Recipe of Thandai
Thandai is an energy boosting and body coolant, milk shake, with all the goodness of dry fruits .In India, it is popular because of cultural history behind it, during, and served for guests during Holi, Mahashivrathri.
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time3 mins
Total Time13 mins
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 5 Cup Milk
For Syrup
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1 tsp Saffron
- 1 cup Water
Ingredients for Dry roasting
- ¼ Cup Almonds
- 2 tbsp Cashews
- 2 tbsp Pistachios
- ½ tbsp Cardamom
- 2 tbsp Melon seeds
- 20 Peppercorns I used combination of 10 black and 10 white
- 2 tbsp Fennel Seeds
- 1 tbsp Poppy Seeds
Instructions
Thandai Powder
- Dry roast all the ingredients under the list for dry roasting, one at a time, separately. Allow them to cool down completely.
- Grind them together in a blender to a fine powder. Store them in an airtight container in refrigerator.
- To make thandai, heat milk in a pan, add saffron and thandai powder to it. Let it steep for 3-5 minutes. Garnish with rose petals.
- Cool down the thandai mix, in refrigerator before serving. you can also add ice cubes to thandai.
Thandai Syrup
- Soak all the ingredients under dry roasting list in 1 cup water for maximum of 2 to 4 hours.
- Drain the water and grind all the soaked ingredients together by adding little water.
- In a saucepan, add the drained water, saffron and sugar. Let the sugar dissolve and get reduced by half .
- To the sugar solution add the ground mix and steep for 2- 3 minutes in low heat.
- Once cooled down, store in an airtight container inside the refrigerator. use this syrup within 15 days.
How to make Thandai
- Add thandai syrup to cold milk, add ice cubes and garnish with rose petals.
- You can also add this mix to milk while boiling and cool them before serving.
Notes
- Thandai is best when served cooled.
- Add rose syrup or fruit juices to thandai, to give it a fruity twist.
- Increase almonds to 4tbsp (extra), Saffron to plus 1/4 tsp, skip pistachios and cashews in the same recipe to make Kesar badam thandai.
- To enjoy the all the benefits of ingredients, it is recommend to add the thandai mix to boiling milk.