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Thandai is a traditional Indian milk based drink served cold. It is made by blending almond paste with other spices like cardamom, black pepper, fennel seeds, poppy seeds, melon seeds, saffron and mixing in milk. Holi announces beginning of summer in India and Thandai is consumed on Holi to cool off the body especially after playing with colours all day and relishing festive sweets and snacks. I must admit that when I first tried it, I wasn't sure how it would turn out. But to my surprise, it turned out amazing in the very first trial. It tastes much much better than the store bought thandai mixture and the best part is you can add more or less spices and modify it according to your taste. Some people like it hot and add more black pepper while others prefer more prominent flavour of fennel in it. Having lived in Rajasthan, this delicious and aromatic thandai drink made with  cooling ingredients like poppy seeds, melon seeds and fennel kept the body cool and prote...

It rarely happens that I try my hand at making Indian sweets. Indian sweets are complex or may be I am the one who is apprehensive. Husband and myself are quite different in terms of our liking for food. Though both of us are foodies, he loves to devour Indian chaat while I enjoy Italian and Thai food more. And when it comes to sweets, he adores rabdi, jalebi, ghewar, dal ka halwa and I am all about decadent cakes. Speaking of cakes, I recently shared recipe of Red Velvet cake which you must try! Festival of Holi is here and I finally tried my hand at making rabdi. Rabdi which is quite popular in India is basically reduced milk which is sweetened and flavored. It is best eaten with rasgulla, jalebi, ghewar and malpuas but  can be relished on its own too. I myself enjoy a good helping of it spooned over crisp jalebis. Though I have never been fond of playing holi,I always enjoyed the sight of people playing from the balcony of my house. Mom would make a big batch of ho...