Description
Celebrate the Holi Festival with this cold, sweet drink made of almonds, spices, and milk. Adapted from Tarla Dalal.com
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 1/2 cups full fat milk
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- a pinch of freshly ground black pepper (kalimirch)
- a few saffron (kesar) strands
To Be Blended Into A Fine Powder
- 1/4 cup almonds (badam)
- 2 tbsp poppy seeds (khus-khus)
- 2 tbsp fennel seeds (saunf)
- 1/2 tsp cardamom (elaichi) powder
- 20 whole white peppercorns
Instructions
- Boil the milk in a deep pan, allow it to cool completely.
- Combine the powder and milk in a deep bowl, mix well using a whisk and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Strain the mixture through a sieve, add the sugar, pepper powder and saffron and mix well.
- Pour equal quantities of the thandai into 4 individual glasses and serve chilled.
- Category: Drink
- Cuisine: Indian