The favourite time of the year is around when you start enjoying all the delicacies and its that time of the year when Holi is around the corner and what’s good in Holi without a Thandai. So marking the summer season, we are here to give you the wave of happiness with these cool tips to sparkle your Holi house party.
Well, Holi and Thandai are so synonymous that it is next to impossible to imagine this festival without this traditional delight. This time just make a little effort to avoid the adulteration in your favourite drink and make this quick and easy Thandai masala at home and indulge in the goodness of taste and flavours mixed with chilled milk, sounds great, right! Just follow us through this easy recipe and enjoy!
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All you need for the ingredients:
Almonds – 150 grams
Pistachio – 70 grams
Kharbooje ke beej- 1/2 cup
Sabut kali mirch – 4tbsp
Fennel seeds – 30 grams
Green Cardamom – 10 grams
Poppy seeds – 2 tbsp (optional)
Sugar – 4 tbsp
Saffron – 1/4 tbsp
Dried rose flower – 4 numbers
Here is how you can make it:
1. For making the thandai masala, first, blend sugar, cardamom, kali mirch, and fennel seeds in a blender to make a fine powder.
2. Now the next step is to strain it and keep it aside.
3. All you need to do now is to add almonds, pistachio, kharbooje ke beej (melon seeds), saffron, rose petals and poppy seeds, in a blender and grind them into a fine powder. Strain it with a sieve and keep it aside.
4. Now mix both powders in a bowl and store it in an airtight container. Your Thandai masala is ready to use. Just mix it with chilled milk and indulge in its heavenly taste!
