After the month-long A to Z Blogging Marathon in April, I took a break in May to catch up with reading my fellow blogger’s posts. I am back in June with my BM group with 4 marvelous themes for the month. My first-week theme is to Pick 3 Asian countries and make recipes from those countries. When I was discussing the themes with my husband, he immediately came up with the idea of making drinks from 3 Asian countries. I liked his idea as drinks and beverages are something that I do not blog about often. This is a great way, could come up with 3 refreshing drinks for the blazing-hot summer months. We are just at the start of June and temperatures in Oklahoma are already close to 100 F. It is very humid and all we want is something cool and refreshing to drink. The first country on my list is India and I made a very refreshing Papaya Lassi. One of my favorite lassi is this Lassi Patiala, which is a sweet lassi flavored with cardamom and saffron. The next one would be the Mango lassi, which is very popular here in the US. The South Indian version of the Lassi is the Neer Moru, which is a spiced buttermilk drink and is one of the best thirst quenchers and heat reducers during the summer months. Papaya Lassi is a sweet yogurt drink with papaya. Papaya is one of the fruits that I have not eaten much. For some unknown reason, it is a fruit that I don’t care much about. My husband insisted that I try this lassi with Papaya. Not knowing much about how to choose the papaya fruit, I just randomly picked one. When the fruit ripened enough, I cut it and had a taste of it. That is when I realized that the fruit was not sweet at all, but had a good flavor. My husband did not want to eat it as is and it became the perfect candidate for my Papaya and Yogurt Smoothie. I did add quite a bit of sugar as the fruit was very bland. If your papaya is sweet enough, adjust the sugar based on that. I loved the flavor of cardamom along with papaya and the beautiful color of the lassi was enough to lure my boys to drink it. They were not crazy about it and would have preferred Mango Lassi or this delicious strawberry spinach smoothie instead. Preparation time - 5 minutesCooking time - NoneDifficulty level - Easy
Ingredients to make Papaya Lassi - Makes 2 Tall Glass
Papaya (cubed) - 2 cups Plain yogurt - 1 cup Cardamom - 6 pods (seeds removed and crushed) Sugar - 6 tablespoon (adjust based on how sweet your papaya is) Ice cubes - few
Step-by-step process
Chop the papaya into cubes and place them in the blender with sugar and crushed cardamom.
I removed the cardamom seeds from the pod and discarded the skin. Then, I crushed the seeds to a powder and used it.
Also, my papaya was very less sweet. Hence I used the sugar that was needed. You could always start with less sugar and add more if needed.
Blend the papaya, sugar, and cardamom until smooth, and then add the yogurt and the ice cubes.
Blend it on high until smooth and creamy and immediately pour it into tall glasses and serve.
If serving later, keep the prepared lassi in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
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