Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Summer Lassi - 4 Ways is a Indian beverage made with yogurt, saffron water, and sugar in about 10 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: Not specified
  • Total time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 4 glasses (each lassi flavor serves 1)
  • Category: Beverage
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

Saffron Lassi

  • 1 cup yogurt (use plain whole milk yogurt)
  • 1/4 cup saffron water (made by mixing warm water with generous pinch of saffron strands)
  • 2 tablespoons sugar (or to taste)
  • pinch cardamom powder

Rose Lassi

  • 1 cup yogurt (use plain whole milk yogurt)
  • 1/4 cup cold water
  • 2 tablespoons rose syrup (like roohafza)
  • pinch cardamom powder

Pineapple Ginger Lassi

  • 1 cup yogurt (use plain whole milk yogurt)
  • 1/2 cup chopped pineapple (I used fresh pineapple)
  • 1/4 inch ginger (chopped)
  • 2-3 tablespoons sugar (or to taste)
  • pinch cardamom powder
  • pinch black salt (optional)

Raspberry Coconut Lassi

  • 3/4 cup yogurt (use plain whole milk yogurt)
  • 1/3 cup coconut milk
  • 1/2 cup raspberries
  • 2 tablespoons sugar (or to taste)
  • pinch cardamom powder

Method

Saffron Lassi

  1. Make saffron water by mixing warm water with a generous pinch of saffron. To a large measuring jar/blender, add yogurt, saffron water, sugar and cardamom powder.
  2. Blend it all together. I used my immersion blender. Pour into serving glass, garnish with saffron strands and enjoy! [PS: you may use some ice cubes since we don’t use ice cold water here]

Rose Lassi

  1. To a large measuring jar/blender, add yogurt, cold water, rose syrup and cardamom powder.
  2. Blend it all together using a blender. Pour into serving glass, drizzle with more rose syrup and serve.

Pineapple Ginger Lassi

  1. To a measuring jar/blender, add yogurt, pineapple, ginger, sugar, cardamom and pinch of black salt (optional).
  2. Blend it all together using a blender. Pour into serving glass and serve!

Raspberry Coconut Lassi

  1. To a measuring jar/blender, add yogurt, coconut milk, raspberries, sugar and cardamom.
  2. Blend it all together using a blender. Pour into serving glass, garnish with a raspberry and serve!

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.