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Thandai - Spiced and Flavored Almond Milk


Thandai is a popular Rajasthani chilled drink served in summer to beat the heat and during festivals such as Holi and Sivarathri.
Thandai can be prepared by grinding the nuts and spices to a ground paste or to a fine powder.Today's version is the later one and the recipe is off to the Regional Dishes for the day 2 in Blogging Marathon#35.Here goes the recipe.........


Basic Information

Preparation Time ~ 10 minutes
Cooking Time ~ 20-25 minutes
Serves ~ 2



Ingredients

IngredientQuantity
1% Milk2 cups
Whole milk3/4 cup
Sugar/sakkarai5tbs
Saffron/kungumapoo7-8 strands
Sliced pistacios
and almonds
for garnish

For the Powder

IngredientQuantity
Almonds/Badam1/4 cup
Cashews/mundiri2tbs
Fennel seeds/sombu1tsp
Black pepper/milagu10-12
Poppy seeds/kasa kasa11/2tsp
Cardamom/ellakai5-6


Method

Boil the milk in a medium flame for 10 minutes,meanwhile keep all the ingredients given for the powder in a microwave safe bowl and heat it the microwave for couple of minutes to get crisp.Grind it to a fine powder in a blender.


Once the milk is boiled add the sugar and let it simmer for 10-15 minutes,add the saffron and put of the flame.Now add the ground nuts and spice powder to the milk and mix it well.After it comes to the room temperature,refrigerate it for 2-3 hours.


Strain the milk,garnish it with finely sliced nuts and serve.


Enjoy...........................................

  • Rose water can be added for extra flavor and melon seeds can also be used along with nuts.
  • The amount of sugar given is perfect,if you want it more sweeter you can increase.
  • Here I used both 1% and whole milk,you can use whole milk for extra rich taste.




18 comments:

  1. wow thats an super refreshing and delicious glass of thandai :) makes me drool here , wud love to finish the whole glass right away :)

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  2. Delicious...nice presentation...

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  3. what a lovely shots.. and I really cannot take eyes off.. Must try

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  4. Awesome clicks Nalini. They are tempting me to make some thandai right now :-)

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  5. lovely presentation dear...refreshing drink

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  6. Refreshing and inviting looking drink. Excellent pics as well.
    Deepa

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  7. wow, its super delicious and tempting thandai aks... well presented and flavorful...

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  9. Rich and yummy thandai.. Beautiful clicks, Nalini!

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  10. You have got us drooling with your pictures Nalini...so beautiful!

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  11. Elegant clicks and one refreshing drink love the background color looks so royal

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  12. Your pics had me thinking about the song khaike paan .... I do not know why Jai jai shiv shankar would have been more appropriate. I also remembered the Dairy milk ad. Not fair I am drooling over the pics so much.

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