Indian Mango Lassi (Restaurant Style)

Mango lassi – refreshing and cooling Indian mango drink perfect on hot summer days. The blend of sweet mangoes and yogurt with a touch of cardamom creates a creamy, irresistible bright yellow hue drink that gets ready in 5 minutes.

Indian mango lassi is one of the most preferred drinks in Indian restaurants with meals. The traditional mango lassi is made with fresh juicy mangoes. However, this is a restaurant style recipe made with ready to use mango pulp.

The best part is you don’t need to wait until the next mango season to make this delicious mango-flavoured drink. Any yogurt could be used but using greek yogurt has the added advantage of contributing to the thickness and creaminess of the drink.

Lassi is one of the best summer drinks to prevent dehydration. Among various flavoured lassis such as masala lassi, rose lassi, salt lassi and sweet lassi, mango lassi is one of India’s favourite and most preferred beverages during summer, which is coincidentally a mango season. This classic drink perfectly accompanies spicy food such as paneer jalfrezi, kadai paneer and vegetable chettinad.

Looking for more mango recipes? Check out the mango milkshake, mango cherry popsicles, mango coconut burfi, mango phirni, mango mousse, mango pudding, mango overnight oats and mango lemonade.

How to make delicious mango lassi?

Making mango lassi at home is easy without any prep time. It’s a pretty straightforward procedure – add all ingredients in the blender and blend until smooth and well combined. 

The texture and creaminess of lassi depend on the quality of the yogurt we use. I would suggest you use full-fat natural yogurt or greek yogurt. You may not get a creamy and silky texture with low-fat yogurt rather you will have a little sour and thin lassi.

Always use chilled yogurt and mango pulp to make sure the lassi is cold but doesn’t water it down. Do not use ice cubes as they make lassi thin pretty quickly.

Mango Lassi Recipe Variations

A dash of rose water or kewra water enhances the flavour. Use it instead of cardamom powder.

Swap agave or maple syrup for refined sugar as a healthier option.

For a vegan mango lassi, substitute dairy milk and whole milk yogurt with unsweetened non-dairy milk such as almond milk, coconut milk or say milk. Replace dairy yogurt with a nondairy version. You could sprinkle a few chopped cashews or pistachios along with almonds on top of the lassi.

Fresh mangoes could be used instead of pulp when they are in season. Ensure to use nonfibrous sweet mangoes. 

Plain greek yogurt could be used instead of regular whole yogurt.

How to make mango lassi with mango pulp?

Add mango pulp, yogurt, cardamom powder, sugar and milk in a blender.

Blend until all the ingredients are well combined. 

Test the taste and add more sweetener or ground cardamom if required. 

Refrigerate lassi for a couple of hours.

Pour refreshing lassi into glasses and garnish with sliced almonds.

Pour mango lassi into a glass and serve.

Notes

Add little more milk while blending for slightly thin consistency.

Adjust sugar based on sweetness of the mango pulp.

Cardamom powder enhances the flavour. You could swap dash of rose-water for cardamom powder.

Mango pulp can be substituted with frozen mangoes or fresh mangoes.

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