Holi Special-Kesar Thandai
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Recipe type: Drinks
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3-4
 
Ingredients
  • 1 ltr Milk
  • 15 cashewnuts
  • 20 Pistachio
  • 20 Almonds
  • 2 tbspoon melon seeds
  • 2 tbspoon poppy seeds
  • Soak all the ingredients mentioned in steps 2-6 overnight.Peel off the skin from Almonds and Pistachio next morning.
  • 1 inch cinnamon stick
  • 7-8 green cardamom
  • 10-12 black peppercorns
  • Saffron Strands
  • 125 gm Sugar
  • 2 tbspoon rose water
Instructions
  1. Grind black peppercorn, cinnamon, green cardamom into fine powder.
  2. Grounded powder is ready.Now add Almonds, Cashewnuts, Melon seeds, poppy seeds, pistachio, rose water and grind them into a very fine paste.
  3. We can make use of small quantity of milk for making fine paste.
  4. Heat Milk in a pan. Add sugar and let it simmer for a while until the sugar melts.
  5. When sugar melts, add some saffron strands and mix it well
  6. Now add Thandai Paste to the Milk and mix it well.
  7. When Thandai paste is mixed evenly, turn off the flame and let the milk cool down.
  8. Blend the Thandai in a blender so that paste gets properly mixed and to get rid of lump formation.
  9. Strain the Thandai
  10. Refrigerate the Thandai for 2 hours. After that it is ready to serve
  11. Garnish Thandai with Chopped Pistachio and saffron strands
  12. Happy Holi!!
Recipe by Kali Mirch - by Smita at https://kalimirchbysmita.com/holi-special-kesar-thandai/