Do you know bael (wood apple) fruit? Did you eat this fruit? Some people also say this bael (bel) patthar. Its skin is very hard like stone. So it is called as bael patthar too. Though I think many urban living people might not have heard about this fruit. But it is a very common fruit in rural India. This fruit is used to make a delicious sharbat (drink). But that sharbat is generally prepared with milk or only water. But you can make awesome wood apple lassi (desi bael lassi) with that bael (bel) fruit too. Yes, you have to add yogurt (curd) instead of milk to make this best wood apple lassi on the earth.
As I said, it is not so common fruit in urban India, but its leaves are essential for performing any puja or worship for Hindus. Bael fruit is also very very important for worshipping Lord Shiva. So if you perform puja etc and believe in rituals then you have definitely seen this fruit & its leaves several times. But did you ever buy this fruit to make lassi or any drink? I think being an urban living person, you have not made such a drink. Is this not true? But village living people often drink this wood apple drink during summer. They eat various fruits, eat fresh fruits & vegetable and live a healthy lifestyle.
Many urban living people drink gallons of juices, milkshakes, lemonade etc from the local juice corner or restaurant and they think they have a healthy diet. But actually, those drinks might be harmful to health. It is because they add sugar water to make those juices, milkshakes delicious and you may think that they have used perfectly ripe fruit what brings sweetness in those drinks. So at the end of the day, you eat more sugar and more sugar means more calorie what can be harmful to you.
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How to make desi bael lassi?
So how do you make any kind of lassi? Did you ever make lassi? I hope you made lassi in your life then it is not tough. You can follow your method. You just need to add the pulp of a wood apple to you lassi and whisk it in a mixie. That’s it. It is very simple. But in case, it is your first time when you are trying to make lassi then follow that below mentioned wood apple lassi recipe (desi bael lassi recipe).
Wood apple lassi recipe
- 1 wood apple/bael/bel
- 250 gm curd/yogurt
- 4 glasses of water
- 2 tablespoons of sugar
- Handful cashew nuts, optional
- Pinches of salt
- Take the pulp of the wood apple, then pour it into the water and mix it into the water by using your hand or any other appropriate tool, then strain it to remove seeds and other residual parts, keep its extract aside for further use
- Now take yogurt in a mixing jar
- Add water, sugar, cashew nuts, salt and wood apple extract and mix by using an electric mixer
- Now pour it into glasses and serve with ice cubes
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