Sweet saffron lassi
- Published: 12 Apr 16
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
Debbie Major combines the warm flavours of saffron and cardamom to make this creamy drink.
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Serves 2-3
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Hands-on time 10 min
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Ingredients
- A generous pinch of saffron strands
- 1 tbsp hot milk
- 250ml ice-cold whole creamy milk or Jersey milk
- 500ml Greek-style natural yogurt (we used Yeo Valley)
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder (made from grinding the seeds from 3-4 cardamom pods in a pestle and mortar)
- 3-4 tbsp caster sugar
- 1 tbsp finely chopped pistachio nuts
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Method
- Lightly toast the saffron strands in a small, clean frying pan. Cool, then grind to a powder in a pestle and mortar. Stir in the hot milk and leave to go cold.
- Tip the mixture into a liquidiser and add the cold, creamy milk, yogurt and cardamom powder. Then add the caster sugar according to taste. Blend together in a processor until slightly frothy.
- Pour into glasses over a few ice cubes and garnish with the chopped pistachios.
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- Recipe from March 2016 Issue
Nutrition
For 3
Nutrition: per serving
- Calories
- 363kcals
- Fat
- 22.5g (13.6g saturated)
- Protein
- 13.4g
- Carbohydrates
- 40g (39.2g sugars)
- Fibre
- no fibre
- Salt
- 0.6g
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