Mango Mastani

Mango mastani

Mastani is a thick milkshake which contains lots of dry fruits. It is originated at pune city. It is a very popular drink of pune and easily available every where in Pune. Most probably this drink got its name from queen Mastani Bai of Baji Rao Pashwa. There are lots of flavors of this mastani drink, they are dry fruits mastani, chocolate mastani, keshar mastani etc. The best mastani is sold at sujata mastani in pune.

Some years back I went to pune t visit my brother. There I had mango mastani. Mango and mango milkshake is my favorite but this mastani became most favorite drink of my family. During summer this became a special part of our evening snacks time. Most of the time after having this drink, we wouldn’t have anything else. It is a very filling drink. Let’s go to the ingredients and method of the preparation of the drink.

Mango- 3 medium

Sugar- 3 to 4 tbsp

(depend upon the sweetness of the mangoes)

Vanilla ice cream – 3 scoops

Chilled milk- 400ml

Ice cubes- 6 tp 7

For garnishing

Almond- 6 to 7

Sliced cashew- 6 to 7

Raisin- 9

Tutti frutti- 3tbsp

Vanilla ice cream- 6tbsp

Cherry- 3

Soak the mangoes in water to remove the dirt. Then peel the mangoes and cut them into small cubes. After that one will get 1 ½ cup of mango cubes from the above mangoes. Keep 3tbsp of mango cubes separately. Slice the cashew nuts. Soak and peel the almonds and slice them and keep aside.

In a blender jar add mango cubes, sugar, milk,, ice-cream and ice cubes and blend. It should be mixed properly. Mango mastani is ready.

For serving- take three glass and place chopped mango cubes (which was kept separatle before). Then add a scoop of vanilla ice cream in each glass. Then pour the drinl to the glass up to ¾. Then gain place another scoop of ice cream on the top of the drink. Then add sliced almond, cashew nuts, raisin, tutti frutti and cherry.

Serve and drink immediately.