Kesar Badam Milk recipe with step by step photos and a short video . Kesar Badam Milk is a delicious Indian Beverage made with Saffron and Almonds. Its a delicious and nutritious drink that you can sip on and get lost with its flavours. Badam milk can be served either hot or chilled , but I personally like cold badam milk. This is easy to make and can serve your family and friends during gatherings and festivals.
Best thing about this badam milk is its flavours also you'll never get to know that you are drinking a glass of milk. Even milk haters will fall in love with this chilled badam milk .
One of the best thing about this drink is , for winters you can drink a hot cup of badam milk to keep you warm from within . Having Badam / Almonds when soaked for just 30 minutes or less , will keep you warm from within , it produces heat in the body . Where as when you soak almonds for longer periods for 12 hours or more , it has a cooling effect on the body . You can chill and serve Badam milk on summer also. So as per season , prepare badam milk accordingly and devour .
You get Kesar Badam milk powder readily available in stores but believe me once you taste this delicious badam milk at home , I bet you will never turn back to those readymade instant Kesar Badam Milk Powder .
One more similar beverage with all goodness of dry nuts and spices is Thandai . As Maha Shivratri and Holi festivals are approaching , you can make some Thandai Masala Powder and keep it ready , to add into some milk and enjoy on festive day . Also Basundi is one more milk based drink you may love this season.
RECIPE CARD FOR KESAR BADAM MILK
Kesar Badam Milk
Ingredients
- 4 cups Whole Milk , full fat
- 30 Almonds
- 20 -25 Saffron strands
- ¼ cup Sugar
- 5 pods Green Cardamom ,remove husk and powder
- 1 tablespoon Dry Rose Petals , optional , - refer notes
- 1 cup Water to soak almonds
- 1 teaspoon Pistachios , slivered for garnish
Instructions
- Soak almonds in 1 cup of hot water for about 20 minutes.
- Soak 20-25 saffron strands in ¼ cup of warm milk and set aside for 20 minutes.
- Peel almond skin and transfer it into a mixer jar / blender.
- Add ¼ cup of milk to blender , 3-4 saffron strands and blend to a very fine paste.
- Bring milk to boil , add almond paste and stir well.
- Keep on low flame and stir milk till raw smell of almonds completely goes off. This takes for about 20 - 25 minutes. Keep stirring milk in between to avoid scorching of milk from bottom.
- Add saffron soaked milk and stir well , boil for 5 minutes on a medium heat.
- Add ¼ cup of sugar and stir well , till it dissolves.
- Turn off the stove . Add freshly crushed cardamom powder from mortar and pestle.
- Also add dry rose petal and stir well.
- Garnish with slivered pista ,almonds and dry rose petals.`
- Kesar Badam Milk can be served either hot or cold.
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Notes
- 3.5 cups of milk is used to boil , ¼ cup of milk to blend almonds and ¼ cup of milk to soak almonds. All together its 4 cups of full fat whole milk is used in this recipe.
- You can either use dry rose petals or 1-2 tablespoon of rose water .
- Garnish with nuts , saffron strands and dry rose petals before serving.
Step By Step Direction to make Kesar Badam Milk | Badam Milk Recipe
Soak almonds in 1 cup of hot water for about 20 minutes.
Soak 20 saffron strands in ¼ cup of warm milk and set aside for 20 minutes.
Peel almond skin and transfer it into a mixer jar / blender.
Add ¼ cup of milk to blender , 3-4 saffron strands (optional) .
Blend to a very fine paste.
Bring 3.5 cups of milk to boil .
Add almond paste and stir well.
Keep on low flame and stir milk till raw smell of almonds completely goes off. This takes for about 15 minutes. Keep stirring milk in between to avoid scorching of milk from bottom.
Add saffron soaked milk and stir well , boil for 5 minutes on a medium heat.
Add ¼ cup of sugar and stir well , till it dissolves for about 5 minutes.
Turn off the stove . Add freshly crushed cardamom powder from mortar and pestle.
Also add dry rose petal and stir well.
Garnish with slivered pista and almonds. Kesar Badam Milk can be served either hot or cold.
pranita deshpande
Is there any celebration ? Why did you have made this? So fantastic recipe.
Muktha
Hi Pranita , Thanks U. I was craving for a tasty badam milk hence made this as it takes less time and no much preparations are needed. But I should definitely say I loved every sip of this tasty drink .