Summer
Heirloom Tomato and Mango Lassi with Ground Sumac
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Kitchen B.
March 26, 2011
Made this last weekend, sans tomatoes plus a pinch of kosher salt to serve - wonderful. I ended up stirring the last of it into some Swiss bircher cereal!
onetribegourmet
January 1, 2011
Love your Lassi recipe!
Sagegreen
January 1, 2011
Thanks! It is so nice to see your use of sumac in your recipe, too. Congrats on your win!
olin77
November 5, 2010
I'm new to the site, Sagegreen, and am just finding my way around. This lassi looks incredible and will give some purpose to a fresh tin of sumac that I got at a downtown NY farmers market last weekend. Can't wait to try it...
Sagegreen
December 30, 2010
Welcome, olin77. I joined this site just this summer, and it has become an important part of my life. I hope you enjoy this incredible community of cooks. I just used sumac in a snack cake with V8 juice!
Sagegreen
August 11, 2010
Thanks, everyone! You are all really great. I love this site: Never has losing been so sweet!!
adamnsvetcooking
August 11, 2010
Everyone on this site is a winner in my eyes! Bunch of creative and amazing people :)
Lizthechef
August 11, 2010
I can't remember when someone burst onto the scene here at food52 with so much creativity, enthusiasm and great stuff - congrats on being a finalist!
TheWimpyVegetarian
August 11, 2010
I completely agree, sagegreen! You have so much creativity, ideas, enthusiasm, and great food, you'll have many more shots at it! I look forward to seeing your recipes each week.
thirschfeld
August 11, 2010
nannydeb is smack on right. Your recipes are creative and really good. You will be in that winners circle soon I am certain of that.
nannydeb
August 11, 2010
This is such a creative recipe (as are all of your recipes) and deserves the recognition. My recipe is so simple, I don't really understand the attention. Who knows what A&M are looking for? Thanks again for being so kind and gracious.
Sagegreen
August 11, 2010
Nannydeb, you are very gracious! I knew all along you would win! But I appreciate the kindness and interest all the same.
gingerroot
August 9, 2010
Made this yesterday and it was delicious - the perfect creamy mix of sweet and savory - a good match for the Heirloom Tomato "Shorba" that I tested. Thanks!
Sagegreen
August 8, 2010
AntoniaJames made an interesting point about drupes under the video blog for this recipe. Let me add here, too, my comments about drupes! Sumac, a small tree, is in the "Rhus" family and includes many, many cultivars. Ground sumac can come from Rhus coriaria or aromatica. I am most familiar with the live staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) growing in my area; you can make a sour lemonade- type drink from its berries. This kind of sumac has fuzzy antler-like branches with their red berry clusters I've heard described both as drupes or stangs. Botanically, the drupe refers to the exocarp, the fleshy outer skin, and drupes have an interior pit (like peaches, plums, and cherries). Raspberries I have heard described as "drupelets." Mangoes are technically drupes, too! So this recipes includes double drupes, worth another giggle or two in my book.
Sagegreen
August 8, 2010
Apology for the typo with the last sentence- should say "So this recipe" includes.....
Sagegreen
August 5, 2010
I just realized I misspelled cardamom in my recipe, but hope to get that corrected. To play further with flavor and color of your drink, you can experiment by adding other spices, too, such as saffon and a little tumeric, which is supposed to have great health benefits. The color is part of the fun of making this.
ehrrin
August 5, 2010
Congrats on the finals! This looks so lovely; I can't wait to try it. What an interesting twist. I hope our neighborhood food co-op has ground sumac!
Sagegreen
August 5, 2010
Thanks. If not, you can find it at world spice or amazon:
http://www.worldspice.com
or
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=?ie=UTF8&n=16310101&k=ground%20sumac&page=1 http://www.myspicesage.com/sumac-ground-p-235.html?s_kwcid=TC|8504|ground%20sumac||S|e|3628291952&gclid=CNT-hL-3jqMCFcl25QodZGcpdQ
http://www.worldspice.com
or
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=?ie=UTF8&n=16310101&k=ground%20sumac&page=1 http://www.myspicesage.com/sumac-ground-p-235.html?s_kwcid=TC|8504|ground%20sumac||S|e|3628291952&gclid=CNT-hL-3jqMCFcl25QodZGcpdQ
gingerroot
August 5, 2010
YUM! Congratulations Sagegreen!!! I got a few mangoes in my CSA box and now I know what I am going to make with them...I cannot wait to try this.
Sagegreen
August 5, 2010
Thanks! I have resolved to follow a healthier route even more after plum week is over with more recipes in this direction.
TheWimpyVegetarian
August 5, 2010
Congratulations sagegreen!!!! I love lassies and am definitely making this. I'm so happy for you that you're in the finals this week. And thanks so much for the tip on the sumac. I'm allergic to nuts, as is my husband, and had no idea about the sumac. BTW, at least here locally, sumac is also available at WF in the small spice/herb boxes.
Sagegreen
August 5, 2010
Thank you. Does this mean I am in the finals? That would amaze me. Anyway, you can find sumac online even from Amazon.com among other sources.
Sagegreen
August 5, 2010
I can't believe I am in a final! Btw, if you rub a little sumac or a sumac berry on your wrist, you can see if you have a skin reaction the next day. If so, then do not use sumac. I have another kind of sumac in an iced tea recipe with more info. Some people who are allergic to nuts are actually fine with sumac...but pretest carefully! Or just increase the lemon zest as A&M brilliantly suggest.
adamnsvetcooking
August 5, 2010
Congratulation Sagegreen...I will have to make it when I come back from my trip!!
Sagegreen
August 5, 2010
Thanks. It is a nice healthy drink that can be restorative after travels, since it is so quick to make! It is very cooling, particularly good after a spicy Indian meal.
thirschfeld
August 5, 2010
Oh Sagegreen congratulations. I made a special stop just to get sumac yesterday because I wanted to make this to serve as a finale for an Indian meal. I can't wait to make it. Well done.
Sagegreen
August 5, 2010
Thanks! I am making one last dish with plums that may get finished in time that has Indian inspiration. Sometimes I sneak in a little tumeric more for the color than the taste.
aliyaleekong
August 4, 2010
What a lovely incarnation. I grew up drinking this so so nice to see a twist...
Sagegreen
August 4, 2010
Thanks. I make one kind of drink like this a day, so I always am happy to share the most interesting results.
Sagegreen
July 28, 2010
You can find ground sumac online such as at Amazon. com. Don't buy the 50 lb. bag though. A few ounces will suffice.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=?ie=UTF8&n=16310101&k=ground%20sumac&page=1
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=?ie=UTF8&n=16310101&k=ground%20sumac&page=1
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