Miscellaneous Drinks

Vasantha Neer:
Ingredients:
Tender coconut water 200 ml
Honey 3 tsp
Lime juice 1 1/2 tsp
Tulsi leaves few
Ice cubes 2-3
Mix all ingredients except tulsi leaves & ice cubes in a blender.
Serve topped with minced tulsi leaves & crushed ice cubes.
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Dear Mrs.CV,

Yes its a beautiful name

does somebody has thandai recipe ? can u pls share this to me .

hi shanyi,txs a lot for the recipe . in india my mom was used to of making this at home . and even in india we get the thandai powder also . but i was missing this here . i will try this soon . even the link of the website is very useful .
once again txs a lot.

Hi Heena,

Are you searching for this? give me your FB.

Ingredients

1 1/2 lt water
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup milk
1 tbsp. almonds
1 tbsp. kharbooj/tarbooj seeds skinned (commercially available)
(these are skinned dried seeds of watermelon and cantaloupes)
1/2 tbsp. khuskhus (poppy seeds)
1/2 tbsp. saunf (aniseed)
1/2 tsp. cardamom powder or 15 whole pods
1/2 tsp. rose water (optional)
1 tsp. peppercorns whole
1/4 cup dried or fresh rose petals (gulkand variety)


Method

Soak sugar in 1/2 litre of the water used. Keep aside.

Wash clean all other dry ingredients, except cardamom if using powder.

Soak in 2 cups of remaining water.

Keep aside. Allow all soaked items to stand for at least 2 hours.

Grind all soaked ingredients to a very fine paste. (not sugar)

When the paste is very fine, mix remaining water.

Place a strong muslin strainer over a large deep vessel.

Or tie a strong muslin cloth over rim of vessel and use to strain. Press through

muslin with back of palms, extracting the liquid into vessel.

Add remaining water, a little at a time to extract more. Pour back some of the

extract and press, repress.

Repeat this process till the residue becomes dry and husk like.

Add milk, sugar and Rose water to the extracted liquid.

If using cardamom powder mix it in with the milk.

Mix well. Chill for a hour of two before serving.

sorry krishnaamma i missed ur reply . txs for the recipe . i will try it little late may be after a month coz here still cold . i am very fond of ur recipes . u hv a great collection . in summer i wil try ur quick icecream also . . can i make thandai syrup without milk and preserve . whenever i need i can mix milk in it . is it possible ??

Hi Heena,

Thanks for your FB. I think we can keep 'thandai' with out milk. But I have not tried like that so far. But I think it is possible. We use to finish off after making it.

You try and tell the result. All the best.

Hi really a good one.

I enjoyed the drin

Nice unheared peculiar name.

I am a lemon lover...

Will give it a try...

Hi Chitra
Thats a real refreshing drink!