Thandai Recipe | How To Make Thandai

Prep Time - 15 minutes
Cooking Time - 20 minutes

Ingredients
Milk - 1 litre
Almonds blanched and peeled - 20
Cashewnuts (soaked) - 15
Pistachios (blanched and peeled) - 25
Melon seeds (magaz) soaked - 2 tbsp
Poppy seeds (khuskhus/posto) soaked - 2 tbsp
Saffron (kesar) - a few strands
Sugar - 1 cup
Green cardamoms - 6-8
Rose petals - 20-25
Cinnamon 1 inch piece
Black peppercorns - 6-8

Method

• In a grinder, put cashewnuts, almonds, melon seeds, pistachios, and poppy seeds with a little milk and grind it to a fine paste. 
• Boil milk in a pan. Add saffron strands in it and mix. 
• Now, add sugar in milk and simmer till the sugar mixes and melts. 
• Grind cinnamon, green cardamoms, black peppercorns, and dried rose petals to a fine powder.
• Further, add the paste to the milk and mix properly. Simmer for 3-4 minutes. 
• Add the powdered mixture to the milk, mixing it well. 
• Chill it and serve.