Thursday, August 31, 2006

Doodhi Thandai /Bottlegourd Frappe


Ingredients
Milk - 6 cups
Bottlegourd/Sorakaya/Doodhi - peeled and chopped into cubes - 2 cups
Sugar - 5 tspn
Cardamom powder - 8 no,crushed
Poppy seeds - 1 tspn
Saffron strands - 5 or 6

Method

1.Boil 4 cups of milk in a wide sauce pan and add bottle gourd pieces and cook in low medium flame for 15 minutes by keeping lid until the bottlegourd leaves its raw smell and becomes tender.

2.Add Sugar,Poppy seeds, Cardamom powder and mix well.Once milk starts bubbling ,remove from fire and leave it to cool for room temperature.

3.Transfer this to a blender and add rest of the chilled milk and grind until it becomes smooth.

4.Pour into a pitcher and chill in fridge.Blend again on high speed for a while if you need before serving.Garnsin with any fresh fruit and start sipping in a handmade beaded jeweled glass. !!!

98 comments:

Sudha said...

Vineela, great presentation..nice recipe..its become cold already here..hope to try this for the next summer.

Meena Kandlakuti said...

vineela,
doodhi thandai great one..i will give a try sure.good explanation.thanks for sharing

archana said...

Nice photos Vineela, thank you for the recipe. My JFI entry is up in my blog. I somehow can't find your email address ( silly me !!!)I am going to post the link here.

http://arcthomas.blogspot.com/2006/08/cardamom-saffron-panacotta-for-jfi-milk.html

I will not be able to access the internet over the next 2-3 days. So i am wondering as to how i can send in the mini pic. Happy hosting, have fun !!!!

Menu Today said...

Hi Vineela,
Your glass looks soo nice. Thanks for sharing this recipe.

Krithika said...

Never tried doodhi thandai. I love the regular thandai. Great recipe. Thanks for sharing

RP said...

Looks yummy vineela!
It's the black poppy seeds, right? I have a pack of those and don't know what to do with it.

indianadoc said...

Wonderful presentation vineela...never tried this too...thanx a lot for the recipe...and all the best for the round up...

Tanuja said...

Hi vineela,

Great presentation,this is new to me looks yummy have to give a try,Thanks for sharing .

Anonymous said...

As usual great picture Vineela.
Hey..I hope you participate here

Manasi said...

Hi Vineela,
Nice one! Doodhi thandai is a new one to me! Neat glass for serving, looks lovely. Thanx for sharing!
All the best for the JFI roundup, eagerly awaiting this one!

KA said...

Nice presentation Vineela! thandai with bottlegourd.. never tried this before..

Deepz said...

hey vineela, a very innovative idea and the beaded glass looks very pretty.

Prema Sundar said...

Hi Vineela,
This recipe is new to me and it looks lovely..

Anonymous said...

Hi Vineela -- what a creative recipe! I love the beaded glass... did you make that as well? I'd better get to the kitchen for my entry...

indosungod said...

Vineela Doodhi Thandai looks great, photos looks fantastic. Great Entry

FH said...

So many ways to cook Doodhi!!! I knew doodhi halwa but didn't know about Doodhi Thandai!!
COOOOL!!!! literally :D

Anonymous said...

unusual recipe for me. great photo.

Gattina Cheung said...

Vineela,
it's an intrigue recipe to me, esp including poppy seeds. The drink looks beautiful indeed!

Anonymous said...

That's a cool recipe, indeed. Tried making halwa but never prepared thandai. Good presentation, Vineela.

sudha said...

Hi vineela..Bottlegourd frappe is new to me. Looks healthy and delicious. Lovely and elagant presentation. Thankyou.

Vaishali said...

Love the decoration with the beads and also the bottle gourd flower on the glass rim, Vineela. You are one creative girl, aren't you?

Shella said...

This is something very different Vineela.

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