I wash my cilantro, and then spin off as much water as possible in a salad spinner. I align all the stalks in the same direction and then put them in a long, plastic container lined with paper towels. I put another paper towel on top, snap on the lid, and then store it in the fridge. Whenever I need some, I just take it off the top of the pile, replace the top paper towel if its too wet, and put back in fridge. I have had cilantro last 3 weeks this way.
Wow! This is awesome. Typically, I layer a small sheet of Bounty paper towel in the bottom of a plastic container, then put in the washed cilantro, add another paper towel at the top, and cover. It does last for weeks.
CICI LI good morning I am so happy I came across your channel and learned how to preserve CILANTRO my favorite herb in cooking, mixing with onions & tomatoes a little bit of vinegar & chili for dipping with fried chicken, fish or meat. Thank you very much it’s a great help because when I vacation with my daughter in Ohio, my son-in-law always buying cilantro because he knew that’s my favorite and theirs, too. I also learned from your channel how to grow colantro in pot. Here in the Philppines it cost so expensive in supermarkets and we can buy lot of cilantroin DIVISORIA MARKET, in the City of Manila Again thank you somuch hope i can make cilantro grow, God bless you & Family😊 ❤️💕🌹🙏😘😍🥰🌞🤗
Our Family Loves both cilantro & green onions, I will definitely be growing my gr. Onions inside now!! I have grown them before outside in my small herb garden. I was cutting mine and planting them only 1" long, as I used the top of the white part. I think they grow okay that way. I can't wait to grow them inside in a pot now!! We have saved cilantro by wrapping them in paper towels. They last much better. One other thing we do that I can share is washing fruits, berries & veggies to last longer & stop mold from growing: there is a recipe with vinegar & water to wash them with, that works great. I believe it was 1C vinegar to 3 Cups of water to rinse in. Be sure to air dry them or wipe where possible. See if you have less problems & much Less waste!! Happy Cooking Foodies👅🍇🫐🍓🥒🍅🌶🍋
I has been washing mine in vinegar and saw a woman on Today show say not to wash your fruit until you're ready to use it because it doesn't last as long, especially strawberries. I now just seal them in airtight containers until I'm ready to use them.
Thank You 💖 I love cilantro but I live miles away from the grocery store. This year I planted 2 cilantro and it's already growing like crazy👍 I needed this. I've kept it in water but didn't cover it and put it in the fridge. I'll be sure to go home and trim my plants today.
Wonderful! Thanks! I did this way of covering with plastic with lettuce. And in this way with paper towels, I put a small packs ofs silica. The silica you can use in food (like the one that comes in the sachet and along with Vitamins, collagen power and etc.). E and I use this type silica in the packages that come with watercress, spinach and others and so it lasts a long time.
This is a joy to watch cicili. So many good recipes, tricks and your lovely personality. Plus the bonus of superb music in the background! Thank you so much
You are so cool, thank you for your videos. I had not yet attempted to use a glass of water, this is so much easier than drying the leaves and storing them in layers, as I was.
Great video; I didn’t know about the first two methods, however 3rd method I tried in the past. It worked well except for garnish :). Thanks for an awesome video presentation!
Thanks ci ci for a great video. I can’t tell u how many time, after couple of days in refrigerator, my herbs are spoiled and unusable. I was looking 4 a way to preserve and thanks to your video I have a solution. Thank again.
I also use the first method to keep green onions fresher longer. First though, I trim off the roots to have a fresh cut edge to promote water uptake by the green onions
A lovely and practical presentation CiCi Li! I think that the first option will probably work best for me. It always disappoints me when I have to discard fresh cilantro that I have purchased less than a week ago. I will give your suggestion a try. Thank you for sharing. Cheers!
You can dry the herbs on a tray remove the stems and dry the leaves in the sun indoors or outdoors. It works fine you dont always need a warm oven but that is ok also. Make sure oven temperature is very low. But mostly I put on a tray and allow cilantro, Basil and parsley to dry out inside or outdoors in sunshine. If you have a garden that is a plus but if you dont you can purchase the herbs very cheaply at farmers markets.
The cutting and freezing part does it for me. Really does not work as a garnish no longer, which is one of the magic of cilantro, but taste still does it. Great tips!
@@liinaennusaar6685 WOW. even in a 'food discussion' people can become so rude!! it is true, no one is civil anymore. You totally misunderstood what I just said. I just agreed that AS FROZEN IT DOESN"T WORK AS A GARNISH, but IS STILL GREAT IN SOUPS, STEWS, ETC. I just have this to say - you are rude. have a good day, and you don't need to reply anymore.
I love cilantro ! It is such a great blood cleaner. I take 1 bag of cilantro, 1 avocado, 1/2 large onion, garlic, lime juice , avocado or olive oil , whatever peppers and spices I have handy and I make a really delicious pesto for my keto diet. It is great on zucchini noodles, egg life wraps, mung bean noodles etc. or just as a dressing for salad. Very versatile ....just make it your way !
nice! I use most of mine in heavy metal detox smoothies which include wild blueberries and some other detoxing seaweeds - spirulina and dulse. I usually eat 1/2 to 1 bunch a day like this. while I lived in China they had cilantro pesto - and I FELL IN LOVE with it (it wasn't from China though - it was imported from somewhere - australia? Europe? not sure). I need to make some cilantro pesto - I like it so much more than basil pesto!!!
definitely - anything past a week is great news. I usually just freeze it, since I use most of it in smoothies or soups, etc. I always save some fresh for salads, etc.
Thanks for the tips!! For method one, I get an awful lot of condensation o the bag (I change the water every or every other day) … the leaves tend to yellow out slightly before a week as well, any tips on how to preserve them better in this method?
Thanks! My fridge fteezes my cilantro sometimes and I never think to just freeze it for soups/stews/stirfry, and never tried the fridge water trick though grivers do something similar to makr it last throufh the idea so it sounds like a great idea. I hate that I rarely get more than a couple of days in fresh cilantro, ai'm growing some hydroponically upstairs because the ueat made my planted cilabtro all bolt (hopefully to the end of having nice cilantro growing this fall)
Thanks for sharing, do you keep or throw away the Cilantro roots ?They are the best ! Keep them for cooking Thai cuisine. whenever I fry glass noodle with seafood, Best
I’ve always wondered how people rents delicate Herbs like cilantro? I have a tendency to want to scrub everything or I don’t feel like it’s clean. But you can’t scrub cilantro, so how do you rinse your cilantro as simple of a question as that seems I would have liked to have seen the way that you do it.? do you soak it? Do you just hold it gently and run water over it thank you so much for the tips.!
Thank you for this helpful information. I will try method 3 but my question is with the Cilantro, do you pull off the leaves and then chop or you can blend everything? Also instead of chopping can I blend in a processor?
Great tips! I use some wet tissue on the ends and put it in a plastic or zip lock bag lasts about 2 weeks :) gonna try these methods out :) also run foul on the ends of bananas keeps them fresh too!
Tell me about some receipted that you use the cilantro on. I have some growing in my herb planter and it is getting bushy but I am not ready to cook it. I will just cut it as I need it for salads. I don’t know how to use it but in salads.
Ice cube trays work also, chop it up and place in ice tray pockets. And if you want you can put into large zip lock bag and free also., Thanks for you advice
Awesome! South Indian dishes can't do without cilantro. We call it coriander leaves! Have you tried an ice-cold buttermilk drink ( Yogurt Lassi ) with cilantro, salt, green chili, and ginger! Umm.. yummy!
This is great. Cilantro spoils so fast. I've thrown out more than I care to think. Thank you!
You are very welcome!
Same. And my heart hurst every time I have to throw out some. Thanks so much for sharing
Ditto
Lmao, just use it instead of being lazy or making excuses.
You'll never be wasting anything away if you do that.
Freezing cilantro is a game changer and I will definitely try it!
Glad that you enjoyed the tips! I hope it works out for you! 😊🪴
I wash my cilantro, and then spin off as much water as possible in a salad spinner. I align all the stalks in the same direction and then put them in a long, plastic container lined with paper towels. I put another paper towel on top, snap on the lid, and then store it in the fridge. Whenever I need some, I just take it off the top of the pile, replace the top paper towel if its too wet, and put back in fridge. I have had cilantro last 3 weeks this way.
Thanks a lot for your valuable insights! 👍
Great idea. Does the cilantro not break in the spinner that you can align the stalks?
Thank you for sharing I'm going to try this
I tried this it works thank you for #sharing this is my new way now
Wow! This is awesome. Typically, I layer a small sheet of Bounty paper towel in the bottom of a plastic container, then put in the washed cilantro, add another paper towel at the top, and cover. It does last for weeks.
That's a great idea also! The paper towel will absorb the extra moisture. 👍
Thank you , you are a lifesaver. I am doing a cleanse that requires lots of cilantro. I knew someone had figured out how to preserve it.
Glad it was helpful! Enjoy! ☺️
This was very informative, I have often wondered how to keep it longer. Thanks for sharing.
I'm glad that you like the information here. ☺️👍
Thank you omh I thro out every week I will try this thank you ❤
Enjoy! No more wasting cilantro!🌿☺️👍
I am learning so much from your videos.. so glad i found you accidently... much appreciated!!!
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CICI LI good morning I am so happy I came across your channel and learned how to preserve CILANTRO my favorite herb in cooking, mixing with onions & tomatoes a little bit of vinegar & chili for dipping with fried chicken, fish or meat. Thank you very much it’s a great help because when I vacation with my daughter in Ohio, my son-in-law always buying cilantro because he knew that’s my favorite and theirs, too. I also learned from your channel how to grow colantro in pot. Here in the Philppines it cost so expensive in supermarkets and we can buy lot of cilantroin DIVISORIA MARKET, in the City of Manila Again thank you somuch hope i can make cilantro grow, God bless you & Family😊 ❤️💕🌹🙏😘😍🥰🌞🤗
Thank you for the lovely comment! I’m also a huge fan of cilantro. Really glad that you enjoyed my videos, and best wishes to you and your family! 😊👍🌿
I love the paper towel method it really works!!
Agree! You can use the same method for many veggies, herbs, and fruits. ☺️👍
Thanks for the cilantro advice. You have such a cute, soothing voice!
Thank you! ☺️🙏
Our Family Loves both cilantro & green onions, I will definitely be growing my gr. Onions inside now!! I have grown them before outside in my small herb garden. I was cutting mine and planting them only 1" long, as I used the top of the white part. I think they grow okay that way. I can't wait to grow them inside in a pot now!! We have saved cilantro by wrapping them in paper towels. They last much better. One other thing we do that I can share is washing fruits, berries & veggies to last longer & stop mold from growing: there is a recipe with vinegar & water to wash them with, that works great. I believe it was 1C vinegar to 3 Cups of water to rinse in. Be sure to air dry them or wipe where possible. See if you have less problems & much Less waste!! Happy Cooking Foodies👅🍇🫐🍓🥒🍅🌶🍋
Thanks so much for sharing your kitchen tips and tricks with me! ☺️👍
Sounds yummy I will try it.
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I has been washing mine in vinegar and saw a woman on Today show say not to wash your fruit until you're ready to use it because it doesn't last as long, especially strawberries. I now just seal them in airtight containers until I'm ready to use them.
Thank You 💖 I love cilantro but I live miles away from the grocery store. This year I planted 2 cilantro and it's already growing like crazy👍 I needed this. I've kept it in water but didn't cover it and put it in the fridge. I'll be sure to go home and trim my plants today.
Thank you for watching this video! I also like to plant cilantro in my garden. 😊🪴
Thank you! this will be helpful to me.
Glad it was helpful ☺️
Wonderful! Thanks! I did this way of covering with plastic with lettuce. And in this way with paper towels, I put a small packs ofs silica. The silica you can use in food (like the one that comes in the sachet and along with Vitamins, collagen power and etc.). E and I use this type silica in the packages that come with watercress, spinach and others and so it lasts a long time.
Thank you for your valuable insights!
I am so glad to find this information. Love cilantro!
So glad you find it useful! :)
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Very helpful! Very cute! Thank you!
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for these tips.
You are so welcome!
Thank u. Will try the other 2 methods. Been freezing all along.
Thank you so much for very helpful tip in preserving cilantro leaves!
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Great tips! Thank you so much!
You are most welcome ☺️
I've tried this again & again & it really works! The key is to assure the cilantro is really dry before wrapping it.
Thank you for the feedback!
Thanks!
Thanks for the info! I LOVE cilantro in my Mexican dishes, but it never lasts long. I'll start freezing it now.
I love cilantro also. You just can’t replace its taste. It’s so refreshing!
thank you. I learn a lot, I didn't know this before...
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the great ideas....
I will try
You are so welcome! 🤗
This is a joy to watch cicili. So many good recipes, tricks and your lovely personality. Plus the bonus of superb music in the background! Thank you so much
Thank you for your heart warming comment! It gives me the motivation to moving forward! 😊
I agree.
Happiness is contagious!
Very helpful information. Thank you!
Glad that you like it! 😊
Had to say your video was very informative! 🙏🏽
Glad it was helpful! Thank you! :)
Perfect video, to the point!!!! Thank you!!!!
Thanks so much! ☺️✨
Perfect thank you. It never lasts but this was short nd sweet. Preciate ya.
Glad it helped! :)
Thank you! I didn’t know it would freeze well
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You are so cool, thank you for your videos. I had not yet attempted to use a glass of water, this is so much easier than drying the leaves and storing them in layers, as I was.
So glad that you enjoy it! 😊🙏
Thank you Cici!! I love cilantro and parsley and like to have both on hand. Now I can!!
In love cilantro too. Thanks for stopping by! ☺️
Great ideas I will try this
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These are some good tips. I'll have to try them, thanks!
I'm glad that you find them useful. Thanks for stopping by!
Great video; I didn’t know about the first two methods, however 3rd method I tried in the past. It worked well except for garnish :). Thanks for an awesome video presentation!
Thank you! Glad that you enjoyed the video. Have fun cooking and eating! 😊🪴
@@CiCiLi, it’s been 2 weeks and the cilantros are still fresh!!!! Unbelievable!!!! Thanks again!
Thanks ci ci for a great video. I can’t tell u how many time, after couple of days in refrigerator, my herbs are spoiled and unusable. I was looking 4 a way to preserve and thanks to your video I have a solution. Thank again.
Glad that this video is helpful! 😉🌿🪴
I also use the first method to keep green onions fresher longer. First though, I trim off the roots to have a fresh cut edge to promote water uptake by the green onions
Thanks for sharing!
Good tips for this essential herb, nice natural presentation, thanks!
Glad that you enjoy the tips! ☺️
This is good information. I was wondering what to do when I purchase in bulk.
My mother-in-law’s version doesn’t work in this crisis.
So helpful! I've thrown away so much cilantro lately. It goes bad before I can use it all. thank you!
I'm so glad that you find it useful! ☺️
Thanks CICi, now I can make more salsa for my chips.
You are most welcome! 😊
Thanks so much for this. I hate my cilantro turning black after just a few days 🙏🏻🙋🏻♂
I hope it helps! ☺️
A lovely and practical presentation CiCi Li! I think that the first option will probably work best for me. It always disappoints me when I have to discard fresh cilantro that I have purchased less than a week ago. I will give your suggestion a try. Thank you for sharing. Cheers!
I’m glad that I can help! Stay safe and sound! 😊🙏
You can dry the herbs on a tray remove the stems and dry the leaves in the sun indoors or outdoors. It works fine you dont always need a warm oven but that is ok also. Make sure oven temperature is very low. But mostly I put on a tray and allow cilantro, Basil and parsley to dry out inside or outdoors in sunshine. If you have a garden that is a plus but if you dont you can purchase the herbs very cheaply at farmers markets.
@@luciaterrizzi1881 I do this with many herbs, but Cilantro loses a lot of its flavour. I store mine in a Tupperware much like method no. 2
Great tips!
Glad it was helpful! 😊
I will probably freeze some of it since I anticipate it growing abundantly. I am the only one eating it so more for me.
Lovely presentation, thank you.
Thank you for your video
It’s my pleasure! ☺️
Thank you. Will try this. I "Liked" it
Thanks your lovely comment and your "like"! :D
The cutting and freezing part does it for me. Really does not work as a garnish no longer, which is one of the magic of cilantro, but taste still does it. Great tips!
Thanks for sharing!
no it isn't a garnish, but is GREAT in soups, stews, sauces, etc. why waste it? OR you can dehydrate and use as dried herb.
@@mchrysogelos7623 are you blind? Ever seen cilantro/coriander as a garnish on top of curry sauce for example.
@@liinaennusaar6685 WOW. even in a 'food discussion' people can become so rude!! it is true, no one is civil anymore. You totally misunderstood what I just said. I just agreed that AS FROZEN IT DOESN"T WORK AS A GARNISH, but IS STILL GREAT IN SOUPS, STEWS, ETC. I just have this to say - you are rude. have a good day, and you don't need to reply anymore.
@@mchrysogelos7623 I will answer. And let me just tell you, under food, I'm just tired of arguing with people.
I love cilantro ! It is such a great blood cleaner. I take 1 bag of cilantro, 1 avocado, 1/2 large onion, garlic, lime juice , avocado or olive oil , whatever peppers and spices I have handy and I make a really delicious pesto for
my keto diet. It is great on zucchini noodles, egg life wraps, mung bean noodles etc. or just as a dressing for salad. Very versatile ....just make it your way !
Thanks for the recipe! 👍
nice! I use most of mine in heavy metal detox smoothies which include wild blueberries and some other detoxing seaweeds - spirulina and dulse. I usually eat 1/2 to 1 bunch a day like this. while I lived in China they had cilantro pesto - and I FELL IN LOVE with it (it wasn't from China though - it was imported from somewhere - australia? Europe? not sure). I need to make some cilantro pesto - I like it so much more than basil pesto!!!
@@mchrysogelos7623 : Thanks for that recipe! I get cilantro from our Aldi store which means it comes from Mexico !
Thanks for sharing! I love cilantro and it’s a huge staple in my house so these tips will definitely come in handy :D
Maureen Lopez The same here! 😃
definitely - anything past a week is great news. I usually just freeze it, since I use most of it in smoothies or soups, etc. I always save some fresh for salads, etc.
Can I use this for salsa after freezing?
Excellent.... thank you!
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Great thanks so much. I am gonna freeze I have a lot!
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Thank you...great information c c
You are so welcome 😊
Thanks for the tips!! For method one, I get an awful lot of condensation o the bag (I change the water every or every other day) … the leaves tend to yellow out slightly before a week as well, any tips on how to preserve them better in this method?
If our stores had cilantro that looked like hers I'd buy it all the time.
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I agree. My store bought cilantro never looks that perky and fresh. 😞
Thanks! My fridge fteezes my cilantro sometimes and I never think to just freeze it for soups/stews/stirfry, and never tried the fridge water trick though grivers do something similar to makr it last throufh the idea so it sounds like a great idea.
I hate that I rarely get more than a couple of days in fresh cilantro, ai'm growing some hydroponically upstairs because the ueat made my planted cilabtro all bolt (hopefully to the end of having nice cilantro growing this fall)
I hope this video will help you preserve your cilantro for longer. Happy cooking! 😊🌱
Thank you so mutch for this great Idea! Cus I love Celantro!
You are most welcome! ☺️
Good show cicili
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For the first method, adding them to the glass of water, did you cut any of the stem off before adding it to the water?
I saw her answer elsewhere - trim off 1 inch of the bottoms before doing storage method #1.
Love listening to her cute voice 😆
Lol. Thanks 😁
I'm using the paper towel method. I'm glad I looked into the cilantro because it spoils fast, and I've thrown away a lot. Thxs
Glad it was helpful! Happy Cooking! :D
Thanks for the good tips😊
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Awesome.
Thanks for sharing, do you keep or throw away the Cilantro roots ?They are the best ! Keep them for cooking Thai cuisine. whenever I fry glass noodle with seafood, Best
My grocery stores never sell cilantro with roots. That's very unfortunate! Thanks for the tips! 😊
I love Cilantro,its not bland like parsley,it has so much flavor and gives a nice taste to curries and I even add them when I make cutlets.
I use it instead of lettuce on sandwiches.
I totally agree!
I love you for this. Same for Parsley?
Yep, it will work as well.
I’ve always wondered how people rents delicate Herbs like cilantro? I have a tendency to want to scrub everything or I don’t feel like it’s clean. But you can’t scrub cilantro, so how do you rinse your cilantro as simple of a question as that seems I would have liked to have seen the way that you do it.? do you soak it? Do you just hold it gently and run water over it thank you so much for the tips.!
Great tip! 👍🏽
So helpful, thanks much...
Thank you for stopping by! ☺️
love to watch you share your tip or receipt again Cici being long time . Thank Cici
Thank you for this helpful information. I will try method 3 but my question is with the Cilantro, do you pull off the leaves and then chop or you can blend everything? Also instead of chopping can I blend in a processor?
Hi there! The stems are also edible. You can just chop them up or use a food processor. Enjoy! ☺️🌿
I love coriander , but I found it hard to save ,, Thanks for the tips ,
I’m glad that I can help! 😊
great video!
Many thanks! ☺️
Thanks, I'm trying for the first time. I will let you know how it turned out. Also, what temp do you have your refrigerator set at?
I hope it works out for you! My fridge is set at 37 degrees F. Best wishes! 😊
@@CiCiLi the cilantro looks as fresh as ever! Thanks much!! You saved me trips to store and wasted cilantro for years to come 😃
Thank you
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thanks 4 sharing
Thanks for visiting! :)
This will save me $$ thank you!! 😉🌺💖
You are so welcome!
Great tips! I use some wet tissue on the ends and put it in a plastic or zip lock bag lasts about 2 weeks :) gonna try these methods out :) also run foul on the ends of bananas keeps them fresh too!
That sounds like a cool idea. Thanks! ☺️
Many thanks!🙂
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nice! thanks for sharing, new here nice channel and recipes. Full w. lked Stay blessed
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@@CiCiLi welcome to visit my home.
Thnx a lot for sharing such an informative video. Stay blessed!
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Thank you ❤
Tell me about some receipted that you use the cilantro on. I have some growing in my herb planter and it is getting bushy but I am not ready to cook it. I will just cut it as I need it for salads. I don’t know how to use it but in salads.
awsome, thank you.
You're so welcome!
I like your video, very nice for sharing, I subbed 👍👌💕
Thank you! And welcome to my channel! ☺️
Good tips thank you!
thank-you
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Merci beaucoup
Thank you very much, CiCi
You are most welcome! 😊
Great video!
Thanks! ☺️
Thanks
You are welcome! :)
Any idea if method 1 works with other greens IE spinach ?
I prefer and do the freezing one.
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Ice cube trays work also, chop it up and place in ice tray pockets. And if you want you can put into large zip lock bag and free also.,
Thanks for you advice
Great tip! Thank you for stopping by my channel! :)
Thank you!!!
Is it best to leave a full stem with the paper wrap method????
I will eat the stems, but wanted to save space???
I usually keep the stems because they are eatable. 😊
Can’t you put some into cubes of butter or a solidifying oil and freeze? How long would it last then?
Awesome! South Indian dishes can't do without cilantro. We call it coriander leaves! Have you tried an ice-cold buttermilk drink ( Yogurt Lassi ) with cilantro, salt, green chili, and ginger! Umm.. yummy!
I love Lassi! But I only tried the one with mango. Thanks for your insights!