Thandai
Cool and refreshing flavoured milk recipe with step by step pictures. Thandai is a popular Indian drink prepared with dry fruits, spices and various seeds. It’s especially served during the festival of Holi.
Ingredients
- 4 cup milk
- ¼ cup sugar
- 12 cashews
- 12 almonds
- 2 tbsp raisins
- 1 tbsp melon seeds
- 1 tbsp fennel seeds
- 1 tsp poppy seeds
- 5 green cardamom
- 15 black peppercorn
- 1- inch cinnamon
- ½ tsp saffron strands soaked in 1 tbsp warm milk
- 1 tsp gulkand or candied rose petals
Instructions
- Soak cashews, almonds, raisins, melon seeds, fennel seeds, poppy seeds, green cardamoms, black peppercorns and cinnamon stick in 1 cup water for 5-6 hours or overnight.
- Strain the water and pour this mixture into a grinder jar with 2 tbsp milk.
- Grind the mixture to a smooth paste.
- In a liquidiser jar, add the thandai paste, milk, gulkand, saffron and sugar. Blend until sugar is dissolved.
- Allow it to sit for 1-2 hours in the refrigerator and then pass this through a strainer. Pour the thandai in the glasses. Garnish with saffron and serve chilled.