Mango lassi gets all grown up in this cocktail version. Mix with rum or vodka based on your preference. Or leave it out to enjoy the classic version! Top with crushed pistachios for extra flair.
Welcome to the first month of the Book Club Cookbook Cooking Project hosted by Camilla Mann of Culinary Adventures with Camilla! Eleven fellow bloggers joined her for a year-long exploration of recipes from The Book Club Cookbook, Revised Edition: Recipes and Food for Thought from Your Book Club’s Favorite Books and Authors by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp. Each month a blogger will choose a recipe and host a round up of posts featuring other bloggers’ musings and variations on the selected recipe. Any blogger can join in! Visit Camilla’s blog to learn how you can participate, follow on social media with the hashtag #thebookclubcookbookCC, and follow the Pinterest board. Heck, there’s even a giveaway for the cookbook at the end of this post!
For this month’s selection, Camilla chose Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (Houghton Mifflin, 1999), found on page 198 of The Book Club Cookbook. Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies is a compilation of nine short stories with protagonists whose identities straddle two cultures one of which is Indian. As such Camilla invited us to make one of two recipes: Mrs. Lahiri’s Hard-Boiled Egg Curry in Mustard Sauce or Mango Lassi. I went with the mango lassi obviously and as it is a Thursday, decided to turn it into a cocktail for Thirsty Thursday!
And a shout-out to my fellow hosting bloggers:
A Day in the Life on the Farm
Adventures in All Things Food
Cheese Curd In Paradise
Culinary Adventures with Camilla
Life on Food
Mostly Food and Crafts
The Pajama Chef
The Spiffy Cookie
Things I Make (for Dinner)
Tortillas and Honey
ZooeySuff
One year ago: SPAM Tacos
Two years ago: Peanut Butter Burgers with Slim Jim Fries and Chocolate Malted Milkshakes
Three years ago: German Chocolate S’mores Gooey Cake Bars
MANGO LASSI COCKTAIL
Serves 2
Ingredients:
1-1/4 cup cold water
1 heaping cup chopped mango
3/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
2 oz. white rum or vodka (optional)
1 Tbsp sugar
8 ice cubes, crushed (about 3/4 cup)
Crushed pistachios for garnish (optional)
Directions:
- In a blender, combine the water, mango, and yogurt and puree until smooth. Add the liquor (if using), sugar, and crushed ice cubes and blend again.
- Serve chilled in a tall glass with pistachios over the top, if desired.
Source: Reproduced with permission, developed by Shikha Kapoor for Masala Art.
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8 comments
I LOVE that you made this into a cocktail! That sounds so delicious and definitely up my alley!
I think if I had one of these along with Indian food I would be over my head way too soon both in drink and in food. Looks amazing!
Now that’s what I’m talking about….a lassi cocktail….genius!
A very adult twist to a wonderful drink…in lOVE!!
Love the adult twist you put on it!
I’m reading Philippa Gregory this summer
When Calls the Heart series
I love lassi and this is creamy, next-level deliciousness :)