Strawberry Lassi
Apr 01, 2015, Updated Jan 02, 2018
Strawberry Lassi is a delicious blend of fresh strawberries and yogurt! A refreshing summer drink!
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Spring is finally here with Easter less than a week away. While I always want to share dessert recipes for holidays this time I am making an exception. Today I am sharing with you a super simple recipe, which traditionally doesn’t belong on the Easter table but I see no reason why it shouldn’t?! It’s fresh, delicious and perfect for spring. I think that qualifies my Strawberry Lassi for the Easter brunch. Isn’t it?
Lassi refers to any yogurt based drink in India and it’s quite popular in US as well. The most popular lassi in this part of the world is Mango Lassi, I swear I have seen it in every damn Indian restaurant I have visited in this country. But in India the most popular lassi is actually sweet lassi and salty lassi , these are without any fruity flavors, the salty one does have some spices added to it. With temperature in 100s during May-June, lassi is quite a popular drink back home. It’s refreshing and also good for you!
It’s so funny that I started enjoying a lot of things after I started my food blog [which basically means after I started cooking] and lassi is one of them. Mom used to make sweet lassi for dad often but I would never have even a sip of it. I just never wanted to drink lassi and look at me now, posting a recipe of the same thing on my blog! One another such thing is rajma, never liked it before, love it now when I make it!
Anyway back to my strawberry lassi. I made this for 2 reasons 1) I got a huge box of strawberries from Costco and as usual I had to use it in some recipe. I rarely buy fruits and veggies from Costco just because we can never finish with them but this time around a friend was visiting us so I got the big box and even then it was not over! 2) It’s spring so strawberry recipes just make more sense! 😀
Now I have to say that the strawberry lassi was delicious. I drank half of it while trying to click the pictures. To make this lassi is simple, puree the strawberries with sugar and then add yogurt and milk to it. For a creamier lassi, you can even add some half & half to it. I also added cardamom powder and little rose water to this but that’s optional. I would actually recommend both though, because I love the flavors they imparted to the lassi.
Oh and yes lassi is supposed to be quite thick, mine isn’t that thick simply because I prefer it this way. If you want thicker lassi, just increase the amount of yogurt to 1 cup and it should be fine!
Enjoy!
* You can use honey in place of sugar in the recipe.
Strawberry Lassi
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh strawberry puree [from around 20-25 strawberries]
- 2-3 tablespoons sugar or to taste
- ¾ cup yogurt
- ½ cup milk
- 1-2 pinch of cardamom powder
- ¼ teaspoon rose water [optional]
Instructions
- Wash the strawberries and remove their stalk.
- Puree the strawberries in a blender with 2-3 tablespoon of sugar.
- Add yogurt, milk and blend till well combined.
- Add the cardamom powder and rose water [optional] and blend.
- Pour into serving glass and serve chilled.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Strawberry Lassi
My daughter wants me to make her a Strawberry Lassi. What meal or appetizer would you recommend serving it with?
we actually drink lassi with just regular meal or roti/sabzi. But for appetizer you can try samosa https://www.cookwithmanali.com/samosa-recipe/
I needed to get rid of some strawberries before they went bad, and this was the perfect solution. I do wish I had the rose water, but it certainly was delicious! I will definitely make this again.
its georgious….can you sent me all types of lessi and its recipes please…if u help me i will the best lessis to alll….can you helpp
please use the search button on the blog and search for “lassi”
“after I started my food blog [which basically means after I started cooking]” – I know that really well 😀
This looks amazing. I was wondering is there a certain kind of yogurt to use ? Such as extra protein, like chobani and is it plain yogurt ? Also where do you get rose water ? I never had heard of that before.
Hi Rose, I have used plain yogurt here but you may use any yogurt of your choice. Strawberry yogurt will work great too! As for the rose water, you can get it any India or Middle Eastern grocery story. Hope that helps!
A question: what kind of yogurt to use? Plain, low fat, flavored or greek yogurt? I am new in trying recipes so, I really need to know specifics in ingredients. So sorry!
But I love your milkshakes and coffee drinks. I have tried your salted caramel mocha and the coffee caramel milkshake. Delicious and perfect!
Hello Tanjun! Thanks for reaching out, for this recipe I used regular plain yogurt. You can definitely use strawberry for a stronger strawberry flavor! Hope that helps and thanks for trying out those recipes, glad you liked them! 🙂
lol I know! It definitely is everywhere! Thank you Shweta for your kind words! xoxo
Thanks Ceara! Yeah they need to move beyond Mango Lassi!!
Thank you Mira!!
Beautiful and so pink! I love that its so pink! hehe
haha don’t we all love pink? Thanks Kelsey!
Love lassi! Strawberries are my favourite fruit – definitely going to be trying this soon! 😀
Thanks Jess! I am sure you will love it! 🙂
Ah this must be so so good! We love lassi, but haven’t tried a strawberry one so far. Gonna give it a try as soon as strawberries go in season.
Thank you! I am sure you will enjoy it! 🙂
Thanks Marcie! Yeah mango is the most common one in US but lassi can be made with any fruit 🙂
Thanks Danielle! Rose water was great in this lassi!
Thanks Alice! So true, blogging really teaches us to appreciate all kind of food 🙂
Thanks Pamela! I am sure you will enjoy it!
Yes lassi season is here! 😀 Thanks Savita!
Thanks Kelly 🙂 I am sure you will like it!
I know how much mango puree can one use! I am sure you will like this strawberry version Cyndi, it’s good for a change 🙂 and yes homemade is always better!
Ha! Me too, never liked plain lassi! I need to get back to running, injured my knee and since then I have not been doing any workout, only eating 🙁
Thanks Angie! It was delicious 🙂
Thanks Anu! you are always invited my friend!
Order a mango lassi next time you go to an Indian restaurant. I am sure you will like lassi, it also super easy to make! 🙂
Thanks Olivia! The rose water and cardamom are optional but I love them 🙂
Thanks Jen! Wow now that would be the perfect set-up to enjoy this drink!
So fresh and pink and pretty! I’ve never heard of lassi before, but it sounds right up my alley – and this will look so perfect on the Easter table. 🙂
Oooooh, lassis are my favorite! This one looks perfect in my book, Easter-y or not 🙂
Thanks Sarah! Yes perfect for all occasions! 😀