Happy Holi Indian/Hindu crew hope the new season brings ya all prosperity and merriment.

Thanks same to you and all here on asiafinest..

happy holi to all

lets have some bhang

HAPPY HOLI friends.


Thandai
This refreshing drink is synonymous with Holi celebrations and a huge favourite all over the country. It is surprisingly easy to prepare so try your hand at it this year and complete your Holi festivities.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 litres water
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon almonds
1 tablespoon dried melon seeds (kharbooj/ tarbooj)
1 teaspoon poppy seeds (post dana/ khuskhus)
1 teaspoon aniseeds (saunf)
½ teaspoon cardamom (elaichi) powder
1 teaspoon whole peppercorns
1/4 cup dried rose petals

Method:
Soak sugar and rose petals in 1/2 litre of water. Keep aside.
Wash clean all other dry ingredients, except cardamom powder.
Soak in 2 cups of remaining water. Keep aside for 2 hours.
Grind all the soaked dry ingredients (not sugar) to a very fine paste.
Place a strong muslin strainer over a large deep vessel.
Strain the paste by pressing through the muslin with the back of your palms, extracting the liquid into vessel.
Add remaining water, a little at a time to extract more.
Pour back some of the extract and press.
Repeat this process till the residue becomes dry and husk like.
Add milk, sugar and rosewater to the extracted liquid.
Add the cardamom powder to this.
Mix well. Chill for an hour or two before serving.

Tip:
Traditionally, Thandai is meant to be intoxicating, by adding bhaang paste. Bhaang is traditionally prepared by grinding the buds and leaves of the Cannabis plant (the source of marijuana) into a green paste. But moderation is key, and too much could mean at best a bad headache, and in extreme cases, hallucinations.

Serving suggestions:
Sprinkle a few saffron strands on top before serving.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/religion/hinduism/holi.shtml

HAPPY HOLI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love this one ...Happy Holi

I need one cute Indian girl.

I kinda did do that I had a little bit of Arrack hated the taste though but I completely stuffed myself with samosas, prakoras, tandoori chicken, rogan josh vegatables and finaly gulab jamun.
Thnx for the recipe Vaman but I think I might pass on adding grass to the Thandai.

I haven't seen some of you members for a long time its nice to see th usuals sticking around like Pun, Tenji, ACMILAN, ExpressYourself, Raindropz, etc (sorry if I missed others). I'm not too active because of uni. Anyway nice to see all of you guys/gals active and I hope you all enjoyed Holi as I did.

OMG that drawing looks very familiar. hmm i wonder why.........

Happy Holi, hope everyone had fun!

Holi rocks! I've always loved Holi festivals held at my old school. All the Indians gather and create this whole party about Indian stuff.