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In summers we all drink thandai.

Overnight soak almonds, fennel seeds, watermelon seeds and black peppercorns.

Grind everything into a fine paste and sieve them.

Mix the paste in milk and relish drinking.

This thandai is so refreshing and energizing.

But if you have shortage of time therefore unable to soak everything overnight and grinding is also time consuming.

For that you can prepare thandai powder and store it.

Then you can just mix the thandai powder in milk and prepare thandai.

Thadai prepared with powder is equally tasty as the freshly soaked almonds and fennel seeds thandai.

It is very easy to make at home.

So, let's start making thandai.

To prepare thandai powder, firstly we will grind fennel seeds.

Take 30 grams fennel seeds in a mixture jar along with 5 grams black peppercorns.

Now we will also add sugar to it but not the whole quantity, add only about 100 grams of sugar.

Now we will grind them finely.

We have finely ground fennel seeds and black pepper with sugar.

Now we will sieve it.

Few thick fennel seeds are left on the sieve.

Put it back into the mixture jar and grind it along with sugar.

Here, we have again churn the fennel seeds with sugar.

Now sieve it.

Whenever you grind fennel seeds along with sugar then don't remove the lid suddenly because sugar particle gets released in air.

So, open the lid after a while.

Sieve it again.

Now keep the fennel seeds left on sieve separately and use it while preparing fresh thandai.

Now put the 60 grams almonds into the jar, 30 gram pistachios, 30 gram watermelon seeds and 10 gram cardamom powder.

If you want to use cardamom seeds then take 12 grams of cardamom. Peel them and grind the seeds along with dry fruits.

Or you can grind the along with sugar and fennel seeds.

This way it will grind better.

Here, we are using cardamom powder. So, we are mixing it with the dry fruits.

Grind them into fine powder.

Now they are finely ground.

Mix it with the prepared powder.

Mix everything well.

You can sieve this again to dissolve all the lumps.

So, sieve it again

Keep the dry fruits particles left on the sieve with fennel seeds.

Use these leftovers while making fresh thandai.

Thandai powder is now sieved and ready.

Take milk to prepare thandai with powder.

Either use fresh milk or boil the milk and cool it down.

Here we are taking 1/2 litre of milk.

You can take the whole quantity but we are taking small amounts to make thandai.

So, we are making 3 glasses of thandai.

3 glasses of thandai can be prepared with 1/2 litre of milk.

To this we will mix 9 tsp of thandai powder into it.

We are adding 3 tsp thandai powder into a glass of milk.

Keep it aside for 30 minutes.

You can prepare it instantly but if have some time then let it rest for 30 minutes.

So, that all dry fruits get soaked completely and become more delectable.

Let it rest for 30 minutes.

30 minutes are over now.

Pour the thandai milk into the mixture jar and add the remaining milk as well.

Add a cup of ice cubes to make it chilled.

Now churn everything for a while.

We have churned it until the ice cubes dissolves completely.

Thandai is now ready.

Let's serve it.

To serve, pour the thandai into the glasses.

You can shake it in a shaker and drink it or pour it in a glass an cover with another glass then blend it.

Garnish it with finely chopped pistachios.

Chilled and delectable thandai is now ready.

It is very easy to make.

You can prepare it quickly, if you have this thandai powder.

Preparing thandai powder is easy too.

Just grind everything in measured quantity and sieve it.

Store this thandai powder in an airtight container and use it for 2 months.

So, definitely make the thandai using this thandai powder and relish drinking it.

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