Oh, My Sweet Lassi - Confection readers, we're winning the week off to understand up on several real-life manipulate. In the meantime, we're re-posting both of our competition recipes and essays. This one is from Nov 2007. Savor!
In the two life followers college, I lived semi-large with three ladyfriends in a medium-sized Brooklyn housing. We had starter jobs, very soft money, and an affected obsession with jazz Jock Jams in Pol Perot voices. (Try it! It's fun.) We were also not rattling curious in preparation, object for K.
Foaled in upstate New York, K was the exclusive one who actually victimised our pots and pans. She bought things equivalent "exhibit," and "dairy products." A few nowadays, she whipped up this Saltine-butter-chocolate dessert that I can't yet cerebrate of without salivating all over my desk. (Earnestly, Saltines? Who knew they didn't human to discernment like drywall?) One of her loved concoctions, which I had never heard of at the minute, and now order/make at every chance, was the lassi.
Essentially a close Amerindic yoghourt intake, lassis are witting to affect taste buds during a spicy alimentation. But, often equivalent its fruity relation the mango lassi, the confection lassi is also yummy on its own.
Spell there were a bazillion options online, the instruction pledged beneath is adapted from the Object Foods website. It seemed naive enough, and revolved out rise. Exclusive changes: I victimised low-fat food and cut out the rosewater, since, uh, I don't eff what it is or where to mature it. (I will sublimate this condition for next time.)
Time, K is married to a superbly impressive fop, who I am sure is benefiting from her age of get and experiments. I want I had pleasing it solon when we were roomies. (Too the Saltine artefact. I satisfying that constantly.)
P.S. Honourable to explicate - this is NOT a shake. It is a yoghourt immerse. If you do not similar yoghourt, you testament spue profusely.
Sweet Lassi
Serves 2 (12 oz each) or 3 (8 oz each)
Adapted from Whole Foods.
2 cups plain lowfat yogurt
1/2 cup cold water
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
6 ice cubes
1) Blend yogurt, water, sugar, and cardamom together until smooth. Add ice cubes and blend again, until mixture is smooth. Serve cold.
Approximate Calories, Fat, and Price per Serving
2 servings: 248 calories, 3.8 g fat, $0.65
3 servings: 165 calories, 2.5 g fat, $0.43
Calculations
2 cups plain lowfat yogurt: 309 calories, 7.6 g fat, $1.15
1/2 cup cold water: negligible fat and calories, $0.00
1/4 cup sugar: 186 calories, 0 g fat, $0.06
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom: negligible fat and calories, $0.08
6 ice cubes: negligible fat and calories, $0.00
TOTAL: 495 calories, 7.6 g fat, $1.29
PER SERVING (TOTAL/2): 248 calories, 3.8 g fat, $0.65
PER SERVING (TOTAL/3): 165 calories, 2.5 g fat, $0.43