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
Method:
- 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
Makes: 5 servings
Shelflife: 1 day
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