Ever heard of this new Thandai flavor? - Thandai Recipe for Holi 2021

Rashmi Surana
Mar 22, 2021
2 min read

Holi is a festival of colors and lets us use things from the kitchen to make colors. Organic and biodegradable colors could not get easier. After playing colors, we all need a refreshing drink of thandai. Why not make it rose-flavored as well? Check out the recipe below :) When had in limited quantities thandai is rich in antioxidants and help lessen the summer heat :)

Ingredients to make Thandai:

1/2 bowl almonds/badam
1/4 cup raisins/kishmish
1/4 cup pistachio
1/4 cup poppy seeds
1/4 cup watermelon seeds
400 gm sugar stone/sugar
1/4 cup black pepper
saffron strands
elaichi/cardamom
ginger powder

Soaking time: 6 hours

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 30 mins

Recipe for the Thandai mixture-

Mix all ingredients in a bowl except sugar stone and soak the ingredients in about 2 cups of water for 6 hours undisturbed and covered.
It's soaked well. Grind the soaked mixture.
The water used to remove the mixture from the mixer can be used to make sugar paste.
Make a powder out of sugar stone and add 1 glass of water and mix well.
Add the water used to rinse the mixer as well.
Mix continuously on high flame. Once it starts boiling add the paste of ingredients made before.
5 mins on high flame then medium flame. Now add 1 TSP ginger powder, saffron strands, and some elaichi or cardamom. Add another 1/2 cup of sugar stone (OPTIONAL)
Once the syrup mix starts to thicken and get sticky, let it cool down for a while.
Now let's make rose thandai and original thandai!

Recipe for the Plain Thandai-

Take 2.5 TSP thandai mix in a glass. Add 1/2 cup milk over the mixture or more as and when needed. Add ice and mix well. Decorate with dry fruits and enjoy Plain Thandai.

Recipe for the Rose Thandai-

Take 1 TSP thandai mix and a TSP rose syrup in a glass. Add 1.5 cup milk over the mixture or more as and when needed. Add ice and mix well. Decorate with dry fruits and enjoy Rose Thandai.

Enjoy a very safe Herbal color-filled Holi :)