Lassi Comes Home Recipes

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• Place dry chai spice on small plate. Rub a lime wedge around rim of 4 highball glasses to moisten. Dip rims in chai blend. Combine all the remaining ingredients except the rum in a blender and blend on high, until frothy. Pour into highball glasses and pour a hit, about 1-ounce of rum on top of each.

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• Blend the lemon yogurt, vanilla yogurt, milk, pureed mango, honey, mango nectar, and cardamom together in a blender until completely combined. Serve immediately.

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• Make the spiced coffee ice cubes: Combine the espresso, sugar, orange peel, cloves, cinnamon sticks and ginger in a medium bowl until the sugar dissolves. Cool to room temperature, and then cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours and up to 24 hours. Strain the coffee mixture through a fine-mesh sieve set over a large bowl and discard the solids. Divide the mixture among 2 ice cube trays and freeze until solid, at least 2 hours.
• Make the lassi: Add 3/4 cup orange juice, the yogurt, banana and cocoa powder to a blender and puree until smooth (if you'd like the lassi to be a bit thinner, blend in the remaining 1/4 cup orange juice). Add a few spiced ice cubes to the blender and puree. Pour the lassi into glasses and add 2 more spiced ice cubes to each glass. Serve immediately.

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• For spiced lassi, whisk equal amounts of low-fat yogurt with water using a balloon whisk to create a frothy foam, then serve sprinkled with a few toasted cumin seeds and a little chopped fresh coriander. For a sweet version, whisk the yogurt and water with a little sugar to taste and a few drops of rose water.

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• In a blender, blend the yogurt, ice, water, sugar and salt until mixture becomes frothy. Pour mixture over ice cubes in tall glasses.

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• Throw everything in a blender and blend to desired consistency. For a thinner smoothie add more crushed ice.