Rose Lassi

5 from 4 votes

Rose lassi, made in 5 minutes, has a beautiful, light floral taste. I have a tip on an ingredient to use for restaurant-style lassi.

Cook Time5

Total Time5

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: Indian

Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian

Keyword: rose drink, rose lassi, yogurt drink

Servings: cups

Calories: 222kcal

Author: Shilpa Joshi

Equipment

1 Blender

Ingredients

Lassi

1 cup yogurt
½ cup milk or water
¼ cup heavy cream optional
2 tbsp sugar

Rose flavor options (choose 1)

¼ tsp rose extract/rose water I used Nielsen Masey brand, it is very strong
2 tbsp rose syrup I used Monin brand

Instructions

Add all ingredients to the blender jar and blend! Blending will make it naturally frothy.

Notes

Making lassi is a choose-your-adventure recipe (or choose what you have on hand in your fridge!).

If you want a thick, creamy restaurant-style lassi, go with all higher fat content ingredients. For example, whole milk, whole milk plain yogurt, half & half, and sugar.
If you want a middle-of-the-road lassi, mix, and match. Maybe you will use whole milk yogurt, water, half and half (for a tiny bit of creaminess), and sugar.
Or, you could go for a lighter version. In that case, maybe you will pick a low-fat yogurt such as 2% Fage Greek Yogurt or another yogurt, water, and sugar.

Half and half: Optional – Gives you that restaurant-style creaminess! I like the option of half and half (because most people have it on hand). It is made of half whole milk and half heavy cream so you can up the level of creaminess easily, no matter the ingredients you have at home. You can also add in a little fresh cream / heavy whipping cream to up the richness of the delicious drink.

Cardamom: Optional – I think rose lassi tastes great without any added flavor but cardamom does go beautifully with rose.

Natural color: Monin brand will provide a natural pink color. If you use rose water or rose essence, in the US you can find McCormick brand natural colors.

TIP: Garnish optionally with crushed pistachios or crushed fresh rose petals for a pop of color

TIP: honey does not mix well with cold liquid so I don’t recommend using it here (you could boil it with milk/water and chill it before adding it to the lassi). Maple syrup does blend with cold drinks though.

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