Mango Lassi
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 0 minutes
Serves: 2, makes around 500g/2 cups of mango lassi
- 210g/7ozs. mango cubes
- 210g/7ozs. natural yogurt
- 80g/2.8ozs. crushed ice
- 60g/2ozs. caster or superfine sugar (or to taste)
- 3 teaspoons lemon juice (optional)
- Pinch salt
- Ground cardamom and crushed pistachios on top (optional)
Step 1 - Place the mango, yogurt, ice, sugar, lemon juice and salt in a blender and process until smooth. Pour into glasses adding crushed pistachio and ground cardamom on top if desired.
Thermomix directions: Place the mango, yogurt, ice, sugar, lemon juice and salt in the Thermomix bowl. Set to 1 minute, speed 9. Add crushed pistachio and ground cardamom on top if desired.
I try and eat healthily as much as possible (I am forever trying to balance my love of butter and carbs with lots of vegetables and summer fruit). This year was an amazing summer for mangoes and every week we've bought huge, juicy specimens to make mango sticky rice (have you tried it yet? You must!) and mango lassi. I make a big jug of this mango lassi every 3 days and we have it with breakfast or lunch.
I was also cognisant of eating well as I was about to have my blood test which should be an annual thing but I forgot to do it last year. You have to fast for 8 hours prior and I asked Mr NQN to drive me because the only Saturday testing lab was in an area with busy traffic and not a lot of parking. He would just wait in the car for me.
There were three people before me but then it came to be my turn. The woman taking the tests took out some vials to collect blood and then a urine specimen jar. "For the urine test," she explained, sensing my confusion. She was a no nonsense sort of lady and I was slightly worried because there was no mention of a urine test and I had just peed before we left.
She took the blood and then handed me the specimen jar with strict instructions to fill it up halfway. I went to the bathroom and could only fill it a quarter of the way. I went back to her and she was already onto the next patient. I showed her my paltry offering, "Could I have some water please?" I asked. She gave me a tiny cup of water and instructed me to go into the waiting room to wait. After 5 minutes I tried again. Nothing. I went back to get another cup of water (it might help if the water cups were bigger haha) and repeated this another couple of times to no avail.
Then inspiration struck me. I rushed to the bathroom and looked for a video that would play the sound of water trickling. And you know how they say there's a youtube video for everything? There really is and there were a few that were designed to help you in this very situation! That helped although I was 2ml short but this woman was not about to quibble about that. And of course half an hour later while I was walking the dogs I was busting to go!
So tell me Dear Reader, do you do annual health tests? Do you like mango lassis? Have you had a lot of mangoes this past summer?