Homemade Thandai Powder|Vodka Paan Thandai for Holi

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Chef :

Harjeet Kaur

Homemade Thandai Powder|Vodka Paan Thandai for Holi

#holisweets Colour, joy, camaraderie and lots of Homemade Thandai Powder|Vodka Paan Thandai will make the festival of Holi, fun all day. The traditional thandai is a concoction of chilled milk, almonds, cashew nuts, pistachios, rose petals, fennel seeds, cardamom and pepper. I have a thick betel vine growing in my patio and I decided to give the thandai powder a unique twist with betel leaves, gulkand and brown sugar added to all the other awesome ingredients. The thandai powder is available in most stores in India and if you want to make instant thandai then get a pack. I have made the thandai powder myself and it is just a blend of all the ingredients together. Paan, also known as Betel is an age-old mouth-freshener in India. I love the melt-in-the-mouth Paan available in Lucknow. When I munch on some Paan, after a meal, I feel it is a complete meal. When the festival of Holi is around, thandai is much in demand these days and is available in many amazing flavours to suit your palate. In India, Holi marks the onset of summer and this Paan thandai is one of those refreshing summer drinks and when you add a shot of Vodka, it is worth drooling over.

Ingredient

betel leaves

blanched almonds

Cashewnuts

Pistachios

1 tbsp

Melon seeds or magaj

1 tbsp

Poppy seeds or khuskhus

5 Strands

Saffron or Kesar

2-3 tbsp

Brown Sugar or castor sugar

4-5

Green cardamoms

1 tsp

fennel seeds or saunf

Rose petals

1/4 inch

Cinnamon or nutmeg

5-6

Black peppercorns

60 Ml

Vodka

1 leaf

Betel

1 tbsp

Gulkand

200 Ml

Milk

1 tsp

Vanilla essence

1 tbsp

Thandai powder

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

In a mortar or a blender grind together almonds, cashew nuts, pistachios, melon seeds, and sugar, saffron, fennel, black pepper, nutmeg and poppy seeds. Tear the betel leaves and add to the rest of the ingredients. You will get a rough paste. Keep this aside to make Thandai immediately or store it in the fridge in an airtight container and it will stay for a week. Whenever you feel thirsty just add some milk and ice and enjoy a refreshing drink.