Thandai Recipe

Thandai Recipe

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This sweet, milky drink flavored with nuts and warm spices is traditionally served on Holi, the Indian festival of colors.

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Cooking tools:

  • Food processor
  • Fine-mesh strainer
  • Microplane
  • Mixing bowl
  • Pot
  • Skillet
  • Whisk
  • Spoon
  • Colander
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoon
  • Stove
  • Refrigerator
  • Glass

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

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