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There’s nothing quite like a refreshing glass of thandai on a warm Summer evening. And, I’m sure your refrigerator is stocked with thandai bottles. But, why buy processed stuff when you can make it at home? The freshness in home-made thandai is so epic you will never buy supermarket thandai ever again. Here is a recipe for kesariya thandai concentrate.
Ingredients
3 tbsp – Almonds (to be soaked)
1 tbsp – Pistachio
1 tbsp – Cashewnuts
1 tbsp – Poppy seeds
1 tbsp – Melon seeds
1 1/2 cup – Sugar
2 tbsp – Gulkand/Rose Petal Preserve
1 1/2 tsp – Pepper (or less if you wish)
6 – cardamom pods
1 tsp – Rose water
1/2 tsp – Saffron (to be soaked in 1 tbsp water for 30 minutes)
Method
* In a bowl, soak the almonds and saffron in a cup of water and keep aside for 4 hours. Overnight is best.
* Add the soaked mix to a blender along with pepper, cardamom, rose water, gulkand. Blend to a smooth paste.
* Heat a saucepan, add the sugar along with a cup of water. Once the sugar dissolves, add the saffron along with the paste. Stir well and cook for 15 minutes. (I like my concentrate on the thin side, so I keep adding some water if it gets too thick. Once cooked for 15 minutes, let it cool to room temperature.)
* For making thandai, take 1 cup of milk and about 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup of the concentrate and give a whisk.
* Serve cold!
Notes
If you make your concentrate thin like I do, you would need to add less of it while making thandai. Totally up to you.
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