Thandai - Spiced and Flavored Almond Milk

Thandai is a popular Rajasthani chilled drink served in summer to beat the heat and during festivals such as Holi and Sivarathri.
Thandai can be prepared by grinding the nuts and spices to a ground paste or to a fine powder.Today's version is the later one and the recipe is off to the Regional Dishes for the day 2 in Blogging Marathon#35.Here goes the recipe.........

Basic Information

Preparation Time 10 minutes
Cooking Time 20-25 minutes
Serves 2

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
1% Milk	2 cups
Whole milk	3/4 cup
Sugar/sakkarai	5tbs
Saffron/kungumapoo	7-8 strands
Sliced pistacios and almonds	for garnish

For the Powder

Ingredient	Quantity
Almonds/Badam	1/4 cup
Cashews/mundiri	2tbs
Fennel seeds/sombu	1tsp
Black pepper/milagu	10-12
Poppy seeds/kasa kasa	11/2tsp
Cardamom/ellakai	5-6

Method

Boil the milk in a medium flame for 10 minutes,meanwhile keep all the ingredients given for the powder in a microwave safe bowl and heat it the microwave for couple of minutes to get crisp.Grind it to a fine powder in a blender.

Once the milk is boiled add the sugar and let it simmer for 10-15 minutes,add the saffron and put of the flame.Now add the ground nuts and spice powder to the milk and mix it well.After it comes to the room temperature,refrigerate it for 2-3 hours.

Strain the milk,garnish it with finely sliced nuts and serve.

Enjoy...........................................

Rose water can be added for extra flavor and melon seeds can also be used along with nuts.
The amount of sugar given is perfect,if you want it more sweeter you can increase.
Here I used both 1% and whole milk,you can use whole milk for extra rich taste.

Sumber http://www.naliniscooking.com

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