BADAM KHEER

Ingredients:




 
1/2 cup Almond (Badam) 


2 cups Milk 


3 tblsp Sugar 


5 crushed Cardamoms


a pinch of Saffron (Kesar), soaked in lukewarm milk 




How to make badam kheer:


Boil half a litre of water in a sauce pan . add the almonds when the water is boiling and cook for 2 minutes. remove from the flame and drain.


Remove the skin of the almonds and grind to a fine paste.


Boil the milk in a thick bottomed pan. when the milk begins to boil add the almond paste and the sugar and cook for 5 minutes over a low flame stirring continuously.


Remove from the flame.. add the dissolved saffron and the crushed cardamoms.


Allow to cool and serve chilled.