Dry fruits lassi

I have never heard of dry fruits lassi though ordinary sweet lassi is one of my favourites. May be its famous in North India. Today in my office cafetaria I ordered this lassi in the Amul counter and I just loved it. I reproduced the lassi at home as soon as I came back from office. The lassi tasted great.

Sweet, cold lassi with crunchy and chewy dry fruits with a mild rose essence flavour makes it a perfect drink.

Here is the recipe

Ingredients to make one glass of dry fruits lassi

Curd: 1 glass
Sugar as per taste (I added 4 tsp)
Dry fruits: around 1tbsp (I added cashew broken into small pieces, dried grapes and red tutti fruity. Altogether was 1 tbsp)
Rose essence: 2 drops mixed in a tablespoon of water

Procedure

1. Blend curd without adding water. Dissolve sugar in curd and refrigerate.
While serving,
1. Pour rose essence solution in a glass.
2. Add the refrigerated curd.
3. Top it with dry fruits.

Refreshing dry fruit lassi is ready.Serve it cold.

Note: I added a bit more(around 5 to 6 drops) rose essence. Hence the lassi had a strong rose essence flavour. I will add only 2 drops, the next time I make it. Came to know through Sanghi of RD for summer event hosted by AnuSriram of Chandrabhagha , for which I am sending this recipe.

Panakam(spicy jaggery water)

We make panakam on Ram Navami day. Lord Rama's b'day is celebrated as Ram Navami during the month of April(panguni in Tamil) on punar poosam nakshatra on the ninth day after amavasya(ammavasai). In South, panakam, neer more and cucumber salad with moong dal(kosmalli) are prepared and offered to god as neivedyam.

The dry ginger powder added to it gives it a nice spicy touch. Its also very easy to make.

I just love this drink.My mother made this on Ram Navami day this friday which I am documenting here.

Ingredients

Jaggery: 200gms
Water: 600 litres
Dry ginger powder(chukku podi in Tamil): 1 tbsp
Elaichi: 10 (crushed)
Juice of half lemon

Procedure

1. Mix all the above ingredients in a bowl. Stir for sometime so that the jaggery dissolves in water.
2. Serve once the jaggery completely dissolves.

It can be refrigerated and had cold.