Homemade Thandai Powder|Vodka Paan Thandai for Holi

Harjeet Kaur
Harjeet Kaur @cook_13349754

#holisweets
Colour, joy, camaraderie and lots of Homemade Thandai Powder|Vodka Paan Thandai will make the festival of Holi, fun all day. The traditional thandai is a concoction of chilled milk, almonds, cashew nuts, pistachios, rose petals, fennel seeds, cardamom and pepper. I have a thick betel vine growing in my patio and I decided to give the thandai powder a unique twist with betel leaves, gulkand and brown sugar added to all the other awesome ingredients. The thandai powder is available in most stores in India and if you want to make instant thandai then get a pack. I have made the thandai powder myself and it is just a blend of all the ingredients together.
Paan, also known as Betel is an age-old mouth-freshener in India. I love the melt-in-the-mouth Paan available in Lucknow. When I munch on some Paan, after a meal, I feel it is a complete meal. When the festival of Holi is around, thandai is much in demand these days and is available in many amazing flavours to suit your palate. In India, Holi marks the onset of summer and this Paan thandai is one of those refreshing summer drinks and when you add a shot of Vodka, it is worth drooling over.

Read more
Edit recipe
See report
Share

Ingredients

  1. Thandai Powder Recipe
  2. Ingredients
  3. 4betel leaves
  4. 10blanched almonds
  5. 10 Cashewnuts
  6. 10 Pistachios
  7. 1 tbspMelon seeds or magaj
  8. 1 tbspPoppy seeds or khuskhus
  9. 5 StrandsSaffron or Kesar
  10. 4 tbspBrown Sugar or castor sugar
  11. 4-5Green cardamoms
  12. 1 tspfennel seeds or saunf
  13. 5Rose petals
  14. 1/4 inchCinnamon or nutmeg
  15. 5-6Black peppercorns
  16. Ingredients of Paan Thandai
  17. 60 MlVodka
  18. 1 leafBetel
  19. 1 tbspGulkand
  20. 200 Ml Milk
  21. 1 tspVanilla essence
  22. 1 tbspThandai powder
  23. 2-3 tbspBrown Sugar or castor sugar

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    In a mortar or a blender grind together almonds, cashew nuts, pistachios, melon seeds, and sugar, saffron, fennel, black pepper, nutmeg and poppy seeds. Tear the betel leaves and add to the rest of the ingredients.
    You will get a rough paste. Keep this aside to make Thandai immediately or store it in the fridge in an airtight container and it will stay for a week. Whenever you feel thirsty just add some milk and ice and enjoy a refreshing drink.

  2. 2

    Blend all the ingredients. Top with lots of ice cubes.

    Garnish with almond flakes the soaked sweet basil seeds and strands of saffron. Serve cool. Get ready to celebrate Holi tomorrow with this slightly intoxicating drink and dunk in the colours of the season.

Reactions

Edit recipe
See report
Share

Comments

Written by

Harjeet Kaur
Harjeet Kaur @cook_13349754
on

Similar Recipes