hosting a holi party move over the basic thandai and kanji and add a kick of colour and flavour to your menu with these quirky festive drinks from a superfood thandai to a dramatic fuljhar soda bookmark these recipes and their tipsy helpers to liven up your holipaan lassi serves 2the chilled paan lassi infuses a herbaceous kick to the popular milky beverage food blogger and author neha mathur uses a few indian spices to finetune its minty profileingredientspaan leaves 2gulkand 2 tablespoonsfennel seeds 1 tspgreen cardamoms 23 wholewater 34 cupschilled yoghurt 1 cupssugartutti frutti ice creamicemethodadd paan leaves gulkand fennel seeds whole green cardamoms and cup water to a blender and blend to make a coarse pastewhisk 1 and cups of chilled plain yoghurt in a bowl until creamy and smoothstir in 1 cup of chilled water and cup sugar into the mix and whisk until the mixture is frothy and the sugar is dissolvedadd the paan mixture to the bowl and stir it wellpour it into glasses and add a few ice cubes to each glassgarnish with tutti frutti ice cream and serve immediatelytipsy tip want a boozy twist for your paan lassi justin dias a mixologist at a bengaluru bar suggests adding some coconut rum or gin to boost its minty sweetnessmatcha thandai serves 1tea sommelier snigdha manchanda swears by the popular green tea variant matcha to make quirky holi drinks a superfood thandai is the way to go to celebrate the joy of togetherness colours and a world of good health she sharesingredients matcha green tea almond milk sweetener of choice a nutspice paste made with pistachios and cashews overnight soaked blended with cardamom black pepper cinnamon and saffron in almond milk or water ice cubes almond flakes and rose petals for garnishmethod1 add the matcha green tea into a glass and add warm almond milk whisk well and chill for 2 hours2 before serving add the sweetener3 add a teaspoon of the nutspice paste mix everything well 4 pour over ice and garnish with rose petals and almond flakes tipsy tip shatbhi basu whos indias first female bartender and an author swears by dark spirits when it comes to chilled thandai drinks for the matcha thandai she suggests a dark rum it can help retain the flavour and colour of the drink she sharesrose thandai latte serves 1recipe developer and blogger prashi srivastavas signature rose thandai latte uses some nostalgic elements that go well together and dont need added sugar the love for rose syrup and thandai is eternal there is no one who can say no to these two flavours she sharedingredients1 tbsp rose syrup 2 tbsp waterice cubes12 cup milk thandai mix mix all of it togethermethod pour rose syrup into a chilled glass add the ice cubes and pour the water pour the milk followed by the thandai mix mix welltipsy tip basu who has her own recipe for a kesar thandai suggests whiskey for thandais