We are writing this from a small cabin in Mexico. Me, David and Elsa are on a trip together. Just like two years ago, but this time we are only away for two weeks. And today is Elsa’s birthday. She turns three! Do you remember her first? So much has happened since then, but traveling together is still just as amazing. There won’t be any cake today (saving that for when we come home), but there was at least pancakes for breakfast. And Elsa has decided that we are having açai-bowl for lunch!
We prepared a few recipes before we left. This first one – a turmeric and ginger flavored banana lassi – is a special kind of Indian smoothie that we have been drinking a lot of lately. After a long and dark winter, most of us look almost transparently pale and gloomy. Following the natural remedies route, we believe that what we eat affects our bodies. And this lassi is filled with ingredients that can give your immune system and body a natural health boost.
In India, they often drink lassis after a spicy meal. In our house we have them as breakfast or lunch drinks. And sometimes as a lighter dessert. Apart from it’s health advantages, it is also truly delicious. The turmeric adds a nice and unusual twist in flavor. And the ice makes it all frothy and fresh.
Immune Boosting Turmeric Lassi
2 large or 4 small glasses
2 cups organic yogurt with active live culture
2 bananas
2 tsp freshly grated ginger
2 tsp honey, preferably unpasteurized
1/2 lemon, juice
2 tsp rosehip powder (optional but delicious, and a good C-vitamin boost)
1 tsp vanilla extract or ground vanilla
3-4 tsp ground turmeric (or fresh turmeric root)
4-5 ice cubes
Place all ingredients in a blender and mix on high speed until smooth. Add more yogurt if you prefer. Pour the lassi in two large glasses. For a more stunning presentation, dust 1 tsp ground turmeric on top before serving. Add a straw and serve.
Happy Birthday Elsa! We love you more than the world.
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Excited to pick up these ingredients while I’m out today. Enjoy the rest of your trip and Elsa’s special day!
Happy birthday glorious birthday girl Elsa <3 Such a gift to this world bringing laughter, curiosity and loooove!
And to you all, ENJOY Mexico – you are so so so worth this trip together. What a year it has been!
Hugs and love from me and Fabian
That’s a lot of turmeric! Looks super healthy. Happy birthday to Elsa! And enjoy your Mexican holiday! :)
Mmmm looks delicious! I’ve never had anything quite like this. Will have to give it a try!
Enjoy Mexico! I’m sure all us readers are crazy jealous. And Happy Birthday Elsa!
I’m looking forward to trying this lassi. When I was working in India I encountered such brilliant drinks such as warm milk with turmeric or warm milk with saffron as something to drink before bedtime. Both turmeric and saffron feel quite at home with a warm glass of almond milk. Yum. I love the addition of rosehip powder in this recipe and am definitely going to try to track some down.
Bon Voyage!
Happy birthday, Elsa!! I found this blog shortly after she was born, and it has never failed to cheer me up when you share stories of how your family is growing and spending time together. Your healthy and (more importantly) meaningful and happy way of life is inspirational. Thank you so much for sharing!
As for the recipe, this looks wonderful! I am allergic to latex, which is found in raw bananas and avocado, so I sadly can’t make a raw version of this recipe. However! I worked at a Syrian cafe where we served mango lassi. I will try this recipe with fresh mango instead!
Someday, I will save enough money to make the acai bowl. Someday…
very nice recipe.
Just one question, I’m from Croatia, and googled for rosehip powder everywhere but can not find it. I know what rosehip is, in Croatia we only drink it as a tea, when we have a cold, or when we want to drink tea. It’s not common to drink a lot of tea in here.
I always buy organic, dry rosehip. Can I blend it and make a powder?
I’ll ask in the organic food store if they have it, but I doubt it. Where do you buy that stuff?
P.S
Elsa very happy birthday to you :) I have a girl to, she’ll be 3 for a month.
thank you
may :)
So fun! This sounds awesome!
*unpasteurized
*preferable
while I’m at it: *preferably unpasteurized :)
Happy birthday sweet Elsa! Hope you’re all having a lovely holiday. I’ll be making this for an afternoon pick-me-up with coconut yogurt. Thanks for your inspiration! :)
Happy Birthday Elsa! Today I made your delicious mint & mango zuchini spaghetti for lunch and it was sooo good. Tomorrow I will be energizing my body with this smoothie. Have an awesome time in Mexico!
Happy birthday beautiful Elsa, hope you’ll get a wonderful day!
Being Indian, I appreciate turmeric! I end up using it in almost most of the recipes!
Look at those tiny hands! Adorable! These photos are amazing. So vibrant! Definitely sounds like a great drink smoothie for this time of year when the seasons are changing + colds are looming. Thanks for the idea! Happy birthday to the little one.
Beautiful little girl. Have a wonderful time in Mexico:)
Happy Birthday to Elsa! She looks so adorable on all your photos of her.
Also, I downloaded your new desserts app, and I am loving it! So many great tips for a sweet treat you can eat without feeling bad about it. Looking forward to try out some of the recipes.
Tillykke store Elsa
Kram og kys fra mormor og Rasmus klump :-)
Happy birthday Elsa! Hope you all have a wonderful holiday :)
Thanks for the beautiful lassi drink, I would never have thought to use turmeric but it seems so perfectly suited I don’t know why I never tried it before.
It is Nice and Healthy .We also make it for Our Student doing Cooking Class But just do a little bit different ,they have Nice and Strong flavour with romantic smelling .Great to get healthy food
Yummmm…Love Tulum! My boys are 13 and 17 now. We have been bringing them there since they were babies.:) Enjoy!
Happy 3rd Birthday to your precious Elsa who looks all grown-up and sweet with her pink balloon!
Your Turmeric Lassi is beautiful and so vibrant. I happen to have lots of fresh turmeric roots right now, can I just blend the root in the Vitamix without grating it? What quantity? I’ll give it a try tomorrow morning and let you know. Your Chocolate Black Bean Cookies were good, my kids & their little friends liked them too.
Enjoy the rest of your vacation in sunny Mexico!!!
Dear Ketmala, I would grate the turmeric root before adding it to the blender (even with a Vitamix). Fresh turmeric has a stronger flavor, so it’s probably good to start with half the amount (around 2 tsp), then add more if needed.
/David
Dr. Oz featured a drink very much like this (using Almond Milk instead of yogurt) recently. He uses it as a before bedtime drink and I think it is terrific! I shall use yogurt tomorrow night and I’m sure will love it!!
Birthday wishes to the little girl. Interesting to learn that you all are so much into Indian Lassis! Ground turmeric root will have a different taste (more pungent) than the turmeric powder – isn’t it? Again turmeric powder (uncooked) – how will this be? Pardon me for being a bit blunt but keen to know whether the drink tasted nice apart from the obvious health benefits?
Hi Ishita, yes it does taste very nice. The banana and honey makes it quite sweet and helps balancing the turmeric and ginger flavor.
If using fresh turmeric root, you could perhaps start out with a little less since it has a stronger flavor. Make sure to grate it before adding it to the blender.
/David
Lovely!will try make this lassi during weekend
Aw! Happy birthday, Elsa :)
Happy birthday to Elsa! Soo cute! This smoothie looks so delicious! Thank you and enjoy the break – you totally deserve it! x
Looks yummy, what a great way to get more turmeric into my life. Happy Birthday dear Elsa, you are adorable!
Happy birthday, little Elsa. It’s nice to know that you are having a good time in my country. Please don’t forget to post pictures! :)
Hi!
Happy birthday Elsa and happy birthday parents for your beautiful daughter and your wonderful life!
I’m mother of two beautiful girls and I’m in love with them too. The little one has only 4 months!
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Happy birthday to Elsa!! I love your photography, the cute little fingers of Elsa around that big glass of Lassi, really nice. You are a great inspiration, thanks.
Where can I buy rosehip powder? Thanks
Hi, In Sweden you can find rosehip powder in all health food stores, and even some super markets. We have noticed that it can be more difficult to find in other countries, but our best guess is health food stores.
If you can’t find it you can also just leave it out.
/David
Beautiful photos! Elsa is adorable. Thanks for sharing such an easy way to add turmeric to the diet.
She is beautiful.
Wow, isn’t she beautiful. Healthy food, healthy child. She is so blessed to have been raised so you guys! :) xx
A great drink to help relax is warm milk with 1/4 tspn ground tumeric stirred in —helps one to relax and drop off to sleep quicker
Hello! Happy Birthday to Elsa. She is beautifull and big, considering that i “know” her from since she was a new born baby.
Oh man… thank you for this! I’ve been on a huge inflammatory cycle lately, and can’t seem to kick it (no matter how many Omegas I take!). I made this for breakfast, though used almond milk instead of yoghurt and added chia seed. It’s absolutely fantastic!!! My tummy is happy, and all this turmeric has GOT to help.
Thanks for this recipe. This seems like an easy (and delicious!) way to incorporate more turmeric into your diet. Such a gorgeous color too. I’ve been really enjoying you desserts app too :)
Wow, one of the best smoothies i have ever tasted!!!! Made it with 1/2 greek yogurt, 1/2 coconut milk as that was what i had on hand… Delicious!
I would drink this lassi all day. :)
Happy birthday to Elsa! My daughter was 3 in January. One of her favourite vegatables are chick peas (like Elsa’s :)), the other is sweet potato.
can you use almond/hazel nut milk instead of yogurt? or even Greek yogurt instead of regular?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRECIOUSNESS!!!
Hi Bell, we haven’t tried it with the replacements that you suggest, but it does sound like it would turn out very nice.
/David
I just made the lassi and it was delicious! Different with the turmeric flavor but oh so good and a bit spicy. Had mango at home so replaced the pineapple with that. Thank you from a new follower.
Wonderful lassi, I just made it. Will be even more perfect for a summers day. :) AND, I totally love this website; the recipes (even though Im not vegetarian ;-), the design and most of all the photo’s! Thank you!
Going to the store to try this today! Great way to use turmeric! x
Well, turmeric is really full of nutrition and improve immunity and that’s way it is better to add it in your daily food in any form as well as this immune boosting turmeric lassi is great way if you want it in good taste,
This is such an interesting idea for a beverage. Turmeric is a delicious spice with some really powerful healing benefits. I can see why you’re drinking this to strengthen the immune system.
Happy Birthday to Elsa :)
What a great blend! These ingredients just go perfectly together for a refreshing and stimulating mix. Thank you so much!
Wow! Such a nice healhty treat! Yum!
I’m drinking this right now! It’s delicious — the turmeric adds a very interesting but subtle flavor. I had to use ground ginger since I didn’t have fresh on hand, but otherwise all the ingredients were already in my kitchen. A lovely treat for lunch — thank you!
This lassi looks delicious – I can’t wait to try it sometime. I also hope the beautiful Elsa had a lovely birthday.
Sounds amazing and so interesting! Will definitely give it a go. Thanks for sharing.
Anna x
I’d never heard of lassi’s before but I tried the recipe from your book last night and this one for lunch today and now absolutely love them!
I just made this, with frozen blueberries instead of ice. It’s really nice, hope it helps with my cold!
I have just made it. couldn’t be bothered with grating turmeric root so added it cut into pieces. didn’t have any fresh ginger so added powder. Nor rosehip powder so I used some dried rose petals. Made just one portion and now i regret it as it was beautiful!!!! Thank you very much for sharing it with the rest of the world. I have never been dissapointed with any of your recipes so it’s time to get your book! Thank you and wish you all the best and never ending ideas for new recipes!
First of all, what a beautiful website you have! I love the dramatic colors and styling of your photography, and besides that, the recipes look amazing! Sometimes you get lucky and find a blog that has everything you were looking for!