Thandai Recipe | Saveur

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup raw whole almonds
• 3 Tbsp. melon seeds (from ½ cantaloupe)
• 3 Tbsp. poppy seeds
• 2 Tbsp. raw cashew halves
• 1 Tbsp. plus 1½ tsp. raw shelled pistachios
• 4 cups whole milk
• 1½ cups sugar
• A few saffron threads (optional)
• 1 tsp. fennel seeds
• 10 green cardamom pods
• 10 black peppercorns
• One 1-in. cinnamon stick, broken into pieces
• 20 organic edible rose petals, plus more for garnish
• 8 oz. gin
• ¼ tsp. freshly grated nutmeg