"Drink real lassi, it is exquisite!" Top 5 Page for this destination State of Rajasthan Things to Do Tip by kokoryko

Near the village of Artya Kalan, my curiosity led me to a very small settlement, a few farms behind walls where I entered through a gate made of branches; a bunch of kids welcomed me, then their mothers, then the fathers. They were as curious about me as me about them. I tried to explain what I did in the area (looking at rocks!), but I am not sure they understood! I asked if I could make some pictures and when I showed the first on the screen of my camera, they wanted to see more. . . . One of the ladies arrived with two glasses of lassi to welcome me. Lassi is a drink based on yoghurt, with milk, water, honey, cardamom, and may be other spices. It was a wonderful drink, well, not only the exotic (to me) taste and the presentation (with some dust, hay, . . . . ), but the heart with which it was presented; the man of the family drank the other glass. I drank in the past camel milk, yak milk or yoghurt, goat or ewe milk, tasted koumiss, a beverage based on mare milk, and here I discovered the yoghurt was made with water buffalo milk; the women presented me proudly their herd, but when I asked how come these animals who love water were living apparently in good health in this desert country, we could not understand each other and only could laugh!
A young boy of the family took the last picture where a part of the people are posing with me.
Very little things like this invitation to drink lassi are among travel souvenirs I like the most.