Thandai is a wonderful cold refreshing and healthy flavoured milk that is traditionally prepared during the Holi festival(festival of colors). When people become a little exhausted throwing each other in the pool of coloured waters. A glass of Thandai offers instant energy and sets the mood for playing with colors.
Thandai when laced with the intoxicating bhang, make one sing, dance and go wild. Infact, bhang thandai is used as a mood setter for the festival of Holi. A wonderful and a distinct blend of spices to give ravishing drink. You should really taste it to see what it really is!!
Ingredients required..
1/2 tin, 200 gms Sweetened condensed milk (Milkmaid)
750ml Milk
8 - 10 Almonds, soaked and peeled
5-6 peppercorns
3-4 Cardamom or 1 tsp Cardamom powder
2 tsps Fennel seeds, saunf
2 tbsps Poppy seeds
Crushed ice
Rose petals for garnish
Method:
Grind the almonds, cardamom, and fennel seeds(saunf) to a fine paste. Blend with other ingredients till well mixed. Strain the blended mixture.
Half fill each glass with crushed ice and top up with the above mixture.
Serve garnished with rose petals.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Thandai
Enjoy the lovely drink!
Posted by Ramya Kiran at 5:30 PM
Labels: Beverages and Drinks, Festival Specialities, Milkmaid Recipes
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19 comments:
That looks nice...very refreshing..I too have a similar silver glass set
The drink looks so yumm andi am in love with that glass.
I love thandai, we make this during special occasions, nice click, drool worthy!
Thanda...thanda...!Your pics are too good. Loved the silver glass. Beautiful presentation Ramya.:)
Oh wow....refreshingly cool.......
One of my fav.too looks delicious and beautiful pic.
Delicious Drink Ramya...wat a lovely presentation yaar!
Once again, pics are ravishing, and you've shared a great recipe for this time of year! Question: do I also grind up the poppy seeds and peppercorns, or keep them whole, then strain them after?
I thank all of you for your lovely comments!
Muneeba: Thank you so much! I'm stressing on grinding almonds, cardamom and fennel seeds first as they take little time to get grinded. You can later on add poppy seeds and peppercorns, grind again. Add milk and blend just until combined. After all the blending, you need to strain before you serve. I hope this has helped.
We have scorching heat here now and this Thandai looks pretty good for the heat here. I did not know that fennel was added to this drink.
Lovely blog.. I like your header too.. :)
That's a lovely drink for the hot summers Ramya. I have seen the thandai mixes in Indian grocery stores but have never tried it. I didn't know it was so easy to prepare it right from scratch.
Very beautiful. You are a very talented women....
Thandai looks chilled!!!Lovely presentation
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Red Chillies: Yes, its indeed a lovely drink for this summer. Fennel does add an entirely different flavour to this drink.
Hari Chandana: Thank you.
Madhuram: This drink is definitely refreshing for this hot weather. Do try and let me know.
Miranda: Thank you. Thanks again!
Chaitra: Thank you. You too have a wonderful blog out there. Do visit again!
I've never heard of this before, but it sounds sweet, spiced, and perfect for summer!
Beautiful pictures, Ramya. So beautiful that another website has copied your pictures.
http://en.petitchef.com/recipes/thandai-fid-348618
I just realized that your recipes are probably featured on petitechef. :)
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