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Thandai (Sardai)
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Thandai Recipe | Holi Special Drink

Thandai is an Indian cold drink prepared with a mixture of almonds, fennel seeds, watermelon kernels, rose petals, pepper, poppy seeds, cardamom, saffron, milk and sugar.  Thandai is one of the popular summer drink in Maharashtra. It is the special beverage especially made on Mahasivaratri & Holi Festival. It is an undeniably delicious drink! Learn here how to make this Thandai with step by step pictures, instructions and video!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Soaking Time2 hours
Total Time2 hours 30 minutes
Course: Beverages Recipes
Cuisine: Maharashtra Cuisine
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 124kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Ingredients

  • 3 cups Milk 1 Cup - 250ml.
  • 5 tablespoon Almond
  • 2 tablespoon Cashew
  • 2 teaspoon Poppy Seeds
  • 1 teaspoon Fennel Seeds
  • 0.25 cup Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
  • 2 Cardamom
  • 1 tablespoon Dry Rose Petals

Instructions

Boil the Milk

  • Boil 3 Cups of milk and allow it to come to room temperature.

Soak the Almonds

  • In a bowl, add the almonds. Add water to soak the almonds and set it aside for 2 hours.

Soak the other ingidents

  • In another bowl, add cashews, poppy seeds, fennel seeds, peppercorns, green cardamom and add water and soak it for 2 hours.

Peal the skin on of the Almonds

  • After 2 hours, drain the water from the soaked ingredients. Peel the skin of the almonds and add it to mixer jar.

Add the rest of the ingredients to the mixer jar

  • Add drained cashew, fennel seeds, peppercorns, poppy seeds, cardamom to the mixer jar.

Grind the ingridents

  • Add dry rose petals to the mixer jar. If you don’t have it, you can replace with 4 drops of rose essence or 2 teaspoon rose water and grind everything to a smooth paste.

Add Sugar

  • Add sugar to the cooled milk and stir well so that the sugar gets nicely dissolved.

Add the ground paste to milk

  • Add this ground paste to milk and stir well so the paste gets nicely mixed with the milk.

Cool it

  • Refrigerate the milk for about 1 hour for the flavor to get incorporated well with milk. After 1 hour, strain the milk in a pitcher.

Garnish it

  • Serve the chill Thandai garnished with chopped pistachios and few saffron threads.

Serving Time

  • The delicious Thandai is a very refreshing drink for summer. Try this and share your comments!

Video

Nutrition

Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 124kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Fat: 2g | Sodium: 9mg