Badam Kheer - Almond Recipe

Indian sweet - Indian dessert recipe

Badam Kheer is a nutritious Indian sweet served with a meal as a sweet or as a dessert.

It has all the goodness of almonds and the milk and the flavor of saffron and the cardamom. It is also a very easy to make among the almond recipes.

Almonds provide you Vitamin E and help you look younger and to keep fit. Almonds are also good for your skin.

Almonds reduce colestrol and boost immunity. This almond kheer is one of the easy recipes that you can use to get your daily dose of almonds in a tasty and interesting way.

This is a very simple and easy recipe. I am sure you will love this almond kheer.

How to make Badam Kheer

Ingredients for Badam Kheer to serve 4

• Almonds - 1 cup
• sugar - 1 cup - more or less according to taste.
• saffron - few strands
• cardamom powder - 1/2 teaspoon
• water - 1/2 cup
• Ghee - 1 tablespoon
• Milk - 1 liter

Preparation

• Soak almonds in water for about 1 hour.
• Peel almonds and grind them to paste using the water. Do not add any extra water.

Cooking Method

1. Heat ghee in a thick bottomed pan. Add almond paste and fry on low flame for 4-5 minutes stirring all the while.
2. Add sugar. Mix well and cook for 5 minutes.
3. Add milk and boil for 15 minutes. Add cardamom powder and saffron strands. It will enhance flavor and color too.

Serve hot or chilled. Enjoy this in the hot summer afternoons as a cool snack or as a desert.

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