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Thandai Recipe

A very refreshing drink made specially during Holi with dry fruits and flavored with some Indian spices. A very easy and perfect recipe to make thandai at home.

All you need is just to soak the ingredients overnight grind it into a very smooth paste, add it in milk and chill. That is it. Just the right ingredients and your perfect thandai is all set.

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Ingredients: (Makes 4 glasses)

10 Almonds

10 Pistachios (Pista)

1 tsp Poppy seeds (khus khus)

¼ cup Melon seeds

4 Black Peppercons

1 tbsp Rose petal spread (Gulkand)

1 tbsp Fennel seeds (Saunf)

3 to 4 Green Cardamom (seeds)

½ tsp cinnamon powder

½ tsp Nutmeg powder

4 glasses Milk

Method:

Take a bowl.

Add in 10 Almonds, 10 Pistachios (Pista), 1 tsp Poppy seeds (khus khus), ¼ cup Melon seeds, 4 Black Peppercons,

1 tbsp Fennel seeds (Saunf), 3 to 4 Green Cardamom (seeds)

In a bowl take the mentioned ingredients

Put in enough water and soak it overnight. If you have to make it the same day then soak the ingredients in lukewarm water for 3 to 4 hours.

add water

soak overnight

After soaking overnight grind it into a smooth paste. There should be no granules of the ingredients left. Now add in ½ tsp of cinnamon powder and ½ tsp of nutmeg powder and mix.

grind to smooth paste

add cinnamon and nutmeg powder

mix well

Then take 2 glasses of milk in a pan and then add 2 tbsp Sugar to it. I wanted to make only 2 glasses so I added two and so would be adding only half of the paste. If you are making 4 glasses then use 4 glasses of milk and add the whole paste further.

take milk

add sugar

Bring it to boil, by then the sugar would also get dissolved.

boil

Then add in half of the thandai paste and mix well.

add thandai paste

mix well

Further put in 1 tbsp of Gulkand and again give a nice stir

add gulkand

mix well

Let it simmer for 2 minutes on low heat so that all the flavors would be absorbed in the milk.

simmer

Turn off the heat

Refrigerate for 3 to 4 hours or until chilled.

Pour it in a glass and garnish with chopped pistachios.

pour in glass and garnish

Serve chilled.

serve chilled

Thandai Recipe

Tips:

If you have to make it the same day then soak the ingredients in lukewarm water for 3 to 4 hours.

Instead of Gulkand, dried rose petals or rose water can also be used.

Store the thandai in air tight container and refrigerate.

Try out this food-a-licious thandai this holi and you wont ever prefer the store bought ones ever again. Do share your experience with us via comments.