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Kesariya Thandai Recipe, How to make Thandai

2012-03-10 by Anjana Chaturvedi 22 Comments

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Thandai Recipe – A very healthy and refreshing drink made with milk,nuts and whole spices

Thandai Recipe – Thandai is a classic Indian drink which is a must have on The Festival of colours Holi,. It is made with lots of dry fruit mainly Badam and pistachio, melon seeds, Cardamom, fennel seeds, pepper corn and saffron. All the ingredients of Thandai are healthy and as badam pista are warm in nature so to balance it fennel ,cardamom and gulkand are added into it.
It is a very healthy and refreshing drink during summer .Instead of using the fizzy and sugar loaded drink this healthy thandai is always good to have .Adults and Children all loves the taste of thandai .
This Thandai can made be fresh or you can make it as an concentrated form and add in milk when ever needed.I have also posted the recipe of making Thandai concentrate which is my family favorite and I always  makes few bottles of this- Kesariya thandai concentrate every summer.
you can also try these recipes-
  • Instant thandai Masala Powder
  • Mawa Gujhiya
  • Kanji Vada
  • Soft Dahi vada
  • Milk powder Gulab Jamun

THANDAI RECIPE

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3.58 from 7 votes

How to make Thandai, Kesariya Thandai

How to make kesar Badam Thandai
Prep Time20 mins
Total Time20 mins
Course: Beverages /drinks, Festive Recipe
Cuisine: North Indian Cuisine
Keyword: Holi, kesariya, Thandai
Servings: 6
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

  • 1.5 liter Whole Milk / Doodh ( Full Cream)
  • 30 Almonds / Badam
  • 20 Pistachio / Pista
  • 2 tbsp Fennel Seeds / Saunf
  • 2 tbsp Peppercorns / Sabut Kali Mirch
  • 2 tbsp Green Cardamom / Hari Elaichi
  • 2 tsp Poppy seeds /khaskhas (optional)
  • 2 tbsp Gulkand/Rose petal preserve
  • Saffron / Kesar few strands (soaked in milk)
  • 1 cup Sugar / Chini (or according to taste)
  • 1 tin Cream Nestle ( Optional )

Instructions

  • Soak almonds, pista, and poppy seeds in a bowl with 1/2 cup water for 2 hours
  • Soak black peppers, fennel seeds and cardamom in seperate bowl. for 2-3 hours
  • Boil the milk,add sugar and saffron and let it cool down completly then chill it.
  • Grind black peppers,fennel and cardamom in the mixer,(make a fine paste) using 1 cup of water,then add 1 cup of milk and strain through a muslin cloth or with a fine strainer.through away the residue and keep the stained juice.
  • Now grind the almond, pista, poppy seeds and gul kand in the mixer using 1 cup of milk,and keep aside.
  • Take chilled milk in a big bowl,add both the juices (almond paste and pepper, fennel juice)and cream.
  • Mix well, add ice cubes and serve chilled.

Notes

Note:
1-if you want to reduce the amount of nuts then substitute them with melon seeds and  add few nuts only.
2-you can add 3 tbls of rose water instead of saffron and make gulab thandai.

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Filed Under: Beverage/ Drinks, Festival recipes, North Indian Food, Summer special, Uttar Pradesh Cuisine Tagged With: Beverages, Health Drink, Healthy Recipes, holi, holi recipe, Holi special, Indian drinks, Indian food, Indian recipes, Jain food, Thandai, traditional recipes, Uttar Pradesh Cuisine, vegetarian, vrat ka khana

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Comments

  1. Lecker and Yummy Recipes says

    2012-04-07 at

    A very wholesome and filling drink. Thank u for sharing it with Healthy Morsels-Pregnancy !

    Reply
  2. Umm Mymoonah says

    2012-03-24 at

    Cute presentation and lovely drink. Thank you for linking with Any One Can Cook 🙂

    Reply
  3. schmetterlingwords says

    2012-03-24 at

    A refreshing drink, though I have never made it till date. Should give a try soon. Thank you for linking with Healthy Morsels – Pregnancy.

    Reply
  4. Vimitha Anand says

    2012-03-11 at

    Refreshing drink.. Looks yum

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  5. Chandrani says

    2012-03-11 at

    Yummy thandai.

    Cuisine Delights
    My First Event-SPOTLIGHT:"COLOURFUL HOLI" .

    Reply
  6. Kalpana Sareesh says

    2012-03-11 at

    love the presentation n the beautiful thandai..

    Reply
  7. Ramya says

    2012-03-10 at

    This one is one of my fav..I am already feeling refreshing by just looking at it..!

    Reply
  8. maha says

    2012-03-10 at

    Yummy Yummy……..iam sure this tastes simply superb….Going 2 try this soon……
    Maha

    Reply
  9. Sadaf Afshan says

    2012-03-10 at

    Nice presentation.

    Reply
  10. Santosh Bangar says

    2012-03-10 at

    it is perfect drink in holi. refreshing and healthy

    Reply
  11. Santosh Bangar says

    2012-03-10 at

    it is perfect drink in holi. refreshing and healthy

    Reply
  12. Santosh Bangar says

    2012-03-10 at

    it is perfect drink in holi. refreshing and healthy

    Reply
  13. Santosh Bangar says

    2012-03-10 at

    it is perfect drink in holi. refreshing and healthy

    Reply
  14. Anonymous says

    2012-03-10 at

    wow..awesome recipe

    Aarthi
    http://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/

    Reply
  15. Hema says

    2012-03-10 at

    Love the way you have presented it with those beautiful flowers..

    Reply
  16. Aruna Manikandan says

    2012-03-10 at

    looks delicious 🙂

    Reply
  17. Hamaree Rasoi says

    2012-03-10 at

    Delicious and refreshing thandai!

    Reply
  18. faseela says

    2012-03-10 at

    amazingly supoerb…..

    Reply
  19. Jaleela says

    2012-03-10 at

    Please remove the word verification code

    Reply
  20. Jaleela says

    2012-03-10 at

    wow what beautiful presentation & very innovative thandai

    Reply
  21. Tina says

    2012-03-10 at

    so tempting…

    Reply
  22. Meena says

    2012-03-10 at

    oh dear.. i was talking to my mom about this just few days back and she was telling there was time when she wud make thandai masala at home and make thandai during hot summer months. now she is old cant do this.. and now i hv thandai only during weddings.

    sach ur dishes are so similar to what we make

    Reply

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"Maayeka" means a mother's home. I am Anjana Chaturvedi, and I share on this blog traditional vegetarian and vegan recipes from India, that have been handed down to me from my mother, aunts, and grandmothers. All of these recipes are "Sattvic" - cooked without using any onions or garlics - which are known as "taamsic" or negative ingredients in Ayurveda. Hope you enjoy these recipes and feel free to reach out to me for any questions or feedback!

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