BADAM KHEER / ALMOND KHEER

BADAM KHEER / ALMOND KHEER

                  Badam Kheer is a very simple, creamy and delicious Indian dessert made of almonds. This is one of my favorite desert often i use to drink in restaurants. Try this yummy recipe and serve for your kids as an evening drink.

Ingredients:

• Boiled milk - 6 cups
• Badam- 50 grams
• Cashew - 25 grams
• Saffron - 1 pinch
• Sugar - 150 grams
• Cardamom Powder - 2 pinch
• Chironji ( Saara parupu ) - 10 grams (optional)

Method:

• Soak almonds and cashew nuts in warm water for 15min.

• Keep it aside and peel out the skin of almonds.

• After that grind the almonds with little milk along with cashew nuts into a coarse paste.

• Take a 4 1/2 cups of milk simmer it ,till it reduces to 2 1/2 cups

• Mix this ground paste with other 1 1/2 cups of milk and let them cook until the raw flavour goes.

• Altast , mix both the milk together , add cardamom powder , saffron soaked with hot milk ,sugar and simmer till sugar dissolves.(add sugar in the last else it may curdle).Remove from flame.

• Badam kheer is ready to serve. you can serve it either hot or cold.

• It gives delicious and awesome taste when it is cold.