African Dish Traditional Thandai (Instant Mix)

African Dish: Traditional Thandai (Instant Mix)

Traditional Thandai (Instant Mix) Ingredients

1	poppy seeds.
2	almonds.
3	melon seeds(magaz).
4	green Cardamom.
5	fennal seeds.
6	cumin seeds.
7	black pepper corns.
8	some dry rose petals.
9	For sugar syrup -.
10	sugar.
11	water.

Cooking Instructions

Step 1	First in a bowl soak together Poppy seeds, almonds and melon seeds for 5 -6 hours..
Step 2	To make sugar syrup in a deep vessel add sugar and water and keep it on medium heat and cook until sugar dissolved completely. cook for another 2 mins and switch off the heat.let the syrup cool for sometime..
Step 3	Meanwhile in a grinder jar add fennal seeds, cumin seeds, cardamom and pepper corns.grind them to make fine powder.add dry rose petals and grind again.sieve the mixture and keep aside..
Step 4	Now in a blender jar add soaked poppy seeds mixture and blend to fine paste.add some water in between while blending..
Step 5	Now add dry sieved masala and poppy seeds mixture to the sugar syrup and mix well.(you can blend the mixture with hand blender too).
Step 6	Thandai mix is ready. after cooling pour it in air tight container and store /keep it in refrigerator..
Step 7	While making thandai –take a glass ful of chilled milk /water, (any one)add 2-3 tbsp of thandai mix,mix well, strain add ice cubes, garnish with almonds -pista flakes, serve cool..