Badaam Kheer

Ingredients

• - 1/2 cup Almond (Badam)
• - 2 cups Milk
• - 3 tbsp Sugar
• - 5 Crushed Cardamoms
• - Pinch of Saffron

Method

• - Boil half a liter 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 sugar and the almond paste.
• - Cook for 5 minutes over a low flame with a continuous stir.
• - Remove from the flame and add crushed cardamoms and dissolved saffron.
• - Allow to cool.