Thandai is an indian sweet, cold bevarage made from milk especialy in summertime. It’s very popular during the “Holi” festival of colors. Thandai can also contain Indian Canabis (Bhaang leaves), which is served to adults. The word “Thandai” is derived from the hindi word “Thandaa” meaning cold. All the ingridients used in thandai spice mix have a cooling, soothing effect on the body. Even the controversial and intoxicating Bhaang. The spice mix can also be a wet ground paste. That is how its done traditionaly.
Given below is my recipe for Thandaai Spice mix, use it with chilled milk for maximum effect.
Thandai Masala
A spice mix for a cold bevarage made from milk
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp fennel seeds
- 1/2 tbsp blackpeppercorn
- 8 green cardomomn seeds only
- 4 tbsp dry rose petal
- 1 and 1/2 tsp poppy seed
- 3-4 cashewnut
- 5 almond blanched and peeled
Instructions
- Dry roast all the ingredients on a low flame for 3-5 minutes or utill ingredients get a slight color change and start to give off thier aroma.
- Grind the ingridients into a fine powder.
- Pass it through a sieve and grind the coarse particles again.
- Repeat the above process 2-3 times.
Notes
- 2 and 1/2 tsp of the prepared powder can be used with 500ml of milk.
- Dont use too much or else it will be bitter.
- You can adjust the amount of black peppercorn as required, since you just need a hint of pepper in your drink.
