Name: Mango Lassi I
Ingredients: 1 medium mango, peeled and roughly chopped; 1½ cups low-fat or non-fat plain yogurt; ½ cup chilled water; 1 tbsp granular sugar substitute; pinch ground cardamom (optional); ice cubes

Why it works: Mango and cardamom share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 43 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

4 (8-ounce) glasses

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

1 medium mango, peeled and roughly chopped
1½ cups low-fat or non-fat plain yogurt
½ cup chilled water
1 tbsp granular sugar substitute
pinch ground cardamom (optional)
ice cubes

Directions

Make the lassi

In a blender, combine mango, yogurt, water, sugar substitute, and cardamom, if using; purée until smooth.

Serve

Fill 4 (8-ounce) glasses with ice cubes.
Pour mango lassi over ice and serve.

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Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Mango + cardamomtop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together43 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).
Mango + yogurttop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together175 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).
Yogurt + cardamomtop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together169 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).
Yogurt + sugar substitutetop 15% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together13 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Sugar substitute + cardamomtop 26% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together2 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Mango: Provides the main fruit flavour and sweetness, and body when puréed smooth.
Plain yogurt: Gives the drink its creamy body and tangy acidity.
Sugar substitute: Adds sweetness without sugar.

Flavor stand-ins for the cardamom

The recipe marks cardamom as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mango, yogurt, sugar substitute):

Cinnamonabout as good a flavor fit
Cardamomthe original
Gingerabout as good a flavor fit
Corianderabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against mango, yogurt, sugar substitute. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.