Badam milk shake (Almond milk shake)

It is an easy to prepare, energetic, tasty drink, also called Badaam pal or Baadaam paal.

Ingredients:

• Milk: 1litre / 1 liter (4 cups)
• Almond: ¼ cup
• Sugar: 1 cup
• Cardamom (elaichi / elakkai / yelakkai): 5
• Saffron (kesar / kungumappoo): 1 pinch
  

Method of preparation:

• Boil the almonds and remove their skin.
• Grind with sugar to obtain a fine paste.
• Boil milk.
• While boiling, add crushed cardamom and the almond paste.
• Stir and continue boiling for about two minutes more.
• Remove from flame.
• Garnish with saffron.
• Serve hot or cold.

Badam Halwa: A delicious sweet / dessert

• Soak 1 cup of almonds in a bowl of boiling water.
• Remove and discard skin.
• Grind to make a fine paste.
• Boil 2 1/2 cups sugar with 1 cup of water to get syrup.
• Add the paste of almond to the boiling syrup and stir well.
• Dissolve 1 pinch of saffron in a little water and add to the syrup.
• Add 1 cup of ghee and stir.
• Wait for the contents to become like paste and add one more cup of ghee gradually.
• Maintain medium flame. Remove from flame when we get a batter like result.
• This tasty Badam Halwa, can be served hot or cold.