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Thandai
A cooling Indian spiced milk drink with almonds, rose petals and saffron — traditionally served at Holi.
Total time
490 min
Prep
480 min
Cook
10 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Indian
vegetariangluten-free
Ingredients
1Lwhole milk
80gblanched almonds
50gcashews
2 tbsppoppy seeds
2 tbspfennel seeds
6cardamom pods, seeds
10whole black peppercorns
1 tbspdried rose petals
1 pinchsaffron
100gsugar
2 tbsprose water
iceto serve
Instructions
1
Soak almonds, cashews, poppy seeds and fennel seeds in water overnight.
2
Blend soaked nuts and seeds with cardamom, pepper, rose petals and 200ml milk until very smooth.
3
Strain through a fine sieve, pressing to extract all liquid.
4
Heat remaining milk with sugar and saffron until sugar dissolves.
5
Cool completely.
6
Combine nut paste with milk.
7
Add rose water and mix well.
8
Serve chilled over ice.
Nutrition (estimated)
Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.
Calories
556
Protein
18.9g
Fat
26.6g
Carbs
70.9g
Fiber
12.9g
Sodium
126mg
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