Kesar Badam Milk Recipe
Kesar Badam Milk is a very tasty sweetened beverage made with almonds , saffron and flavored with cardamom and rose petals . You can serve it either chilled or hot.
Servings 4 People
Calories 90kcal
Ingredients
- 4 cups Whole Milk , full fat
- 30 Almonds
- 20 -25 Saffron strands
- ¼ cup Sugar
- 5 pods Green Cardamom ,remove husk and powder
- 1 tablespoon Dry Rose Petals , optional , refer notes
- 1 cup Water to soak almonds
- 1 teaspoon Pistachios , slivered for garnish
Instructions
- Soak almonds in 1 cup of hot water for about 20 minutes.
- Soak 20-25 saffron strands in ¼ cup of warm milk and set aside for 20 minutes.
- Peel almond skin and transfer it into a mixer jar / blender.
- Add ¼ cup of milk to blender , 3-4 saffron strands and blend to a very fine paste.
- Bring milk to boil , add almond paste and stir well.
- Keep on low flame and stir milk till raw smell of almonds completely goes off. This takes for about 20 - 25 minutes. Keep stirring milk in between to avoid scorching of milk from bottom.
- Add saffron soaked milk and stir well , boil for 5 minutes on a medium heat.
- Add ¼ cup of sugar and stir well , till it dissolves.
- Turn off the stove . Add freshly crushed cardamom powder from mortar and pestle.
- Also add dry rose petal and stir well.
- Garnish with slivered pista ,almonds and dry rose petals.`
- Kesar Badam Milk can be served either hot or cold.
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Notes
- 3.5 cups of milk is used to boil , ¼ cup of milk to blend almonds and ¼ cup of milk to soak almonds. All together its 4 cups of full fat whole milk is used in this recipe.
- You can either use dry rose petals or 1-2 tablespoon of rose water .
- Garnish with nuts , saffron strands and dry rose petals before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 90kcal