Cardamom-Strawberry Lassi

Whenever I have an ingredient left over from a recipe I feel a lot of pressure to use it up before it goes bad. Dairy is particularly stressful, so some buttermilk I had in the fridge was making me crazy. Since buttermilk is about the same thing as yogurt, I decided to make a lassi, and it was really great, cool and refreshing (yes, refreshing; must be the tartness that keeps it from being dairy overkill). I thought strawberry and buttermilk were a traditional combo, but then I've been wanting to make a cardamom lassi.

It was so easy to just throw into the blender a couple of green cardamom pods, a few frozen strawberries, sugar to taste and about 1 1/2 cups buttermilk. I let it sit in the fridge for a while to marry the flavors and get it nice and cool.