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Thandai cupcakes with Yogurt Thandai glaze and Pistachio Praline-A super tempting, flavorful, and delicious Thandi infused cupcakes topped with yogurt Thandai glaze and pistachio praline.
As I recently made a batch of Thandai Masala, I have been thinking of ways to use it other than the regular Thandai. I did make us some Thandai but I really wanted to make some fusion recipes with it.
So I looked up on the internet and got so many brilliant ideas for making Thandai Mousse, Thandai Panacotta, Thandai Cake, etc. Out of so many ways, I first picked Thandai infused Cupcakes but most of the recipes used APF and I wanted to make them healthy or should I say guilt-free.
For the same reason, I used whole wheat and rice flour for the base cupcakes, and a silky smooth yogurt glaze with Thandai flavors and a topping of pistachio praline. Recently I made ghevar (I will post the recipe soon)at home and in that recipe, I learned to cream ghee very pale and light using ice cubes, so that’s what I did in these cupcakes, used creamed ghee instead of butter.
We are all staying home since Wednesday morning, all schools and offices are closed as there is storm Emma hitting us this time of year very badly. It is the worst cold and snowstorm in the last 10 years. All are advised to stay indoors, keep warm, and safe.
There is about 20″ snow on the roads, in our backyard, the temperature is -9 and it feels so cold. As the Irish weather is not supposed to or should I say prepared to have snowfall, so no one knows how to react to this condition. The best they do is close everything so people won’t go out or drive for the safety measures.
The day before yesterday when the storm was about to come all the stores were emptied, and every basic grocery ingredient was finished just in few hours. We were supposed to use whatever stocked at home.
You all must be thinking why I am telling so much about the storm because I made these Thandai cupcakes with whatever I had at home to celebrate Holi staying at home. We are all just eating all day, watching old Hindi movies, and lazing around on the couch, surviving the storm. Happy Holi to you all!!
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Thandai Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup rice flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 tablespoon thandai masala
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup ghee/clarified butter
- few drops rose essence
- 1 1/2 cup milk
For glaze
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 2 tablespoon yogurt
- 1 tablespoon thandai masala
For Praline
- 1 cup pistachios,roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup sugar
Instructions
For Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350° F and line a six large or 12 small holes cupcake tin with paper liners.
- In a mixing bowl sift together wheat flour, rice flour, baking soda, baking powder and thandai masala.
- In another bowl add ghee and 4-5 ice cubes. Rub the ghee with a balloon whisk until it is pale and creamy. Remove the ice cubes.
- Add sugar and rose essence in the ghee and whisk again until soft and fluffy.
- Now add the flour mixture and milk alternately into the ghee mixture and whisk to combine.
- Divide the batter into the prepared cupcake liners.
- Bake in preheated oven for about 35 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the oven comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and cool the cupcakes on wire rack.
For glaze
- In a mixing bowl add icing sugar and yogurt. Mix until combined. Stir in thandai masala and whisk again.
For praline
- Preheat oven to 350° F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Bake the pistachios for about 5-7 minutes, remove and set aside.
- In a saucepan add sugar and start cooking it without stirring.
- Once sugar is all melted and slightly brown in color, remove and pour it over the pistachios.
- Let the pistachios set and after 10 minutes break the praline into pieces.
Assembling cupcakes
- Once cupcakes are cooled, drizzle or spread the glaze on top of them and insert one piece of praline in the center.
- Serve and enjoy the cupcakes.
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Best Regards,
Sapana Behl
These cupcakes are looking so tempting, just perfect for celebrating the holi festival, happy holi to you.
Aha .. look at these beauties.. can I grab one
Totally fall for these beautiful cupcakes.. Makes an awesome feast .And that pistachio praline , i cant help starring them..
Happy Holi to you and your family Sapana. Hope the snow has stopped and you guys are safe.
Thandai cupcakes look and sound absolutely flavorful and delicious.
Happy Holi!!! Love the fusion cake and super beautiful clicks too..the pistachio praline looks like a gorgeous addition.
Cupcakes looks delectable… Want to grab one now… Amazing clicks.. Love the praline and use of wheat flour
Take care Sapana stay safe and warm. As for the cupcakes they are delicious. There was a time I made my cakes only with homemade ghee. Loved the flavour ghee gives.
Delicious. Love the decorations on top.
Omg, stunning cupcakes, and those pistachios praline are seriously a real torture. Beauties!!!
Be safe and Take care! Thandai masala in cupcakes.. wow! This is really interesting. Sounds amazing and loved the pralines! Yum!
Happy Holi to you and family. Extremely concerning that weather and storm and hope everything is back to normal soon. Glad your cupcakes are keeping all at home in great spirits. Love the use of rice and wheat flour and will look forward to the ghenar post to check the creaming of ghee method. Sounds interesting. Cheers dear. Absolutely delicious looking copies with that gorgeous drizzle and the crunchy praline.
Your cupcakes look gorgeous and the thandai masala flavours they must have tasted delicious.Love the yoghurt topping nice change from buttercream.
Awesome , thandai cupcakes look delicious. Perfect for this Holi.
Your cupcakes are beautiful and flavorful. I will pass on to my friends who like thandai.
I hope you all are safe now. Cup cakes looks super delicious. I do need them now.
wow these thandai cupcakes are tempting me very much. I wish if they can be grabbed from the screen. On insta also I went mad. Loved it. Bookmarked.
Cupcakes look gorgeous.Love your yogurt glace. Holi celebrations are certainly different for you, imagine instead of spring bright colors you had snow. That’s the effect of global warming.