Thandai
In Banaras and elsewhere in India, it is now possible to buy commercial concentrates of thandai and make the milk drink at home as you might do an orange or mango squash or lime juice cordial. But home-made thandai tastes like something else. And it's an easy enough recipe.

Ingredients:
8 almonds
8 pistachios
1 tsp poppy seeds
1 tsp aniseed
5 gm black peppercorns, crushed
2 tsps dried melon, muskmelon seeds
3 cups milk, chilled
6 tsps sugar
2 cups water, chilled
Rose petals for garnish

Procedure:
Soak the almonds and pistachios in warm water till their skins peel off. Grind them into a paste with the rest of the spices. Add cold water to the paste and mix well. Strain through a damp muslin cloth. Add the milk and sugar. Chill. Serve garnished with rose petals.


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