Thandai, is an Indianized health drink which is being served on special occasions and festivals. It is a real coolant, it is serve cool and all the ingredients used have cooling properties. In that ways, it improves digestion of our system, boost the immunity power. So in spite of shifting your drinks to cold drink, soda and packed juices , serve yourself with this healthful drink. With time thandai has been innovated in lot different desserts. Thandai Ice creams, thandai cookies, thandai  shots, thandai cake, thandai pudding, you name any dessert and you can make thadai version of it. . Thadai has so out of the world taste that it tastes amazingly good in each every dessert it is made of.

Benefits of drinking Thandai in Summers:

• Thandai has all the ingredients which helps in keeping our body cool and save us from heat strokes.
• It increases your metabolic activities and keeps your gut strong and healthy.
• This drink is a pure energizer. In summers when we don’t feel like eating, drinking a glass of thandai can fill your stomach and keeps you energetic for a long time.
• All dry fruits and seeds make it a health drink, which can be consumed even after rigorous workout.

Here we will be making traditional drinks of thandai in three different ways.

1) Thandai powder :

It is like a premix of thandai and the most easiest way of making it. This thandai powder is served with the milk. From this powder we can make thandai shots, cookies, cakes, puddings.

Recipe

Almonds Kernels/ Badam     12 to 15

Pistachio Kernels     7-8

Melon seeds/ Magaz ke dane  –  ½ cup

Poppy seeds/ khus khus   – 1/3 cup

Fennel seeds/ Sauf – ¾ cup

Coriander Seeds/ Sabut Dhaniya-   ½ cup

Black pepper  7-8

Cardamom / Elaichi 4-5

Dry Rose petals – ¼ cup

Powdered Sugar 1 cup  

Method -> Take almonds, pistachio, melon seeds, and poppy seeds together and make a fine powder out of it. Strain them from the strainer so that we get a fine powder. Now add fennel seeds, coriander seeds, black pepper, cardamom, rose petals in the grinder and make a fine powder. Strain them as done previously, for smooth texture. Mix both the powder together. To this powder add 1 cup of powdered sugar. Mix everything well and enjoy your thandai with cold milk. This powder can be stored for a longer time in dry and cool place.

For Reference – Recipe Video

2) Traditional Thandai :

This is the original thandai recipe, which was being served for ages to the guest on festivals and special occasions. It has its own benefits, as the ingredients we will be using in it are the presoaked ones. This thandai can be stored only for a day, so has to be freshly served and consumed. It can be prepared in two different ways will see which suits the best for you. As the method is different so will be the taste.

It is the best for the vegans and for the lactose intolerant.

Recipe 1:

Almonds Kernels/ Badam     12 to 15

Melon seeds/ Magaz ke dane  –  ½ cup

Poppy seeds/ khus khus   – 1/3 cup

Fennel seeds/ Sauf – ¾ cup

Coriander Seeds/ Sabut Dhaniya-   ½ cup

Black pepper  7-8

Cardamom / Elaichi 4-5

Dry Rose petals – ¼ cup

Water   2 glass

Sugar according to taste

Method:

Soak these ingredients over night-> Almonds, Melon seeds, Poppy seeds

Make a fine powder of these ingredients-> fennel seeds, coriander seeds, black pepper, cardamom, dry rose petals

Grind the soaked ingredient and make a paste, by adding ½ glass of water. Strain them from muslin cloth by using remaining water. In this dry fruit milk we can add the powder made from fennel seeds, coriander seeds, black pepper, cardamom, dry rose petals. Keep them in the fridge and enjoy this cool drink.

 Recipe 2:

Almonds Kernels/ Badam     12 to 15

Melon seeds/ Magaz ke dane  –  ½ cup

Poppy seeds/ khus khus   – 1/3 cup

Fennel seeds/ Sauf – ¾ cup

Coriander Seeds/ Sabut Dhaniya-   ½ cup

Black pepper  7-8

Cardamom / Elaichi 4-5

Dry Rose petals – ¼ cup

Water   2 glass

Sugar according to taste

Method

Soak all the ingredients in two different bowls.

1^st bowl soak Almonds, Melon seeds, Poppy seeds

2^nd bowl soak fennel seeds, coriander seeds, black pepper, cardamom, dry rose petals

Grind the soaked ingredient of 1^st bowl and make a paste, by adding ½ glass of water. Strain them from muslin cloth by using more water. Repeat this process with the 2^nd bowl of ingredients. Now mix both milk extracted from two bowls. Add sugar to it and keep it in the fridge to serve it cool.