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Healthy Mango Lassi

February 25, 2015 | Drinks & Smoothies

Mango lassi

Everywhere you look in SE Queensland, beautiful mango trees are dripping with fruit. Even if you don’t have a neighbourhood tree, they should be pretty cheap in stores right now across Australia. So I thought I would share my favourite way to make the most of this sweet summer fruit.

BK (before kids), I spent 8 months in beautiful India and as such, developed quite a taste for the local cuisine. I travelled through a good part of this huge country, and each region claimed ‘the best’ lassi on the continent (and I may have tried them all). So since being back in Australia, I have experimented with many different versions of this classic including infusing a few medicinal herbs in the mix – food as medicine and making every mouthful count, right! This is the result – not the super sweet traditional lassi because I haven’t added any other sweetener – but mango is plenty sweet enough I think.

Health benefits

Mango is a nutrient and fibre rich fruit, and I’ve read, the most consumed fruit worldwide.
Natural, full-fat yoghurt is a great source of protein and beneficial gut flora to support digestive and immune health.
Turmeric is one powerful herb – it’s a wonderful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and a medicinal herb that benefits so many common health conditions (based on my clinical experience); so I just love to include it in our diet wherever possible. Much of the current research on turmeric is focussed on its potential to prevent dementia and various cancers.
Cardamom is also a potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory herb. It is very calming and healing to the digestive system and supports immune function. It has a very distinctive, almost floral taste that you’ll either love or hate – personally, it is one of my most favourite flavours ever. Nostalgically Indian.

 

Take a look at the variations (below the main recipe) for suggestions to alter the recipe to suit your specific dietary requirements.

Healthy Mango Lassi

Prep 5 minutes
Total 5 minutes
Serves: 2
Healthy Mango lassi
4.8 from 10 votes
My take on a traditional Indian Lassi, this Healthy Mango Lassi is both nourishing and delicious. Check out the variations to make it into a chia pudding or ice-blocks.

Ingredients

  • 2 mango/s -peeled and flesh removed (see note below for using frozen mango)
  • 250 g full-fat natural yoghurt (1 cup)
  • ½ tsp ground turmeric
  • ½ tsp ground cardamon
  • 1 cup ice
  • 1 tbsp rose water (optional)

Method

  • In a powerful blender or food processor, puree the mango, yoghurt and spices until smooth.
  • Add the ice and puree again until it is crushed.
  • Serve immediately. You can also freeze into popsicle moulds for a delicious ice-block.

Note

  • You can sub the mango with frozen mango cheeks and omit the ice but also add ½ cup of water.

Serve

  • With chopped cashews or pistachios.

Store

  • Leftovers can be frozen into little cups or ice-block moulds for a fast, healthy snack another day.

Variations

Dairy-free and vegan

Sub the yoghurt for coconut yoghurt or cashew nut cream.

Chia pudding

Add ¼ cup of chia and allow to soak to make this into a delicious chia Indian style pudding.

It's not mango season

Replace the mango with 2 cups of fresh strawberries.

Ice-block

This is divine frozen into ice-block moulds for an icy treat.

I'd love to hear how you like my version of a lassi. It's my favourite way to eat mango and I look forward to it come easy mango season. 

Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Indian

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Category: Drinks & Smoothies Tags: afterschoolsnack, breakfast, coconutfree, cornfree, dairyfree, drink, eggfree, familyfood, garlicfree, glutenfree, grainfree, lassi, legumefree, lowsugar, mango, nutfree, onionfree, seafoodfree, sesamefree, Smoothie, snack, soyfree, vegan, vegetarian, wheatfree, yeastfree

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26 Comments

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  1. kelly seach says

    mmmm, think I have just found today’s afternoon snack!

    February 27, 2015
    Reply
  2. Louise says

    This sounds delicious! It is very hard to find fresh mango here and the frozen mango which is available is chopped into little chunks. Any idea of how much (in cups) would equal 2 mangoes?

    February 27, 2015
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Louise I’d guess 11/2 -2 cups approx. You can’t go to far wrong with this though. Enjoy G x

      February 27, 2015
      Reply
  3. Kymelle says

    This drink is amazing!!!! So delicious! I added macadamias before blitzing it as I was having it for breakfast and garnished it with some shredded coconut. Even more enjoyable when you know healthy it is – I have been looking for ways to use turmeric. Thanks so much! Love the breakfast e-book. Can’t wait for your next one!

    March 3, 2015
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Thanks Kymelle. I’m so glad you like it and I love your improvisations – perfect way to add protein for breakfast. G x

      March 4, 2015
      Reply
    • Sharolyn Newington says

      5 stars
      Macadamias would be gorgeous with this! Must try.

      January 14, 2019
      Reply
  4. Jane says

    4 stars
    I love my breakfast smoothies and this was a delicious change from my usual green smoothie. Loved the spicy tastes mixed with mango.

    October 15, 2017
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      So great to see mango back in season too Jane. Looking forward to making this myself this week G x

      October 17, 2017
      Reply
  5. Laura says

    5 stars
    I love homemade mango lassi’s but have never thought to add turmeric or cardamon. Such a great idea. Thank you for this 🙂

    February 16, 2018
    Reply
  6. amily says

    Your healthy and fresh mango lassi is delicious and make my breakfast awesome

    July 11, 2018
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      So glad you enjoyed it Amily – one of my personal favourites too G x

      July 11, 2018
      Reply
  7. amily says

    your mango lassi is delicious.

    July 11, 2018
    Reply
  8. Michelle says

    5 stars
    Amazing!! I just could not believe how good it was, so glad it is mango season.

    October 25, 2018
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      I love this flavour combo too – so pleased you enjoyed it Michelle! Thanks for the 5 star rating too G x

      October 25, 2018
      Reply
  9. Therese says

    5 stars
    Our local primary school participates in the Mango Fundraiser and I have 2 boxes of beautiful mangoes coming soon! I can’t wait to try this recipe!

    November 2, 2018
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      What a fabulous fundraiser Therese! SO much better than a lot of the rubbish fundraisers out there. I know you’ll love this lassi – it’s a staple in my house this time of the year. Georgia x

      November 2, 2018
      Reply
  10. Sharolyn Newington says

    5 stars
    I have been making this recipe regularly lately. Thanks Georgia! The turmeric is perfect because it enhances the colour and the kids would never guess. I also love the cardamom and rose water with it. They make it a bit special. I sometimes add frozen coconut water cubes or hemp seeds (and keen to try some macadamia chunks as per recommendation above) – whatever is lying around really. Any left over smoothie becomes ice blocks. Fantastic.

    January 14, 2019
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      So glad you love it Sharolyn. It is a beautiful combination of flavours and goodness. Thanks for your feedback and the 5 stars G x

      January 15, 2019
      Reply
  11. Emily Hayes says

    5 stars
    AMAZING! Everyone loved it. Going to add chia next time to make pudding.

    April 7, 2020
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    • Georgia Harding says

      So glad you loved it Emily x

      April 13, 2020
      Reply
  12. Jessica Denholm says

    5 stars
    So, so yummy. My kids were hesitant as the word “lassi” was unfamiliar, but reminded them they liked mango and told them a story of the first time I tried the drink and they were sold.

    November 4, 2020
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    • Georgia Harding says

      Brilliant, it’s just a fancy name for a smoothie really 😂 so glad they loved it G x

      November 4, 2020
      Reply
  13. Nancy says

    I’m drinking this lassi now and had to comment because it’s so delicious. The spices and hint of rose really make this special and so yummy, I can’t put it down! 😋

    November 6, 2020
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Ha, I know what you mean Nancy. It’s very moorish! So glad you loved it G x

      November 9, 2020
      Reply
  14. Nancy says

    5 stars
    Forgot to add my 5 stars!

    November 6, 2020
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Oh thank you !!

      November 9, 2020
      Reply

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