Almond kesar milk in traditional way| hot drink recipe | Basant Panchmi special
Almond Kesar milk is a gluten-free, vegan, protein-rich healthy Indian beverage recipe that can be enjoyed either hot or cold according to your taste.
Ingredients
- 15-16 almonds
- 400 ml toned milk
- 2-3 cardamom
- 8-10 strands of kesar
- 2 tbsp jaggery powder
- ¼ tsp rose or kewra water ( optional )
Instructions
- Firstly, wash and then soak almonds in the water for at least 7-8 hours. After soaking, peel the almonds and put them aside.
- Grind 2-3 cardamom in the pestle mortar and keep aside.
- Now add few almonds at a time in the pestle and grind them with the help of mortar, add a little milk in between that makes the grinding easy and fast.Then add some more almonds and grind, repeat this process till all the almonds are ground and become a paste-like consistency.
- Make the almond paste consistency as thin as possible that helps in giving a smooth and creamy texture to the milk.
- Now start heating milk in a saucepan, wait till it starts boiling.
- Take some hot milk in a bowl and add few saffron strands to it. Keep aside.
- After that add the almond paste and cardamom powder to the boiled milk and mix. Simmer it for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Then add Kesar soaked milk and jaggery powder, mix, and further cook for 2-3 minutes.
- After that, switch off the heat, transfer the hot badam milk to the serving cup, decorate with a pinch of cardamom and few Kesar strands and serve hot.
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Notes
1. Almonds should be soaked for at least 7-8 hours. Longer soaking helps in giving a creamier texture to the milk but if you are in a hurry soak them in hot water for about half an hour and grind.
2. I have used toned milk to reduce the calories but you can also choose full-fat milk to make it more rich and creamy.
3. In this recipe, I have added 8 almonds per cup but this quantity can be decreased or increased according to your taste and preference.
4. Once the badam paste is added to the boiled milk, stir the milk occasionally to avoid sticking at the bottom.
5. Cardamom is used for enhancing the flavor but can also be skipped if do not like it.
6. Jaggery is a healthy alternative to white sugar can also choose other healthy alternatives like honey, khandsari sugar, date sugar, coconut sugar, etc according to your preference.
7. If you are like it to serve chilled, add rose or kewra water to make it more flavourful.
8. Make this milk in large quantity and store in the refrigerator for up to 2-3 days for later use.