Punjabi Sweet Lassi|Dhaba style Punjabi sweet Lassi recipe

Sweet Punjabi Lassi is serves as a refreshing drink in the summer season to refresh your mind as well as to drink healthy and popular in Punjab and North India. Today, I will share my favorite sweet Punjabi Lassi recipe that is super delicious and an authentic as well as a healthy drink recipe in the summer season. Trust me, Punjabi Lassi and paratha combination during summer season is a favorite in most Indian households.  It helps to lower the body heat and as we all know, adding yogurt in our meal reduce the effect of the spiciness of any recipe to give calm effect to the stomach and improve digestion after every meal.

DHABA STYLE PUNJABI SWEET LASSI

How to make thick Lassi?

The Punjabi's used to serve this Punjabi Lassi in a huge glass and add 2-3 tablespoon of white butter or cream on top of the lassi glass. Their  huge glass is very thick and drink after the meal of the day.

Here, I use a wooden hand blender(madani) to make a sweet as well as creamy Punjabi Lassi. We can also make lassi with an electric blender or mixer, but I prefer to make this lassi  by churning homemade curd with the help of madani as traditional way. Most people prefer Homemade Curd to make a lassi  as it tastes best to have fresh curd and not sour one. This way makes the lassi more sweeter. We can also add flavors as we can garnish with cardamom powder, few saffron trends or top with chopped or sliced dry fruits to the Lassi. You can add dry fruits of your own choice. It's depends on you.

What are main ingredients used for Punjabi Lassi?

Yogurt: Fresh yogurt is the main key ingredients of any variation of Lassi. Use of full fat curd to get a thick and creamy texture or prefer Homemade curd to avoid the sourness of yogurt from outside.

Sweetener: Traditionally, sugar is used in Punjabi Lassi. The addition of sweetener balances the sour flavors.

Chilled Milk: Here, I use 1/2 cup Chilled milk. Addition of chilled milk gives creamy flavor and also reduce the sourness from the yogurt. You can skip it and also use chilled water instead of chilled milk.

Cardamom Powder: Addition of cardamom powder or saffron trends makes the Lassi more delicious.

Ice cubes

How to make lassi without blender?

We can also make lassi without blender. As I prefer to make the Punjabi lassi  by churning homemade curd with the help of madani as traditional way. Most people prefer Homemade Curd to make a thick lassi  as it tastes best to have fresh curd and not sour one. This way makes the lassi more sweeter. 

Sweet Lassi verses Mango Lassi?

As we all know, Punjabi's love to drink thick lassi. Apart from Sweet Lassi and Salted Lassi, another one is Mango Lassi. Mangoes are a favorite of many people and make this lassi which has sweet mangoes blended with yogurt. Here, I used some quantity of cold milk. You can also skip cold milk and use ice cubes or cold water instead of cold milk. For preparation of mango lassi recipe, I have used mangoes, yogurt, milk, sugar and cardamom. Mostly people like to serve this Punjabi Lassi with parathas or chaat. They also serve, spoon with this huge Lassi glass so that they first eat soft cream and buttery white butter and then drink the Lassi.

There are many other variations of lassi such as in the sweeter version as Mango Lassi, Strawberry Lassi, Rose Lassi, Plain Lassi etc.. I know some people who like another lassi variation which is totally different from sweet lassi as it is known as Salted Lassi or chaas or buttermilk. You can have this salted lassi after every meal of the day. 

Tips

• Avoid using sour curd as if you take sour one, you have to add extra amount of sugar as well as taste is not so good.

• Always prefer Homemade curd to avoid the sourness of  yogurt from outside.

• Addition of chilled milk gives creamy flavor and also reduce the sourness from the yogurt.

• Always use full fat curd to get a thick and creamy texture in your Punjabi sweet lassi.

• This recipe can be doubled or tripled.

Recipe card for dhaba style Punjabi Lassi recipe:

DHABA STYLE  PUNJABI LASSI   PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES             COOK TIME: 5 MINUTES  TOTAL TIME:10 MINUTES CUSINE: NORTH INDIAN AUTHOR: SWATI RASOI SERVES: 4     INGREDIANTS 2 cups chilled fresh curd or yogurt 1 cup chilled water or milk   10 tablespoons sugar (powdered) or add as per taste 1 teaspoon cardamom powder or 2 teaspoon rose water For garnishing 2 tablespoons chopped or sliced dry fruits, optional few saffron trends PREPARATION In a bowl, take 2 cups fresh chilled curd. Here, I prefer Homemade curd which is fresh and not sour.  Now, add 1 cup chilled  milk.   With the help of madani or whisk , whisk till the curd become smooth. You can also blend using the hand blender /mixi. But I prefer madani or whisk which gives better taste. Now, add 10 tablespoon sugar. Here, you can increase the quantity of sugar if you want more sweeter. and also add powdered sugar to make lassi faster. Then, add crushed cardamom powder. You can add rose water as a substitute of cardamom powder. After adding cardamom powder, add 2-3 ice cubes to make coolest drink. Now churn the madani in the lassi mixture. Keep on churning the madani till sugar dissolves and Now you can see the frothy layer on the top of the bowl. You can also blend using the hand blender / mixi. Now, add ice cubes in glass. Now, Pour lassi in  glass and garnish with  chopped or sliced dry fruits  as a topping of the lassi. You can also top with 1-2 tablespoon of cream (which collects on the top of the milk) or add white butter as a top  to get rich texture. Serve chilled sweet lassi and garnish with chopped dry fruits.

How to make dhaba style Punjabi sweet Lassi with step by step photo

PREPARATION

1. In a bowl, take 2 cups fresh chilled curd. Here, I prefer Homemade curd which is fresh and not sour.

 

2. Now, add 1 cup chilled  milk.  

3. With the help of madani or whisk , whisk till the curd become smooth. You can also blend using the hand blender /mixi. But I prefer madani or whisk which gives better taste.

4. Now, add 10 tablespoon sugar. Here, you can increase the quantity of sugar if you want more sweeter. and also add powdered sugar to make lassi faster.

5. Then, add crushed cardamom powder. You can add rose water as a substitute of cardamom powder.

6. After adding cardamom powder, add 2-3 ice cubes to make coolest drink.

7. Now churn the madani in the lassi mixture.

8. Keep on churning the madani till sugar dissolves and Now you can see the frothy layer on the top of the bowl. You can also blend using the hand blender / mixi.

9. Now, add ice cubes in glass.

10. Now, Pour lassi in  glass and garnish with  chopped or sliced dry fruits  as a topping of the lassi. You can also top with 1-2 tablespoon of cream (which collects on the top of the milk) or add white butter as a top  to get rich texture.

11. Serve chilled sweet lassi and garnish with chopped dry fruits.

Tips

• Avoid using sour curd as if you take sour one, you have to add extra amount of sugar as well as taste is not so good.

• Always prefer Homemade curd to avoid the sourness of  yogurt from outside.

• Addition of chilled milk gives creamy flavor and also reduce the sourness from the yogurt.

• Always use full fat curd to get a thick and creamy texture in your Punjabi sweet lassi.

• This recipe can be doubled or tripled.