Recipe- Smooth And Creamy Thandai Ice Cream

Colourful, flavourful and the most delicious ice-cream ever that takes only 10 minutes of your precious time and rest of the job will be done by the freezer of your refrigerator. It comes out very smooth & creamy in texture and heavenly delicious in taste!

Ingredients

For Ice Cream

11/4 cup (300ml) double cream
3/4 cup (300g) sweetened condensed milk
3/4 cup (180ml) milk
1 tablespoon corn flour
2 -3 drops green food colour (optional)
1 tablespoon chopped pistachios (for garnishing)
1 tablespoon rose syrup for garnishing (optional)
1 tablespoon khus syrup for garnishing (optional)

For Thandai Powder

2 tablespoons pistachios
12-15 almonds
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/4 teaspoon ground fennel seeds (saunf)
1/4 teaspoon poppy seeds
1 teaspoon dried rose petals (optional)

Method

- Combine all the ingredients for thandai powder in a grinder jar and grind coarsely.

- Combine the cornflour with 2 tablespoons milk in a bowl to make a smooth paste. Heat the remaining milk in a thick-bottomed non-stick saucepan and bring it to a boil.

- When the milk starts boiling, reduce the heat to the lowest possible setting. Add the cornflour paste and cook low heat for 3-4 minutes while stirring continuously. Turn off the heat and keep aside.

- Combine the cornflour-milk mixture with cream, condensed milk, 1 tablespoon thandai powder and green food colour (optional) in a blender jar and blend till smooth.

- Pour half of this mixture in an ice-cream tin. Sprinkle 1/2 tablespoon of thandai powder. Pour the remaining mixture. Sprinkle half tablespoon of thandai powder on the top.

- Cover the tin with a plate or lid and put it in the freezer for 6-8 hours.

- Take it out of the freezer 5 minutes before serving. Dip an ice-cream scoop in hot water and use it to scoop out the ice-cream. Serve it in ice-cream or dessert bowls. Garnish with chopped pistachios.

- The last step is optional but makes the ice-cream look really colourful. Pour a teaspoon each of rose & khus syrup on the ice-cream and serve immediately.