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. !!!