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(serves 4)
saffron 3
pinch
½
cup sugar
2 cups
milk
crushed ice |
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Heat
milk in a pan till boils. Add saffron strings and keep on slow heat
for few minutes.
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Mix left milk in the blender with
sugar, saffron mixture and ice.
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Serve cold.
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KESAR PISTA MILK
(serves 4)
1/4 cup
pistachios
20 almonds
saffron 2 pinch
2 cups of milk
½
cup
sugar
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Soak
almonds and pistachios separately in water for about 3 h.
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Grind
nuts into a smooth paste by adding a little milk.
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Heat
milk in a pan till boils. Add saffron strings and keep on slow heat
for 5 minutes.
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Add
ground pistachios and almonds.
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Bring
to the boil, add sugar stir and take out from fire.
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Bring
to the normal temperature and keep in refrigerator for cooling.
Serve cool garnished with chopped pistachios.
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THANDAI
(MILK AND SAFFRON SHARBAT
(sarves 4 )
½
oz blanched almonds
½ oz
pistachio nuts
10-12 green cardamoms, shelled
pinch of saffron fronds
2 oz sugar (or to taste)
4 cups of milk
pinch of ground turmeric
pinch of ground nutmeg or 3 drops nutmeg essence
crushed ice (optional)
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This very refreshing Indian drink can be made
with hot milk too. In many parts of India a little alcohol is added.
- Finely grind the almonds, pistachio
nuts, cardamoms and saffron.
- Dissolve the sugar in the milk by
stirring.
- Add the turmeric, nutmeg and ground
mixture.
- Still well and serve, adding crushed
ice if preferred.
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SMOOTHIE SOOTHER
(makes about 2 cups)
½ in fresh ginger root, peeled and sliced
1 cup fresh pineapple juice
½
papaya, peeled, deseeded and sliced
1 cup plain yogurt
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SPICED PISTACHIO
SMOOTHIE
(makes about 2 cups)
1/4 cup unsalted, shelled pistachios
1 cup milk
½ vanilla yogurt
pinch of ground cardamom
pinch of ground cinnamon
1 tsp sugar
few drops rose water, or to taste
6 ice cubes
½
in fresh ginger root, peeled and sliced
1 large mango, peeled and pitted
2 peaches, peeled and pitted
8 -10 ice cubes
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- Process all the ingredients in a blender
until smooth and frothy.
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BANANA BUTTERMILK
SMOOTHIE
(makes about 2 cups)
½ cup buttermilk
1 cup milk
1 large banana, sliced
1 tbsp honey
pinch of ground nutmeg or cinnamon
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- Process all the ingredients in a blender
until smooth and frothy.
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CREAMY MANDARIN SHAKE
(makes 2 cups)
3 mandarin oranges
1 cup vanilla ice cream
1 cup milk
pinch of ground star anise
pinch of cardamom
pinch of ground cinnamon
few drops rose water
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- Peeled, deseeded and slice the mandarin
oranges.
- Then process all the ingredients in a blender
until smooth and frothy.
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