Thandai Ice Cream ~ Prepared this Holi | Festival Recipes

Thandai Ice Cream ~ Holi Festival Recipes

Festivals are at the heart of people’s lives in India. As a kid I always loved Holi festival and so did my brother and now that we have grown up, I see the same excitement in my kids. A day full of colors, water and loads of good food to eat, surrounded by friends and family. India is truly a land of festivals too!!!

Every year on Holi, I prepare Gujiya, malpua or something special for the entire family. But this year I decided to make something mainly for my kids just because they are not too much into traditional Indian festival sweets. I wanted something traditional at the same time it should suit my kids taste buds also.

After lots of thought, I decided on preparing this Thandai Ice Cream for them along with the routine sweets for the day. While searching on the internet, I came across an easy recipe by Mrs Tarla Dalal and I felt this is it ! I am a big fan of Mrs Tarla Dalal and I keep trying many of her recipes for my family specially my Kids. This Ice Cream recipe was almost similar to the Ice Creams I have been hooked to off late ~ Mango Ice Cream & Oreo Ice Cream. Only thing to be added to my basic ice cream recipe was the thandai Masala and I found this one to be the best. Also adding the cornflour made a difference to the texture of the Thandai Ice Cream and made it too creamy and smooth.

An easy, flavorful & creamy Thandai Ice Cream is what I got, too apt for the occasion. My kids simply loved it, though for my lil one the flavor was little spicy ( in his language ) may be because of the white peppercorns but Thandai has to be with such strong flavours. He ate 2 bowls of the same Ice Cream though ! May be kids generally associate an Ice Cream with just the sweet and fruit flavored cold frozen cream.

It was something I prepared for the first time and I was too happy with the results, though I could not manage to click the step by step pictures for this recipe still it is worth sharing on my blog and is surely a keeper. Next I am going to try Thandai Smoothie since it’s summers already and milkshakes and smoothies are going to be regular at home.

This is a post that was kept in my draft ever since I prepared this Ice Cream but I just could not share it here in my space due to some personal commitments.

Do prepare this at home for your loved ones! Trust me they will love it…..

Recipe adapted from Tarla Dalal’s - here and sharing the same below also, enjoy…

Ingredients
Milk - 1 ltr (full cream)
Sugar - 1 1/2 cups
Cornflour - 1/4 cup
Fresh cream - 1 1/2 cups (300 grams)
a few saffron (kesar) strands & sliced pistachios

To be ground finely for the thandai flavouring
Almonds - 1/4 cup
Poppy seeds (khus-khus) - 2 tbsp
Fennel seeds - 2 tbsp ( I used regular sauf whereas the original recipe used Lucknowi saunf)
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
White peppercorns - 15 - 20

Method -

1. Dissolve the cornflour in ¼ cup of cold milk. Keep aside.
2. Dissolve the saffron in 2 tablespoons of warm milk. Keep aside.
3. Place the rest of the milk in a heavy bottomed pan and bring it to a boil.
4. Add the sugar and simmer for 5 minutes.
5. Add the dissolved cornflour and simmer for another 5 minutes while stirring continuously, till it is of a coating consistency. Add the thandai flavouring and mix well.
6. Remove from the fire and allow it to cool completely.
7. Strain the mixture through a strainer.
8. Add the cream and dissolved saffron to the milk mixture. Mix well.
9. Pour the mixture into a shallow dish, cover and freeze till slushy.
10. Divide the mixture into 2 batches and churn each batch separately in a blender till it is smooth.
11. Transfer into a shallow container, cover and freeze till it is firm. Scoop, garnish with sliced pistachios and serve.

Enjoy this creamy, smooth, rich Thandai Ice-Cream at home with your loved ones !

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