Salted Lassi
Get directions ↗ · 2 min walk from Grand Mercure
Last orders 30 minutes before closing
Dine-in · takeaway · delivery via GrabFood and LINE MAN
Frequently Asked Questions
How is it served?
It is served nicely chilled in a glass.
How is this different from Butter Milk (Chaas)?
Salted Lassi is typically thicker and richer, whereas chaas is diluted with more water for a lighter drink.
Is it sour?
It features the pleasant, natural tanginess of plain yogurt, well enhanced by the salt.
Are there any spices in it?
It contains just a hint of roasted cumin powder to provide a deep, savory flavor.
Is it filling?
Because it is made with whole yogurt, it can be quite filling and slightly filling.
About Salted Lassi
Salted lassi, or namkeen lassi, is the everyday Punjabi cousin of the sweet version — the one farmers and families actually drank by the jugful through the long northern summers. Where sweet lassi is a treat, salted lassi is functional: a thin, savoury, deeply refreshing yogurt drink built to rehydrate and settle the stomach in heat that regularly crosses forty degrees. It is one of the oldest cooling drinks of the subcontinent, predating every bottled soft drink by generations.
We make ours by whisking our own morning-set whole-milk yogurt thin with cold water until it is pourable, then seasoning it with salt and a small pinch of roasted cumin. Some days the chef adds a few torn mint leaves or a whisper of black salt for depth. It arrives chilled in a roughly 300ml glass, lightly frothy, with the cumin giving it that characteristic savoury, almost smoky edge that surprises people expecting something sweet.
The salt-and-cumin combination is the whole point. In traditional North Indian eating, a salted lassi after a rich meal is believed to aid digestion and replace the salts lost through sweat — which is exactly why it is a summer staple rather than a dessert. It pairs especially well with our heavier, oilier dishes and with anything from the tandoor, cutting through richness in a way that water simply cannot. If you find sweet lassi too sugary or mango lassi too dessert-like, this is the one to order: clean, cooling, and genuinely thirst-quenching. Vegetarian and made fresh per order.
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