Badam Kheer

INGREDIENTS:

25 almonds (badam)
1 litre milk
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. cardamom powder
10-15 strands saffron, crushed, soaked in 1 tsp. warm milk
1 tsp rose water
5 pistachios crushed coarsely

DIRECTIONS:

Soak almonds for 30 mins in hot water

Peel the skin of almonds

Grind the almonds into paste with 1/2 cup water

Bring the milk to boil in heavy pan

Add almond paste

Keep stirring occasionally till semi-solid

Add sugar, cardamom powder, rose water and saffron

Cook for 2 minutes

Garnish with pistachios

Serve chilled or hot

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.