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Mango and Yogurt Drink (Aam ki Lassi)

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on June 24, 2009

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Serves 4

Mango and Yogurt Drink (Aam ki Lassi)

Ingredients

3 cups chopped fresh mango (from 2 to 3 mangos)2 cups plain whole-milk yogurt 1 cup ice water, about half water and half ice2-4 teaspoons honey 2 teaspoons juice from 1 lime⅛ teaspoon salt

Before You Begin

If the mangos are not very sweet, you may need to sweeten the drink with extra honey. Do not substitute frozen mangos or the drink will taste very flat. We prefer the flavor of whole-milk yogurt here; however, low-fat or nonfat yogurt can be substituted. Place glasses in the freezer to chill before starting the recipe.

Instructions

  1. Puree all of the ingredients together in a blender until there are no visible chunks of mango, about 1 minute. Strain the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into a pitcher, pressing on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible; discard any solids left in the strainer. Serve in chilled glasses. (The mixture can be refrigerated for up to 4 hours; reblend before serving).
Mango and Yogurt Drink (Aam ki Lassi)

Mango and Yogurt Drink (Aam ki Lassi)

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Serves 4

Ingredients

3 cups chopped fresh mango (from 2 to 3 mangos)
2 cups plain whole-milk yogurt
1 cup ice water, about half water and half ice
2-4 teaspoons honey
2 teaspoons juice from 1 lime
⅛ teaspoon salt

Ingredients

3 cups chopped fresh mango (from 2 to 3 mangos)
2 cups plain whole-milk yogurt
1 cup ice water, about half water and half ice
2-4 teaspoons honey
2 teaspoons juice from 1 lime
⅛ teaspoon salt

Ingredients

3 cups chopped fresh mango (from 2 to 3 mangos)
2 cups plain whole-milk yogurt
1 cup ice water, about half water and half ice
2-4 teaspoons honey
2 teaspoons juice from 1 lime
⅛ teaspoon salt

Why This Recipe Works

We found that the best mango lassi recipe required a generous amount of fruit and we liked the full flavor of whole-milk yogurt, though low-fat and nonfat yogurt made reasonably good lassis as well. To keep the drink from becoming unpleasantly thick, we included some ice water while pureeing. We preferred the floral notes of honey to sugar for sweetening and found that a pinch of salt and squeeze of lime juice perked up the tropical mango flavor in our mango lassi recipe.

Before You Begin

If the mangos are not very sweet, you may need to sweeten the drink with extra honey. Do not substitute frozen mangos or the drink will taste very flat. We prefer the flavor of whole-milk yogurt here; however, low-fat or nonfat yogurt can be substituted. Place glasses in the freezer to chill before starting the recipe.

Instructions

  1. Puree all of the ingredients together in a blender until there are no visible chunks of mango, about 1 minute. Strain the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into a pitcher, pressing on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible; discard any solids left in the strainer. Serve in chilled glasses. (The mixture can be refrigerated for up to 4 hours; reblend before serving).

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