Homemade Thandai Powder

Thandai is a quintessential Holi drink which is bound to lift up your spirits high with or without adulteration. 

I tried store bought thandai last year and It felt like I drank sugar syrup out of a bottle and that is when I decided next year will be different and well it turned out to be quite fun.

Played crazy holi with everything homemade and the best out of the lot was Gunjiya’s and Bailey’s Thandai. 

I made thandai powder at home and added Bailey's to the mix and chilled it for a while . It was light on the sweet side and string on the happy side.

Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cooking Time : 5 minutes
Serves : 400 grams

Ingredients :

25 almonds
25 cashew nuts
35 pistachios
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 tbsp melon seeds (Musk melon)
2 tbsp poppy seeds
8-10 green cardamom
1 tbsp fennel seeds
10 no black pepper
1 tbsp cinnamon powder
a small piece mace 
Rose petals

Method :

1) If you are using fresh rose petals, then wash them properly and pat them dry with kitchen towel.

2) Microwave it for about 5 minutes, keep checking in between after every 2 minutes.

3) The petals will be crispy, else you can sundry them.

4) Dry roast the dry fruits and spices separately. Be careful to not make them brown.

5) Blend all of them together with sugar into coarse powder.

6) Your homemade thunder powder is ready.

7) Store this in an airtight container or in the fridge.

Keep Cooking , Keep loving :)

Kale chips

Kale Chips

Did you ever think you could nibble on your salad greens ?  Well, your search ends here. 

I love munching in between the meals and that’s the reason why I am not able to lose weight. Since the realisation has kicked in, I’m trying to make a healthy batch of snacks at home.

I am quite happy today because instead of picking up those packets of chips, I stuck out with my will power and picked up fresh kale to make my very own chips at home. 

My new year resolution was to avoid anything that comes out of a packet and we’ll I succeeded in doing that. These are crispy, super yum and total health hub.

Preparation Time : 5 minutes
Cooking Time : 15 minutes
Serves : 1

Ingredients :

100 grams American kale
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp Black pepper
1/2 tsp Himalayan Pink salt

Method :

1) Wash the Kale leaves properly and pat them dry.

2) Chop the kale leaves in small portions of edible size.

3) In a Bowl add kale leaves, olive oil, salt and pepper and give it a nice mix.

4) Line the Baking tray with Olive oil and place the chips next to each other.

5) Bake this at 180'c for about 15 minutes on pre-heat convection mode in microwave or Oven.

6) Let them cool down completely and store in a n airtight container.

P.S - Its advisable to eat them freshly baked because moisture tends to set in super fast and makes them not so crispy later.


Keep cooking, Keep loving :)