Authentic Thandai Recipe: A Traditional Summer Drink In 2025
"Discover the authentic Thandai recipe – A Rich & Aromatic Indian drink made with Milk, nuts, spices, and saffron. This refreshing drink has classic flavours &cooling effects, perfect for festivals like Navratri and Maha Shivaratri. Learn to make this classic Thandai at home with our easy step-by-step guide!"
Ingredients
- 4½ cups Milk, approx 1 litre half cup
- 20 pcs. Almonds
- 10 pcs. Cashews
- 15 pcs. Pistachios
- 1½ tsp Melon seeds, poppy seeds and fennel seeds
- 12 pcs. Green cardamoms
- 1 Inch Cinnamon
- 5 to 10 pcs. Black pepper approx
- 5 to 6 tsp Sugar ( according to taste)
- 1 Pinch Saffron ( optional)
- 20 pcs. Rose petals
- 5 pcs. Ice cubes option ( for serving purpose only)
Instructions
Thandai Preparation
- To make a Thandai drink, put 20 almonds, 10 cashews, and 15 pistachios in a bowl, add water, and soak them for at least 4 hours.
- Now, take another bowl and soak 1½ tsp of Melon seeds and poppy seeds in a bit of water.
- After 4 hours, take the almonds out of the bowl, peel them, and rinse the rest of the nuts with fresh water.
- In the next step of the Thandai recipe, add all the Nuts to a blender and blend them.
- Now, drain the water from the seeds bowl. Add all those seeds in the blender with the nut paste.
Spices Mixture
- Take all the spices in a jar fennel seeds, peppercorns, green cardamoms, cinnamon, kesar and rose petals. Grind to coarse paste first.
- Then add a cup of Milk to make a smooth paste.
- Blend till you don’t get a smooth paste.
Make Thandai
- Boil 1 litre of Milk in a pan (approx 4 cups) and add sugar to it according to your taste. After one boil, turn off the stove, add healthy thandai paste, and stir well.
- Repeat the spices mixture procedure given above.
- Then add healthy thandai paste, and stir well.
Notes
Notes :
Let the thandai recipe cool down and refrigerate it for around 4 hours overnight. Before consuming, give a good mix and filter the thandai. You can use a strainer for the filter. If you find some tiny pieces in a strainer, they are only spices.