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Thandai Recipe: Method and Ingredients

Best Summer drink and a milk-based and with rich ingredients – Thandai means Holi and start of Indian Summer; bringing so many memories to life.

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How to Prepare:

Heat up a deep pan
Take 0.5-litre milk to warm up on the sides, make Thandai Masala.
Take some almonds and let it get soaked in warm water.
In a bowl take cashew, pistachio and melon seeds.
Add 1 tbs Khas Khas (Poppy Seeds).
Add 6-7 peppercorns.
Add 1 tbs sauf (Fannel seeds) – this is a key ingredient in Thandai.
Add some elaichi powder (cardamom powder).
Add a few dry rose petals. Alternatively, you could add rose water or rose syrup too.
Mix all the ingredients.
Add the soaked almonds into the mix with a little water and churn it in a mixer.
And you will get a paste consistency thandai mix – this is not meant to be a smooth paste.
Now in the milk that is warmed up; add 2 tbs sugar
And add the Thandai masala in the milk.
Keep stirring the milk else Thandai Masala will get stuck on the bottom of the pan.
Add saffron (kesar) soaked in 3-4 spoons of warm milk into the pan.
This will give a wonderful color to Thandai.
As you get boiling temperature. Cool Thandai down and keep in fridge for 2 hours.
Thandai is ready; it’s a summer drink so serve it cold.
Garnish with almond and pistachio and enjoy Holi festival with cool Thandai.