Badam Kheer

Very nutritious and healthy recipe and easy to prepare.

Ingredients:

1.       Almonds: 250 gms

2.       Boiled Milk: 800 ml

3.       Sugar: 120 to 150 gms (1/2 Azhakku)

4.       Cardamom powder (elakkai)

5.       Water

6.       Badam essence: 1 drop or two

7.       Saffron (a pinch)

Preparation Procedure:

1.       Soak the Almonds in water for 2 hours and peel the skin and keep it aside.

2.       Grind the soaked almonds very nicely in the form of a paste

3.       In hot boiling milk, add this grinded paste along with sugar and a drop or two of badam essence and saffron and keep stirring very well in sim for ten to fifteen minutes.

4.       Switch off the stove and add a pinch of cardamom powder.

You can serve this hot or keep this refrigerated and serve it chill..