Chikoo Thandai

Name: Chikoo Thandai
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 1 person
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 200 ml milk; 2 chikoos; 1 tsp poppy seeds; 1 tsp fennel seed; 10-12 black pepper; 10-12 almonds; 2 tsp gulkand; 2-3 green cardamom; 15 saffron strings; 1 tbsp sugar; 4-5 small ice cubes

Ratna Lalwani @ratna62

Kolkata

Special 2-in-1 thandai for holi.

Ratna Lalwani @ratna62

Kolkata

Special 2-in-1 thandai for holi.

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Ingredients

1 hr

1 person

200 mlmilk
2chikoos
1 tsppoppy seeds
1 tspfennel seed
10-12black pepper
10-12almonds
2 tspgulkand
2-3green cardamom
15saffron strings
1 tbspsugar
4-5small ice cubes

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Steps

1 hr

1

Soak almond, poppy seeds and fennel seeds in separate bowls overnight.
2

Collect all the ingredients in a tray for ease of preparation.
3

Soak saffron strings in milk for atleast 30mins.
4

First of all, grind black pepper and cardamom. Then add the wet items, e.g., poppy seeds, fennel seeds. Add almond after removing the skin. Make a fine paste. Finally add gulkand and grind for some more time.
5

Boil the milk previously. Add sugar. Allow it to cool down. Keep it in the refrigerator for the milk to become chilled.
6

Sieve the thandai paste through a siever and add it into the milk. To it add the saffron milk.
7

Crush 2 chikoos in a grinder after removing its skin and seeds.
8

In a glass, add ice cubes. Add chikoo crush over it.
9

Fill the rest of the glass with thandai. Decorate with saffron and fennel seed on the top.

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Ratna Lalwani @ratna62

on March 07, 2023 05:17

Kolkata

I am a senior citizen. At present, kitchen is my laboratory. I think more and cook less. I try something whenever new idea comes to mind. My recipes are simple but interesting, tasty, diet friendly and quick with minimum oil and ingredients . I belong to Jain community , therefore my dishes are strictly vegetarian cuisine.