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thandai recipe

Ingredients

  • Milk - 1 liter
  • Almonds - 20
  • Cashews - 15
  • Pistachios - 10
  • Melon seeds/ magaz - 2 tbsp
  • Poppy seeds/khuskhus - 2 tbsp
  • Saffron/kesar - 15 strands
  • Sugar - 3/4 cup
  • Green cardamoms - 4
  • Dried Rose petals - 10
  • Cinnamon - 1/2 inch stick
  • Black peppercorns - 4

Instructions

  1. Soak cashews, almonds, poppy seeds, melon seeds, pistachios for an hour. Remove the skin of almonds & pistachios.

  2. Grind green cardamoms, dried rose petals, cinnamon and black peppercorns to a fine powder.

  3. Drain the water and grind it with little milk to make a paste.

  4. Boil milk in a pan. Add saffron and mix. When the milk starts to boil, add sugar and simmer till the sugar melts.

  5. Add spice powder in simmering milk and mix well.

  6. Add the cashew-almond paste and simmer for few more minutes.

  7. Remove from flame and let it cool down completely. Refrigerate the milk for few hours and serve.