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.
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
Nutrition Facts
Thandai Recipe
Serving Size
1 g
Amount per Serving
Calories
203
% Daily Value*
Fat
9
g
14
%
Saturated Fat
4
g
25
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
3
g
Cholesterol
21
mg
7
%
Sodium
69
mg
3
%
Potassium
355
mg
10
%
Carbohydrates
25
g
8
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
21
g
23
%
Protein
7
g
14
%
Vitamin A
282
IU
6
%
Vitamin C
1
mg
1
%
Calcium
232
mg
23
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.