Java plum mango lassi: A colourful way to load up on essential nutrients

The two-layered drink also looks fancy enough for you to serve it during parties. Photo: Reshma Mahesh

Java plums aka 'njaaval' are often available in Kerala backyards and even on our road sides. A tasty and refreshing lassi can be made with the colourful fruit, teaming it up with mangoes, in this season. The two-layered drink also looks fancy enough for you to serve it during parties and to kids who are fussy eaters.

Ingredients
25 java plum
1 mango
1 cup yoghurt
3 tbsp sugar
1 cardamom pod
4 ice cubes
3 mint leaves
1 tsp dried fruits (chopped)

Preparation
Peel the mango and keep in the freezer for at least four hours
Blend the frozen mangoes with 1 ½ tbsp sugar, ½ cup yoghurt and cardamom into a thick puree
Blend java seeds with 1 ½ tbsp sugar, sugar, mint leaves and ½ cup yogurt
Pour the java plum mixture into a serving glass
Pour the mango mixture as the next layer
Decorate with chopped dried fruits
Tasty java plum – mango lassi is ready.

The comments posted here/below/in the given space are not on behalf of Onmanorama. The person posting the comment will be in sole ownership of its responsibility. According to the central government's IT rules, obscene or offensive statement made against a person, religion, community or nation is a punishable offense, and legal action would be taken against people who indulge in such activities.