Rose Water, Pistachio & Cardamom Lassi

The recipe is mostly up to you, but here's a guideline for the basic lassi. It tastes pretty darned good just like this:

1/2 cup yogurt
2 tbsp sugar
1/4 - 1/2 cup water
pinch of salt

For the strawberry version, I added:
1 cup strawberries
2 big basil leaves, torn
1/4 tsp black pepper (or so)

Mango version:
2 mangos, peeled and diced
1 tsp chile powder
Zest of 1 lime
Juice of 1/2 lime
Pinch of cayenne

And the princess of the party, the Rosewater version (although it's very good with just rosewater if that's all you have):
1/2 tsp rosewater
Small handful, shelled pistachios
Seeds of 1 cardamon pod

One note: I didn't make the mango one watery enough. They're not meant to very thick, so add more water so they suck up through a straw easily. These are meant to sit lightly in your tum-tum, not like a sack of rocks!

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