Thandai (Shiva's Drink)

Name: Thandai
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Madhyapradesh)
Ingredients: 1 liter cold full-fat milk; 3 tbsp almonds, soaked and peeled; 2 tbsp watermelon seeds (magaz); 2 tbsp poppy seeds (khus khus); 1 tsp fennel seeds; 8 peppercorns; 10 cardamom pods; 1 tbsp rose petals (dried); 100g sugar; ½ tsp saffron

🟢 Veg🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 65. Thandai recipe

⏱️20 minPrep

🕒20 minTotal

🍽️4Serves

🧺 Ingredients

👩‍🍳 How to make Thandai

Grind almonds, watermelon seeds, poppy seeds, fennel, pepper, and cardamom with a little milk into a fine paste.
Strain through a fine sieve pressing out all liquid.
Mix strained liquid with remaining milk, sugar, rose petals, and saffron.
Chill thoroughly. Serve over ice.

📖 Cultural notes

Thandai is consumed in enormous quantities during Mahashivratri in Ujjain — the city hosts one of the twelve jyotirlinga shrines and thandai flows freely during the festival as an offering to Lord Shiva. ---

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