Mango Lassi 1/28

We've been lazy all week, between me being sick and both of us busy with work, we've had a lot of "nights out".  I seem to go in phases, I will cook for over a week straight, and then get lazy for a week :)

Anyways, last night we decided to get Indian from our favorite restaurant in Framingham: Welcome Indian Cuisine!  Its a tiny place that you probably wouldn't think much of when you drive by it, but its the best Indian food anywhere in the area, possibly in Boston!  The first time we went there, Eric ordered his food "hot", and they asked him if he was sure... he said of course, and when we got home, the food made him more than sweat!!  I can barely stand medium, but the food there has so much flavor that sometimes you don't even need the heat.

So last night I ordered medium, Eric ordered hot.  I figured we would both be in need of some heat quenching, so I decided to try and make a mango lassi.  I had a big thing of greek yogurt in the fridge, and some mango juice.  I found this recipe online and decided to modify it a bit.

My Mango Lassi
1 cup greek yogurt
1 cup mango juice
1 Tbsp sugar
1/4 Tsp cardamom


So I hadn't ever used cardamom in a dessert/drink like this before, and it turns out it was WAY too much.  It basically ended up tasting like a cardamom lassi.  Which in all, wasnt terrible, as it went well with the Indian food, but it was overwhelming and would have been nice to balance it with the mango flavor.  Next time I will only use a dash or two!  And I think the real mango makes a difference as the mango flavor was much more subtle.  Not bad for a few things I had in the fridge though :)