Rice Kheer is an Indian desert which is made from rice, milk and sugar flavoured with cardamom powder and saffron. You can even use rose water or kewra water in this recipe.
Thandai is basically a milk based summer drink which is served on special days and festive occasions like Holi and Mahashivratri. Thandai Flavored Rice Kheer is prepared with a mixture of fennel seeds, almonds, poppy seeds, melon seeds, rose petals, black pepper, cardamom, saffron, milk and sugar.
Serve Thandai Flavored Rice Kheer as a dessert after your delicious meal of Dal Makhani, Sev Tamatar Ki Sabzi, Phulka and Palak Raita.
If you like the Thandai Flavored Rice Kheer recipe, you can also try other Kheer Recipes such as
Cuisine: North Indian Recipes
Course: Dessert
Diet: Vegetarian
Equipments Used: Saucepan With Handle (Tea/Sauces)
Cooks in 50 M
Total in 60 M
To begin with Thandai Flavored Rice Kheer, wash and soak the rice for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, drain the water and keep the rice aside.
Soak the saffron and thandai powder separately in lukewarm milk.
Powder the Thandai Powder ingredients - Almonds, Cashew nuts, Pistachios, poppy seeds, cardamom, cinnamon and whole black peppercorns into a coarse powder and keep aside.
The next step is to boil the milk. When it comes to a boil, reduce the flame and add the rice in the saucepan.
Keep stirring the kheer until it reduces to one-third of the original quantity. Once done, add sugar, milk-made, cardamom powder, chopped nuts, thandai milk and saffron. Mix everything well and cook the Thandai Kheer for 5 minutes more.
After 5 minutes, turn off the flame and garnish it with chopped nuts and rose petals.
Serve Thandai Flavored Rice Kheer as a dessert after your delicious meal of Dal Makhani, Sev Tamatar Ki Sabzi, Phulka and Palak Raita.