it!) for the hot days of summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ingredients:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

1 cup Basic Kefir<\/span><\/p>\n

2 tablespoons raw honey or raw agave nectar, or to taste<\/span><\/p>\n

1 tablespoon rosewater<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rosewater Lassi<\/span><\/p>\n

{Serves 1}<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Pour the kefir into a glass, add the honey and rosewater, and stir to dissolve. Serve over ice if you like.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Ingredients:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

1 cup Basic Kefir<\/span><\/p>\n

2 pinches of sea salt, or to taste<\/span><\/p>\n

2 pinches of ground cumin<\/span><\/p>\n

Handful of chopped fresh cilantro or mint leaves<\/span><\/p>\n

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Salt Lassi<\/span><\/p>\n

{Serves 1}<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Pour the kefir into a glass, add the salt and cumin, and stir to dissolve. Add the cilantro or mint and serve over ice if you like.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Ingredients:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

1 cup Basic Kefir<\/span><\/p>\n

1 mango, peeled, flesh cut away from the pt, and chopped<\/span><\/p>\n

Pinch of ground cardamom<\/span><\/p>\n

1 tablespoon raw honey or raw agave nectar, or taste<\/span><\/p>\n

Pinch of saffron threads<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mango Lassi<\/span><\/p>\n

{Serves 1}<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Combine all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a glass. Serve over ice if you like.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lassi is a yogurt drink found on the menu of every Indian restaurant. I make my “live” version with kefir, which gives it a tangy edge and a hefty dose of friendly probiotic cultures. Mango is the most popular lassi flavor. I’ve also included recipes for an exotic rosewater lassi and a traditional, refreshing salt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[105,86,14,15,109,122,21,83],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carolalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140317,"href":"https:\/\/carolalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions\/140317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolalt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}