Thandai Recipe with step by step pictures. This is the perfect drink for the festive occasion of Holi. This drink is packed with dry nuts and flavored with fragrant spices.

Thandai Recipe

I totally forgot about holi iteself. I was too lazy to cook new recipes for it till yesterday. Luckily i had a sweet potato jamun recipe on hand so i shared it. But somehow the mind of the food blogger will make you do it, so today morning i made this traditional holi special drink thandai. Have already made the dough for mawa gujiya and after publishing this post, i will be rushing into the kitchen to make that. Will be sharing it in a few hours.

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Ingredients for Thandai

Milk - ½ liter
Sugar - 3 tbsp
Pistachios few teaspoon chopped finely for garnishing
Saffron a pinch for garnishing
Water - ½ cup
Rose Essence few drops

For Masala:

Badam / Almonds - 20
Cashewnuts - 15
Poppy Seeds / Khus Khus / Kasa Kasa - 1 tsp
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tsp
Whole Pepper - ½ tsp
Cardamom Pods - 5
Saffron a pinch
Milk - 2 tablespoon for soaking saffron

This drink is sweet, spicy and full of flavour, you can never ever resist it. So delicious. There are certain spices which should go in this drink, they are fennel, pepper, khus khus, saffron, rose essence. It makes it really tasty and refreshing.

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you..

How to Make Thandai

Bring milk to a boil, add in sugar and mix well. Chill this till cold.
Soak saffron in 2 tblspn of milk and set aside.
Take badam, cashews, poppy seeds, fennel seeds, pepper, cardamom in a bowl and pour in ½ cup of hot water over it and soak it for 15 mins.
Now take this in a blender and puree smoothly.
Pour this mix into the milk and add a tblspn of saffron milk and mix well. Leave this to sit for 15 mins.
Now strain this and add in remaining saffron milk and rose essence. Chill this for a hour.
Serve with some pista and saffron toppings.

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Thandai Recipe

Thandai Recipe with step by step pictures. This is the perfect drink for the festive occasion of Holi and Shivratri. This drink is packed with dry nuts and flavored with fragrant spices.

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Prep Time 20

chilling time 2

Total Time 2 20

Course Bevarages

Cuisine Indian

Servings servings

Calories 203 kcal

Ingredients

½ liter Milk
3 tablespoon Sugar
Pistachios few teaspoon chopped finely for garnishing
Saffron a pinch for garnishing
½ cup Water
Rose Essence few drops
For Masala:
20 Badam / Almonds
15 Cashew nuts
1 teaspoon Poppy Seeds / Khus Khus / Kasa Kasa
1 teaspoon Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf
½ teaspoon Whole Pepper
5 Cardamom Pods
Saffron a pinch
2 tablespoon Milk for soaking saffron

Instructions

Bring milk to a boil, add in sugar and mix well. Chill this till cold.
Soak saffron in 2 tblspn of milk and set aside.
Take badam, cashews, poppy seeds, fennel seeds, pepper, cardamom in a bowl and pour in ½ cup of hot water over it and soak it for 15 mins.
Now take this in a blender and puree smoothly.
Pour this mix into the milk and add a tblspn of saffron milk and mix well. Leave this to sit for 15 mins.
Now strain this and add in remaining saffron milk and rose essence. Chill this for a hour
Serve with some pista and saffron toppings.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 203kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 7gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 69mgPotassium: 355mgFiber: 1gSugar: 21gVitamin A: 282IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 232mgIron: 1mg

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