Hi guys welcome to Drinks Tube
my name is Maunika and I'm going to show you how to make a really classic Northern Indian drink
a Mango and Saffron Lassi
it's really fantastic, really refreshing
and a perfect thirst quencher when you're having a spicy meal, or even over the summers
so let's get started
I've got my Saffron strands here
so I'm using a good generous pinch
they're really fantastic, obviously the most expensive spice in the world but
really versatile, and gives a lovely lovely colour to this lassi as well
so I'm going to add a little bit of that
and also I've got some warm water
so just
soak the saffron in the warm water and let it kind of infuse you'll see
it starts to kind of, you know, bring out its colour
really lovely, goes all yellow and beautifully hue-y
so I'm going to let infuse just for a few minutes
now for my mango
I'm using honey mangoes
smells absolutely amazing
it's really gorgeous and lovely
really yellow
just slice it
and scoop out all the
good sweet flesh
from the mango
so one whole fresh mango
this recipe will actually be enough for about
four, three to four persons
but I think make a little more because you know it's actually gonna
go down really really well
I'm also adding a bit of a tinned mango pulp
as well, or the puree, because it's nice and sweet
so I want a really good gorgeous colour
and at the same time a really strong flavour of mango as well to it
you can store this in the fridge once you've actually made the lassi, to actually chill and cool down slightly
so I've got some green cardamom
one of my favourite favourite spices
really lovely, really fragrant, really warm
these are the pods, so you'll probably need about
I'd say two or three, no more than that
so you just need to open them slightly
and you'll see there's, they've got these little black seeds on the inside
so just three of these
I'm just gonna give them a quick bash just to bring out all the flavour
and the essential oils in the ground cardamom
just gonna add, once its slightly course just add that
to the blender I won't really need that much sugar so maybe about
a tablespoon and a little more
just a touch more, and my soaked saffron which is
quite nice and you can see is already sort of infused and
got really lovely, you know a nice orangey yellow colour to that
along with the liquid as well I'm just gonna add about
200 grams of yoghurt now along with that
I'm also adding some milk just to thin it out slightly, if you prefer not to add
any milk
you can also add some water just to thin it out about 80 ml of milk
and that's really, I'm just gonna blend this down
OK I'm gonna open it and show you what it should look like
it's nice and loose as you can see
but it's still got a slightly thick creamy consistency to it, but the other thing is
when you blend it the thing to make sure is that the cardamom seeds are
completely ground down
and that your saffron is really well infused into the lassi as well
I've got my pouring glasses here
and along with that just a garnish of this course pistachio
really lovely and nice and crunchy
maybe just
a bit of colour and a nice little straw. So there you have it my mango lassi infused
with saffron and cardamom, its really nice and chilled and absolutely fantastic
mmm that's really lovely, lovely flavours of cardamom
saffron, really gorgeous, really thirst quenching
I hope you all try it and make sure you leave a comment in the boxes and tell me what you think of it
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