Thandai / Thandai Powder
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1/3 cup Almonds
- 1/4 cup Pistachios
- 1/4 cup Muskmelon seeds
- 1/4 cup Fennel seeds
- 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
- 1.5 tsp Black peppercorns
- 1/2 cup Rose Petals
- 1/2 cup Khus Khus
- 1/2 litre Milk
- few strands of Saffron soaked in milk
Method:
- Take fennel, black pepper and sugar in a mixer jar and grind finely.
- Place the ground mixture over a sieve and strain it.
- Again grind the left over chunks over the sieve along with sugar. Strain again and collect in a bowl.
- After this, add almonds, pistachios, melon seeds, cardamon powder,rose petals, khus-khus and remaining sugar in the mixer jar and grind finely.
- Mix this to the fennel and black pepper mixture and mix thoroughly. Strain this mixture again through a sieve to mix it well.
- Thandai powder is now ready.
For making Thandai of Thandai powder:
- Take some milk in a glass and add 7 tsp thandai powder to it and stir to mix up thoroughly.
- Keep this mixture aside for half an hour. After half an hour, mix this thandai mix milk to the remaining milk along with some ice cubes and place it in a mixer jar.
- Mix until ice cubes blends well. Thandai is ready, transfer it a glass.
- Garnish the thandai with some pistachios.
- Serve this chilled and super delicious thandai.
- Store the thandai powder in any air tight container.