Rose & Saffron Lassi

Name: Rose & Saffron Lassi (Kesar Lassi)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: pinch of saffron, crumbled; 500 g (2 cups) Greek-style (strained) yoghurt; 3-4 tablespoons caster sugar; 4 green cardamom pods, seeds ground; ½-2 teaspoons rose water Ice (optional); 1 tablespoon pistachios, finely chopped (optional)

Kesar Lassi

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Nutmeg Trail

By Eleanor Ford

Published 2022

About

Here we have a sweet yoghurt drink, the sort so romantic and ambrosial, it could inspire poetry.

Go gently with the spices and rose water, tasting as you add. We are after ethereal, not incense.

Ingredients

pinch of saffron, crumbled
500 g (2 cups) Greek-style (strained) yoghurt

Asia
India
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Drinks

Method

Soak the saffron in a tablespoon of hot water and leave to cool and infuse to a buttercup yellow.

Put the yoghurt and sugar into a blender with 250 ml (1 cup) icy-cold water. Add the saffron and mo