Step 1

Chill the curd and water in the refrigerator. If you want to use saffron, soak it in 2 tbsps hot milk and let it rest for sometime.

Step 2

Add curd to a large bowl. Whisk it well to break up lumps & make it smooth.

Step 3

If you do not have cardamom powder, then add few cardamoms to a spice jar and powder them. To make a fine powder quickly you can also add few tbsp of sugar and powder them.

Step 4

Add sugar, cardamom powder and saffron to the smooth yogurt.

Step 5

Whisk well. Pour water and whisk until very frothy. Taste test and add more water or sugar if needed. Transfer to serving glasses and garnish with chopped nuts.

Step 6

Make Salted lassi: If you do not have cumin or jeera powder, just dry roast cumin on a low flame until aromatic. Cool and make a fine powder in a spice jar.

Step 7

Add salt and cumin powder to the whisked yogurt. Whisk and pour water. Whisk again until frothy.

Step 8

Make Mint Masala lassi: Pour curd, water, salt, sugar, cumin powder, chaat masala, mint leaves, lemon juice and chili to a blender.

Step 9

Blend until frothy. Pour to serving glasses. Best served chilled.