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Thandai – Spiced Cold Milk
Indian cold drink prepared with a mixture of almonds, fennel seeds, magaztari/ melon seeds, rose petals, pepper, poppy seeds, cardamom, saffron, milk and sugar
thandai
Course drink
Cuisine indian
Prep Time
10 minutes

Cook Time
5 minutes
Servings
servings
Ingredients
Thandai Mix :
Thandai :
Course drink
Cuisine indian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Servings
servings
Ingredients
Thandai Mix :
Thandai :
thandai
Instructions
Thandai Mix :
  1. Dry roast the almonds and cashew nuts. Set aside to cool completely.
  2. Collect all ingredients in blender jar and grind until powdered.
  3. Store in an air tight jar and keep in a cool dry place.
Thandai Drink :
  1. Boil milk and cool down completely.
  2. Add 4-5 tbsp of Thandai Mix (1 tbsp per glass) and saffron infused milk. Soak for few hours or over night.
  3. Strain through muslin or a strainer (optional : only if you don’t like grainy texture in milk) .Keep chilled until required.
  4. Add sugar according to desired sweetness and gulkand for aroma and rose flavor. Stir well.
  5. Pour the cold thandai into serving glasses and garnish with chopped pistachios and almonds.
Recipe Notes

You can soak chia seeds in 1 glass of milk overnight and later top it on the thandai as a garnish.

Thandai

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