Thandai is a cold beverage homemade drink prepared from cucumber seeds, fennel seeds, pepper seeds, saffron, milk sugar. It is mainly served during the festival of Holi.
Cucumber seeds | 2 Tablespoon | |
Fennel seeds | 2 Tablespoon | |
Poppy seeds | 2 Tablespoon | |
Black pepper | 1 Teaspoon | |
Almonds | 18 | |
Pistachios | 18 | |
Sugar | 300 Gram | |
Water | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
Milk | 1 Cup (16 tbs) |
MAKING:
1. In a pan, add cucumber seeds, fennel seeds, black pepper, khas khas. Roast all the ingredients well without oil.
2. Grind these ingredients in a mixer to make fine powder.
3. To make the sugar syrup, in a pan add water & sugar. Once the sugar melts and water comes to a boil, add the powder & almonds pistachios paste.
4. Mix all the ingredients well. Switch off the gas. The concentrate for thandai is ready. Let the concentrate cool completely,
SERVING:
5. In a serving glass, add 2-3 tbsp of the concentrate. Then add chilled milk. Thandai is ready to be served.