A Healthy Holi Treat: Vegan Thandai Without the Added Sugar!

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Thandai is a traditional Indian drink that is typically made with milk, sugar, and a variety of spices and nuts. However, if you are looking for a healthier and vegan-friendly version of this classic drink, you can try making this delicious thandai recipe without sugar.

This vegan thandai recipe uses almond milk and coconut milk as the base, which makes it dairy-free and vegan. It also uses dates and jaggery as natural sweeteners, which are much healthier alternatives to processed sugar.

Ingredients:

Fennel Seeds/Saunf - 1Tsp

White Poppy Seeds - 1Tsp

Fresh Coconut (sliced) - 1Cup

Black Pepper Powder - 1/4 Tsp

Jaggery Powder - 3 Tsp

Almond - 8 No.

Dates - As Required 

Water - 2 Cup

Preparation:

1. Soak almonds for 6 hours also fennel seeds and poppy seeds for minimum 1 hour.

2. Drain the water from the almonds, fennel seeds, and white poppy seeds.

3. In a mixi jar add coconut and water, grind it in fine paste.

4. Now strain grounded coconut paste and squeeze out milk. keep it aside.

1. Add the soaked almonds, fennel seeds, white poppy seeds, black peppercorns, dates, and jaggery to a blender or food processor.
2. Add some water to the blender and blend everything into a smooth paste.

Cooking:

1. In a mixi jar add water drained almond, poppy and fennel seeds. to this also add deseeded dates, jaggery and black pepper powder and grind it all together.

2.Once it is roughly grounded, add coconut milk and churn it all together.

Thandai is ready. Garnish & serve with some strands of kesar, chopped pistachio and dry rose patles.

This vegan thandai recipe without sugar is a healthy and delicious way to enjoy this traditional Indian drink. It is perfect for celebrations like Holi or any other occasion where you want to enjoy a refreshing and flavorful drink without the guilt of added sugar. Enjoy!

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦! 𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.